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Pine
oil is a phenolic disinfectant. It is generally effective
against numerous bacterial strains and enveloped viruses. It
is not generally effective against non-enveloped viruses or
spores.
It will kill the causative agents of typhoid,
gastroenteritis, rabies, enteric fever, cholera, several
forms of meningitis, whooping cough, gonorrhea and several
types of dysentery. It is also effective against several of
the leading causes of food poisoning. It is not effective
against spore related illness such as tetanus or anthrax or
against non-enveloped viruses such as poliovirus,
rhinovirus, hepatitis B or hepatitis C.
Pine oil disinfectants are relatively inexpensive and widely
available.
They also have a relatively low human toxicity level, a low
corrosion level and limited persistence. This makes many
pine oils a perfect herbicide, as they also contain the
hydrocarbon terpene, which is the active constituent in the
organic herbicide Organic Interceptor TM, produced by
Certified Organics Ltd of New Zealand. Organic Interceptor
is a non-selective herbicide (as is, for instance,
Glyphosate).
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