Lots of blokes up in FNQ got leukemia and had a much greater risk of dying early from stroke/ aneurism in their 30-40 after playing around with high doses of an insecticidal mutagen, trying to get freaky potent, yet huge dope in the 80's. A whole generation of dope growers idiot sons were soaking seeds with bare hands.
Or so the story goes, bit before my time but it seems to be a really common story among the older farmers who used to be slightly dodgy back in the day.....
They all know someone you died young or horrible after playing around with that stuff.
Its this thick yellow stuff that they banned they all talk about, but can't remember the name right now?
Huge mutation rates AND yet a very high plant survival rate.
They still use it on bananas for beetle borer(as nothing else works as well)and all the older growers all have a stockpile.
They never get the young guys or backpackers spraying it as it eventually kills ya.
The sprayers are nearly always lazy sick older alcoholics, and they only work contract/cash.
I have never seen a contract sprayer over 45......
They never last that long was always the joke, but after a few years working bananas, there is definitely some truth to it.
Cell mutation bro, be extra extra extra careful.