r/Waste • • 16d ago

Cleaning out old rat poison (pre-1990, UK)

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u/kat_fud 15d ago

You might want to take a small sample to have it tested, although I'm not sure where you'd take it.

I wonder if you could pour wax over it and just lift it out.

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u/ReputationKind4628 15d ago

It looks like we've found someone to deal with it but I wondered about doing something similar. Though a cursory glance suggests that if it's thallium sulphate, it's reactive to heat.

I never cease to be amazed that human beings didn't extinct ourselves long ago!