I am amazed at how inaccurate professional news can be. If fact, I heard NBC site a paper from Europe headlining, "This Shooting is as American as Apple Pie." I was floored when I heard the statement, so I decided to research it a bit and found no source. I even posted the question on Yahoo and found no source. All I could find was an obscure blog that had posted the above quote. So I am going to have to assume that NBC had no source and that another professional news company was not reporting anything accurate or substantial.
Which leads me to the East Valley Tribune and its recent article on "Heat brings out scorpions, sort fact from fiction." By Jill Redhage. Her article stated that "much of what we think about scorpions is myth." She also went on with the following "Myth Busters":
Myth: My home could become infested with scorpions.
Myth: Pesticides are effective against scorpions.
Myth: Small scorpions are more dangerous than large scorpions.
Myth: Scorpion stings are always dangerous.
3 of the 4 statements above are arguably true, and the 4th one is only Myth because it deals in an absolute. If scorpions venom where to carry a chemical label, then it would most likely fall into the Hazardous labels. At any rate, I was and am still shocked that the reporter made such claims. Especially since her claims were only based on a single Community College professor.
If you want my Professional opinion I would say:
Truth: My home could become infested with scorpions.
Truth Pesticides are effective against scorpions.
Partially True: Small scorpions are more dangerous than large scorpions.
Myth: Scorpion stings are always dangerous.
Of course that is coming from an individual that actually worked in pest control, me, versus and college professor with all of his "book knowledge".
FYI... this same college professor suggests killing weeds by boiling water and then dumping it on the weed. This technique will work, but how energy effective is it?
Which leads me to the East Valley Tribune and its recent article on "Heat brings out scorpions, sort fact from fiction." By Jill Redhage. Her article stated that "much of what we think about scorpions is myth." She also went on with the following "Myth Busters":
Myth: My home could become infested with scorpions.
Myth: Pesticides are effective against scorpions.
Myth: Small scorpions are more dangerous than large scorpions.
Myth: Scorpion stings are always dangerous.
3 of the 4 statements above are arguably true, and the 4th one is only Myth because it deals in an absolute. If scorpions venom where to carry a chemical label, then it would most likely fall into the Hazardous labels. At any rate, I was and am still shocked that the reporter made such claims. Especially since her claims were only based on a single Community College professor.
If you want my Professional opinion I would say:
Truth: My home could become infested with scorpions.
Truth Pesticides are effective against scorpions.
Partially True: Small scorpions are more dangerous than large scorpions.
Myth: Scorpion stings are always dangerous.
Of course that is coming from an individual that actually worked in pest control, me, versus and college professor with all of his "book knowledge".
FYI... this same college professor suggests killing weeds by boiling water and then dumping it on the weed. This technique will work, but how energy effective is it?
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