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'''Raid''' is the brand name of a line of ] products produced by ], first launched in 1956. '''Raid''' is the brand name of a line of ] products produced by ], first launched in 1956.


The initial active ingredient was the first synthetic ], ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Allethrins - an overview {{!}} ScienceDirect Topics|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/allethrins|access-date=2022-02-20|website=www.sciencedirect.com}}</ref> Raid derivatives aimed at particular invertebrate species can contain other active agents such as the more toxic ].<ref>{{cite web |title=: SC Johnson |url=https://www.whatsinsidescjohnson.com/au/en/brands/raid/raid__max_double_nozzle_flying_insect_killer |website=SC Johnson - What's Inside |language=en-au}}</ref> The initial active ingredient was the first synthetic ], ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Allethrins - an overview {{!}} ScienceDirect Topics|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/allethrins|access-date=2022-02-20|website=www.sciencedirect.com}}</ref> Raid derivatives aimed at particular invertebrate species can contain other active agents such as the more toxic ].<ref>{{cite web |title=SC Johnson |url=https://www.whatsinsidescjohnson.com/au/en/brands/raid/raid__max_double_nozzle_flying_insect_killer |website=SC Johnson - What's Inside |language=en-au}}</ref>
Currently Raid Ant & Roach Killer contains pyrethroids, ], and ];<ref>{{cite web|title=US EPA, Pesticide Product Label, RAID ANT & ROACH 26, 08/01/2019| url=https://www3.epa.gov/pesticides/chem_search/ppls/004822-00596-20190801.pdf}}</ref> other products contain ], ] and ] as active ingredients.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}} Raid Flying Insect Killer, a spray, uses ] and D-].<ref>{{cite web|title=US EPA, Pesticide Product Label, RAID FORMULA 5 FLYING INSECT KILLER, 07/22/2011| url=https://www3.epa.gov/pesticides/chem_search/ppls/004822-00284-20110722.pdf}}</ref> Currently Raid Ant & Roach Killer contains pyrethroids, ], and ];<ref>{{cite web|title=US EPA, Pesticide Product Label, RAID ANT & ROACH 26, 08/01/2019| url=https://www3.epa.gov/pesticides/chem_search/ppls/004822-00596-20190801.pdf}}</ref> other products contain ], ] and ] as active ingredients.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}} Raid Flying Insect Killer, a spray, uses ] and D-].<ref>{{cite web|title=US EPA, Pesticide Product Label, RAID FORMULA 5 FLYING INSECT KILLER, 07/22/2011| url=https://www3.epa.gov/pesticides/chem_search/ppls/004822-00284-20110722.pdf}}</ref>


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In recent years, reports of the use of heavy duty bug sprays as an illicit drug have gained notoriety.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=]|title=People Are Using Heavy Duty Bug Sprays to Get High|url=https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/people-are-using-heavy-duty-bug-sprays-to-get-high-and-it-is-really-dangerous}}</ref> Although products such as Raid are relatively safe to humans (when used as intended), the act of huffing, smoking, snorting, vaping, plugging, drinking and/or injecting Raid or other bug sprays can cause irreversible neurological damage, or even death. In recent years, reports of the use of heavy duty bug sprays as an illicit drug have gained notoriety.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=]|title=People Are Using Heavy Duty Bug Sprays to Get High|url=https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/people-are-using-heavy-duty-bug-sprays-to-get-high-and-it-is-really-dangerous}}</ref> Although products such as Raid are relatively safe to humans (when used as intended), the act of huffing, smoking, snorting, vaping, plugging, drinking and/or injecting Raid or other bug sprays can cause irreversible neurological damage, or even death.


In July 2019, it was announced that three people had died in West Virginia after overdosing on an unidentified wasp spray. Authorities have warned of a growing trend of ingesting bug spray in the southern United States, supposedly as a substitute for methamphetamine. Possible symptoms of ingesting bug poison include, but are not limited to: erratic behavior, nausea, headache, sore throat, extreme inflammation, redness of the hands and feet, auditory hallucinations, convulsions, coma, and death.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=]|title=Wasp spray used as alternative meth, contributed to three overdoses|url=https://www.wishtv.com/news/national/wasp-spray-used-as-alternative-meth-contributed-to-three-overdoses/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=People Are Overdosing on Wasp Spray in West Virginia|url=https://www.livescience.com/65954-wasp-spray-overdose-meth.html |work=]}}</ref><ref name="Bradberry2005">{{cite journal |last1=Bradberry |first1=SM |title=Poisoning due to pyrethroids. |journal=] |date=2005 |volume=2 |issue=24 |pages=93–106 |pmid=16180929 }}</ref> In July 2019, it was announced that three people had died in West Virginia after overdosing on an unidentified wasp spray. Authorities have warned of a growing trend of ingesting bug spray in the southern United States, supposedly as a substitute for methamphetamine. Possible symptoms of ingesting bug poison include, but are not limited to: erratic behavior, nausea, headache, sore throat, extreme inflammation, redness of the hands and feet, auditory hallucinations, convulsions, coma, and death.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=]|title=Wasp spray used as alternative meth, contributed to three overdoses|url=https://www.wishtv.com/news/national/wasp-spray-used-as-alternative-meth-contributed-to-three-overdoses/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=People Are Overdosing on Wasp Spray in West Virginia|url=https://www.livescience.com/65954-wasp-spray-overdose-meth.html |work=]}}</ref><ref name="Bradberry2005">{{cite journal |last1=Bradberry |first1=SM |title=Poisoning due to pyrethroids. |journal=] |date=2005 |volume=2 |issue=24 |pages=93–106 |doi=10.2165/00139709-200524020-00003 |pmid=16180929 |s2cid=32523158 }}</ref>


==Competition== ==Competition==

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Raid
Product typeInsecticide
OwnerS. C. Johnson & Son
CountryUnited States
Introduced1956; 69 years ago (1956)
Related brandsBaygon (in ASEAN markets like Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia)
MarketsNorth America, United Kingdom, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, European Union, Israel, Australia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Russia, Argentina, Chile
Tagline"Kills Bugs Dead" (1956-2017)
"It's Good to Be Tough" (2017-present)
Websiteraid.com

Raid is the brand name of a line of insecticide products produced by S. C. Johnson & Son, first launched in 1956.

The initial active ingredient was the first synthetic pyrethroid, allethrin. Raid derivatives aimed at particular invertebrate species can contain other active agents such as the more toxic cyfluthrin. Currently Raid Ant & Roach Killer contains pyrethroids, imiprothrin, and cypermethrin; other products contain tetramethrin, prallethrin and permethrin as active ingredients. Raid Flying Insect Killer, a spray, uses piperonyl butoxide and D-phenothrin.

"Raid Kills Bugs Dead" slogan

The product's advertising tagline, "Raid Kills Bugs Dead", was created by the advertising agency Foote, Cone & Belding. The phrase itself is often attributed to the poet Lew Welch, who worked for the agency at the time.

The line was first used in commerce in 1966 and was trademarked in 1986. Noted animation director Tex Avery was the producer of the first "Kills Bugs Dead" commercials. Artist Don Pegler developed the bug characters used in the US and continued animating them for forty years. Pegler "codified the look, feel and animation" of the weird insects that run in fear of Raid, according to Steve Schildwachter, executive vice-president at Draftfcb.

Illicit use

Main article: Wasp dope

In recent years, reports of the use of heavy duty bug sprays as an illicit drug have gained notoriety. Although products such as Raid are relatively safe to humans (when used as intended), the act of huffing, smoking, snorting, vaping, plugging, drinking and/or injecting Raid or other bug sprays can cause irreversible neurological damage, or even death.

In July 2019, it was announced that three people had died in West Virginia after overdosing on an unidentified wasp spray. Authorities have warned of a growing trend of ingesting bug spray in the southern United States, supposedly as a substitute for methamphetamine. Possible symptoms of ingesting bug poison include, but are not limited to: erratic behavior, nausea, headache, sore throat, extreme inflammation, redness of the hands and feet, auditory hallucinations, convulsions, coma, and death.

Competition

Raid's main competitors in the insecticide market are Black Flag, Hot Shot (insecticide), Mortein and Baygon (also sister brand).

See also

References

  1. "Allethrins - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics". www.sciencedirect.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  2. "SC Johnson". SC Johnson - What's Inside.
  3. "US EPA, Pesticide Product Label, RAID ANT & ROACH 26, 08/01/2019" (PDF).
  4. "US EPA, Pesticide Product Label, RAID FORMULA 5 FLYING INSECT KILLER, 07/22/2011" (PDF).
  5. Saroyan, Aram. Genesis Angels: The Saga of Lew Welch and the Beat Generation. New York: William Morrow, 1979.
  6. Dotz, Warren; Morton, Jim (1996). What a Character! 20th Century American Advertising Icons. Chronicle Books. p. 118. ISBN 0-8118-0936-6.
  7. Minovitz, Ethan (6 January 2012). "Don Pegler, 82, created bugs in "Raid" campaign". Big Cartoon News. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  8. "People Are Using Heavy Duty Bug Sprays to Get High". ABC Action News.
  9. "Wasp spray used as alternative meth, contributed to three overdoses". WISH-TV.
  10. "People Are Overdosing on Wasp Spray in West Virginia". Livescience.
  11. Bradberry, SM (2005). "Poisoning due to pyrethroids". Toxicological Review. 2 (24): 93–106. doi:10.2165/00139709-200524020-00003. PMID 16180929. S2CID 32523158.

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