Read Labels

If you find an old box or can with contents, read the label. The container may hold a dangerous substance. These are some of the chemicals now kept out of general use because they are unsafe: chlordane (used for termites), DDT (agriculture), kepone (ant and roach poison), lindane (dog dips), ethyl parathion (pesticide), safrole (dog repellent), sodium cyanide (wildlife poison) and strychnine (wildlife control). Most of these poisons were outlawed or restricted in 1972.