Often mothballs are used in these locations to control pests other than clothes moths stone said.
Mothballs in attic safe.
Breathing in fumes from naphthalene or pdb can cause dizziness vomiting nausea and headaches.
While moth balls might effectively deter squirrels and other rodents from infiltrating your attic you could end up harming your health and the health of the people who live in your home.
In fact the odor of mothballs can be detected at a few parts per billion in the air.
They include squirrels skunks deer mice rats dogs cats raccoons moles snakes pigeons and a variety of other animals.
Do not blow air from the attic into the house.
Find as many mothballs as possible and remove them.
Naphthalene is also flammable so it is not as common in mothballs as it was in decades past.
Putting moth balls in the attic.
Due to this very sad incident we urge you to refrain from keeping moth balls in your attic and to use another form of pest control instead.
Mothballs can seriously impair indoor air quality.
Mothballs should not be used inside attics crawl spaces gardens trash cans or vehicles.
Blow the air from the house into the attic so that air escapes through the attic vents see ncaa s posts on this thread.