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Today used as blood thinner, Warfarin's first commercial use was rat poison.

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[-] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I don't agree that 'rat poison is necessary'. That would mean by extension that it's necessary to kill all the owls and birds that feed on poisoned rats - a real and current problem due to overuse of rat poison.

There are other effective means of rat control - poisoning is just the cheapest and easiest.

[-] prettybunnys@piefed.social 3 points 1 hour ago

It’s not a dumb take, it just doesn’t take into account the repercussions of killing the rats in that manner.

It’s why regulations are important, the “best” way to do something is probably not the BEST way to do something.

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