Is breathing in roach spray fumes bad for you?

I’m honestly wondering if breathing in smoke is actually dangerous? So, here's the deal—I basically found myself caught in a cloud of fumes today because they were doing some heavy-duty pest control nearby, and the smell just drifted right through my kitchen door while I was standing there...

If there's already a thread about this somewhere, please feel free to move this post over. Thanks!

I’ve actually been in the kitchen several times right while the pest control crew was working. I asked the team if breathing in that mist was actually dangerous... The head veterinarian on the crew told me it wasn't too bad, though she did mention it might cause some minor respiratory irritation. Since I deal with asthma, she even handed me a mask just to make sure those strong odors wouldn't trigger any issues for me.

Look, I don't personally have an issue with using these things, but since I’ve got cats running around the house, I figured I should probably ask—mostly because I remember this one neighbor of mine who had a pet parrot that ended up getting poisoned, and it was a total mess. Apparently, some guy from a local service company had stopped by right before it happened and told them everything was perfectly safe and non-toxic, and honestly, what do I know? People say stuff all the time, but you can't always take their word for it when your pets' lives are on the line.

It’s probably just as harmful as bug spray, isn't it?

I’m not buying any of this eco-friendly, "safe for the planet" nonsense they’re peddling. It makes zero sense to me—how can a substance so toxic it could probably survive a nuclear fallout be considered harmless to humans?
It’s clearly poisonous, but the real question is just how much exposure it takes before things go south and what kind of permanent damage we're actually looking at. 🤷

I mean, I’m not buying any of it... but hey, I survived, I guess.🤣
Sure, I felt some weird irritation in my throat and nose for a bit, but I didn't sit around waiting for it to get worse—I reacted fast, threw open the kitchen window and all the other windows in the house to get some fresh air moving through, and everything seemed fine after that... though I'm sure those people over at Dow Chemical are going to swear up and down that this whole thing isn't even hazardous or anything... as if anyone actually believes that crap, honestly, especially since I saw some guy walking around town wearing a mask just the other day.😲

I swear I get these crazy hallucinogenic dreams almost every single night after spraying—since I end up sleeping in the same room and all

Look, if you're just doing this once or twice a year, you'll probably be fine, but for someone constantly exposed to it? I definitely wouldn't bet on it