Re: [CH] Other uses for chiles

Andrew Healy (a.healy@surrey.ac.uk)
Tue, 20 Jul 1999 08:27:43 +0100

At 10:39 PM 7/19/99 -0400, Byron wrote:
>I read an arcticle where that chiles are used in an ointment
>for genital herpes 0.0025%; hope no one screws up that recipe
>
>I also have heard where a paint company is experimenting 
>with chile's in an exterior paint as a bug killer.
>

Capsaicin is also used in one environmentally sound, anti-fouling paint for
oil tankers.  Apparently, barnacles like cap. even less that deer.  [Any
tanker skippers out there to comment ?]


"If you didn't put chile in it, don't pretend to know."

That which doesn't kill us, makes us strong !  <Nietzsche>

					Andrew Healy