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Vince H

07-14-2005 13:22:53




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I was driving to work the other day and saw a farmer (well I consider him a yuppie farmer after watching his equipment and operation) spraying his field. He was wearing a Tyvek suit and either a respiartor or full face mask respirator. Does anyone else go to this extent? Is it really necessary? As I thought about it, it made sense and certainly wouldn't hurt to be over cautious, just kind of caught me off guard and made me wonder how many others do this.

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Indydirtfarmer

07-15-2005 04:06:32




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 Re: Protection during spraying in reply to Vince H, 07-14-2005 13:22:53  
I'm a golf course superintendant in addition to farming. We do a LOT of chemical spraying. We ALWAYS were those tyvek suits. Even the most harmless of chemicals can have effects on you with prolonged exposure. And then there's always the issue of "what's safe now might not prove to be so safe in 20 years"....

I do 99% of my spraying with-in the confines of an enclosed cab (on the farm) I still use a resperator. Gloves boots, tyvek suit and goggles are used when filling and/or cleaning out tanks.

Being safe is too easy to NOT do it....

In time, you will see tighter and tighter restrictions on agricultural chemicals and their application. Laws and common sense don't always make people do what's needed.

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Coldiron

07-14-2005 21:01:40




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 Re: Protection during spraying in reply to Vince H, 07-14-2005 13:22:53  
Macho has ruined the health of a lot of tough men. Read the MSDS sheets that are available and if you are lucky you will live to be a HEALTHY old man. I grew up in the cotton fields of West Texas and a lot of my friends that were to tough to protect themselves against peticides and herbicides are not very healthy today in their mid 60`s.



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msb

07-14-2005 17:49:35




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 Re: Protection during spraying in reply to Vince H, 07-14-2005 13:22:53  
Better safe than sorry from a guy who had cancer twice.I used to be bullet proof.Not anymore.And anyone using a cab tractor,please use an activated carbon filter.www.Gemplers.com carry them.



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ErnieDD

07-14-2005 15:26:21




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 Re: Protection during spraying in reply to Vince H, 07-14-2005 13:22:53  
Dose = the poison. Anything you can do to limit or prevent the route of entry will lower the dose.



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Illinois Boy

07-14-2005 13:39:15




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 Re: Protection during spraying in reply to Vince H, 07-14-2005 13:22:53  
I don't do this.
However, I should... I served in Vietnam after the Agent Orange days - but I know some guys who were exposed to the stuff. Herbicide can do nasty things to you physically. The problems don't show up until later in life, some years down the road.



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KRUSS

07-14-2005 14:31:49




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 Re: Protection during spraying in reply to Illinois Boy, 07-14-2005 13:39:15  
I don't. Sure don't make fun of anyone who does. My spraying is done with a tractor with an excellent cab but that doesn't mean you are safe. Different chemicals have different toxicity ratings. In weed sprays roundup is about the safest. Certain broadleaf weed killers are quite tixic. When it comes to insect spraying that's when I get a custom operator!!!!



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Seth_ia

07-14-2005 19:51:20




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 Re: Protection during spraying in reply to KRUSS, 07-14-2005 14:31:49  
I totally agree about spraying for bugs. insecticides are quit toxic. There was a story floating around iowa a couple of years ago about a custom silage cutter that almost died after a field near where he was cutting was arial sprayed with some insecticide.

As I recall the RoundUP label says that small amounts of injested treated plant material will only cause minor digestive upset. any other words, you can spot spray thistles with the cows on pasture. Even if a cow should try to eat what little grass is around the base of the thistle, it won't do much harm. What herbicides are real toxic?

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Kelvin

07-14-2005 18:09:26




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 Re: Protection during spraying in reply to KRUSS, 07-14-2005 14:31:49  
O.K. If Roundup is so safe- Why does the fine print on the label say to keep kids and animals away from the area for a minimum of 4 hours after application?



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KRUSS

07-15-2005 06:56:56




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 Re: Protection during spraying in reply to Kelvin, 07-14-2005 18:09:26  
I didn't say Roundup was about to become the next food. I only said it was one of the safest. It is safer than many household items kept under the sink. Yes, common sense should prevail.



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Dug

07-14-2005 19:10:35




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 Re: Protection during spraying in reply to Kelvin, 07-14-2005 18:09:26  
I believe the post read "safest" not "safe". A guy needs to use a little common sense in any application!

Dug



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Randy-IA

07-15-2005 16:37:19




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 Re: Protection during spraying in reply to Dug, 07-14-2005 19:10:35  
Hi , When I was in school learning horticulture 28 years ago I would blend malathion with my bare hands in a 5 gallon bucket to spray the greenhouses and orchards . We also set off nicotine bombs in the greenhouses . All without protection . We used so many different insecticides and herbicides I don't remember most of them and there is my cronic problem , I believe that doing those things have permanently affected my short and long term memory . I also have numbness in my arms and hands that the doctors can't pinpoint a cause of , but being doctors they won't commit to it being caused by those chemicals because of any possible litigation that I could pursue with the school I went to . SO , Cover up and read the labels ! One slight exposure won't be any thing big but as they say , it's the repeated exposures that build up in your system . I'm not crippled but I sure am uncomfortable a lot of the time . ...Randy

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