pick your poison

burning plastic, ant poison, gasoline, mosquito coils and the latest - mothballs. mimi said they were good for killing cockroaches and asked if i wanted to buy some. not! i can't stand the smell of them. she bought 4 pkgs. just the smell of them in the hockey bag was enough to make my heart race and me nauseous. i bought a couple of things and just having them on my bed, just from them being in the hockey bag, was too much. i had to take them out of my room. i don't know what the precautions are for any of the others but the mosquito coils say to avoid prolonged inhalation. is 5 months prolonged? and i don't think you're supposed to spray ant poison on the living room floor right at your feet while everyone is sitting there. or spray the couch with gasoline and ant poison while everyone is there. omg. i guess they are all used to the poison and the horrible smells but sometimes i have to leave i can't breathe. i have tried telling them they are poisonous and that it's bad for us but it doesn't register. i guess cuz they have always done it and nobody's dead from it yet. ???