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States Department of the Interior 
Fish and Wildlife Service 
Wildlife Leaflet 287 
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FACTS ABOUT 1030 
Prepared in the Division of Wildlife Research 
Compound 1080 is the wartime code for sodium fluoroacetate. This 
chemical is a fluffy white powder, highly soluble in water. It has a faint 
acetate odor and a mild acid-salty taste, neither of which is unusual nor 
objectionable. The present quality of the chemical available for uss is the 
"Technical" grade, which contains a minimum of 90 percent sodium fluoroacetate. 
The value of 1080 as an economic poison was discovered by the Wildlife 
Research Laboratory of the Fish and #ildlife Service durin’ its search for new 
rodenticides,» supported in part by the Offics of Scientific Research and 
Development as a wartime vroject. It has-been. found to be highly toxie to 
most form of life on which it has been tested, including dogs, cats, rabbits, 
rats, mice, field rodents, chickens, ducks, pigeons, goats, horses, and 
monkeys. It is much less toxic to Pore. it will kill ants, cockroaches, and 
certain other insects. ue 
‘This rather general toxicity requires. that this poison be used with the 
utmost cantion, even by persons accustomed to hendling toxic materials. It 
‘should never be entrusted to inexperienced people, the danger of accidental 
“Poisoning is too great. Trained workers who heve to handle the raw poison 
should wear masks while opening bottles end during all weighing or measuring 
operations. Although this chemical will not soak through the skin, if there 
are no cuts or abrasions, all baits containing it should be put out with spoons 
Or special dippers. F . 
One of the most effective ways to use 1080 for rat control is 
= OWics af atin 1 gellon of ordinary tap wetere This solution-is the en ple ced 
in + fluid ounce: amounts in, small containers along rat and mouse runways an 
around areas where damage is seen. . The containers shoule be protected and 
should be inaccessible to children or, pets. This poison can also be mixed 
with food baits, one gram oe ehough to treat 1 pound of bait, or 1 ounce for 
28 pounds of bait. gaia ob: | 
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It is recommended that water: or baits poisoned with 1080 be tised indoors 
only, with the single exception ef 1ts use tol control rats on tresh or garbage 
dumps municipally seperated, with watchmen to keep persons and pets away from 
the premises. 
