SPRAYING INSECTICIDES: Safety Code

Ailments Orchid Doctor

by Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler)

Originally published in The Orchid Doctor in 1980 and 1988

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L. Read cautions and warnings on the container label each time used. 2. Lock up all chemicals; Don't let children use them; Keep them in the original container. 3. Don't use them close to an open flame or lit cigarette. 4. Avoid inhaling the spray or dust. 5. Bathe after spraying; change clothes; wash them. 6. Cover vegetables and food sources; avoid pets and ponds. 7. Clean equipment after; use separate equipment for herbicides, 8. Dispose of waste carefully; discard containers into closed refuse protected from children and pets. 9. Do not suck or blow or siphon with the mouth on the hose or tubes or pipes of the equipment. 10. If sickness occurs, take the patient and and spray container to nearest emergency care. A68-584; see also Poisoning; see also names of pesticides
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