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Anyone knowledgeable about product safety issues? (roach spray)

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I bought Ecologic ant&roach killer spray, believing it was all-natural and safe.
However, some online info said one ingredient is combustible and another is flammable.
Before I read about that, I sprayed it underneath and inside two baseboard heaters (they were off and cold at the time.)
Now I'm afraid if I turn the heat on tonight it could be dangerous. I don't want to risk fumes, or especially not a fire.
I know nothing about scientific topics at all. I found Live Chat for the company I ordered from (Chewy.com), and the person said she couldn't advise as to whether it'd be safe or not!
It's supposed to be very cold tonight, snow, throughout early next week.

Does anyone here have advice, info, etc.???
 
There should be some information on the container that says if it is flammable, if there is a danger of that. Since people are going to spray this type of bug spray around baseboard heaters and other warm places (since that is what roaches like), they should not be making it flammable , but it should definitely warn you about that if it does happen to be dangerous.
One of the things we have been doing that really helps is using the Harris powder that has borax in it, and at night we take the small hand vacuum cleaner (Dustbuster) and we go around the kitchen where they are at once it is dark in there, and we vacuum up as many as we can every night, several times before bed.
 
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There should be some information on the container that says if it is flammable, if there is a danger of that. Since people are going to spray this type of bug spray around baseboard heaters and other warm places *since that is what roaches like), they should not be making it flammable , but it should definitely warn you about that if it does happen to be dangerous.
One of the things we have been doing that really helps is using the Harris powder that has borax in it, and at night we take the small hand vacuum cleaner (Dustbuster) and we go around the kitchen where they are at once it is dark in there, and we vacuum up as many as we can every night, several times before bed.
That's the catch- all I saw on the can itself was warnings to not spray it around heat or flame.. which is sensible, of course. It wasn't til I did a search online that I read warnings about the ingredients, and of course found all kinds of conflicting information.
 
The cautions against spraying around heat or flame probably refer to the propellant, but the ingredients could be flammable as well and the company representative should've been able to give you guidance on that. Like @Yvonne Smith when I lived in roach country, I used electrically-charged boric acid, and it totally eliminated our roach problem. We pulled out any furniture drawers on the bottom and put the powder there. Roaches totally vanished in just a few days.
 

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