tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36194190.post1105482085031818909..comments2012-01-18T18:08:09.749-06:00Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412324900423436763noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36194190.post-21828917286921987072012-01-18T18:08:09.749-06:002012-01-18T18:08:09.749-06:00A small company in 80s developed a formulation of purified linoleic acid with a radical scavenger additive (to surpress autooxidation of double bonds), as a cockroach repellent and tried to sell it in US. According to the main inventor Al Schwartz (of the "Uncle Al" Usenet infamy), it worked amazingly well, among other results causing the entire cockroach population of one Los Angeles latino butcher shop to relocate in hurry to a nearby video rental store. The product development ended when federal authorities noticed that linoleic acid was not included in the list of chemicals generally recognized as safe and so as to protect US consumers they demanded the company to perform exceedingly expensive chronic toxicology animal tests to demonstrate harmlessness of linoleic acid...milkshakehttp://orgprepdaily.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com