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Th.fttl to the ft7 pe~$oft$ who

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gne ulu.bh hlee 1ft tile

l'~eplTl.tloft

or thl$ .'ftu.l.

Art .o~t _'$ dofte b7

Ilr AI.71l St O.er

19d,

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lnROOUCT10~

Pesticide-He the_Jeals used to kill or stop the Htion of the hH.ful

0 .... nI5115 we kno .. 45 pests.
l'Iost pesticides kill the pest by poisoning
it

and unfortunately, .any pesticides are also poisonous to hu ns.

Pesticides con kill hUOI,ns if .Isund.

TYPES OF PEST/CIOES
IN5ECTH1DE :',
fUNGICIDE,

A pesticide used to Ull

lnSHlS.

A pesticide used to utI fun .. ; or lIolds.

NE"'ATICIOE:

A pesticide used to kill nuatodes.

HERBICIDE

A pest1clde used to kill weeds.

1'I0llUSC1CIOE:
RODENTICIDE

A pesticide used to kill slugs Hd snails.

A pesticide used to kill rats and .. Ice.

(rlt baH)

rrghted matmal

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HOW PESTICIDES EKTR THE BODY

dri~~jng

w~l1st

Eating.

S~

If It falls on the ~kin. partic~hrly through a cut or bruht

or by wearing clotht$ wet by a pe~tjcjde.

1M

BREATHING

Or

~MUng

MOUTH

handling the pesticide.

By Breathing in the pestIcide dust or _1st or fun.

HOW POISONOUS IS A PESTICIDE

SOlie pe~tlcJde ~re lIuch ",ore poisonou5 than othen.
Serious !llnen
.ay result when only a small ,1I0unt of ont type of pesticide has been
taken in.
With another type. a ,"ueh larger ...ount will ~Iye to be
taken In before any 5!g" of pohonlnc Is seen or felt.

rrghted matmal

~cute

poisoning - Poisoning occu,rlng after a person has taken in ont

dose of the pesticide.

Chronic poisoning

Poisoning occurring after lIany sllla11 doses of a

pesticide are taken in oyer a period of tllle.

C~UTIO~

Use peHicides ,dse1y.

Use pest1cides only if necessary.

rrghted matmal

1.

ld~ .. ttf, th~ problu.

Isslsflnc~

S~~k th~

of lo~r [.tenslon OffIcer.

...

hge S

rrnr-rnn
-

lur pelt'cl~e, IR properly Ilb'lled

.nd wnd ged cantllnerl .

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en'u~e
Before
nlPo,'c ttn~
tilt containers
ha-t 'IIt put

~rt

closed properll_

5.

STORr all llestlcldu a.ay froJ!l

hu.an actl.ity and out of the
reach of children.

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6.

STORE 011 pesticides in or1g1nol 1ot:>el1ed contoiners.

PogO!' 10

1.

STORr .11 pnttcld~,,"

frOti fppdstuff .n<l drlnktnt . . t~r.

8.

READ THE tUH fIRST.

SHe tile hbel for uuge~tln.

10.

Mil putttide .. lth t Htrrer

or stitt "EVER wtth Jour htnd.

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11.

NSUR
t~e

are no LAKS In
or dell.ery system .

t~at t~ere
t~"k.

pU.P.

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AREfULLY to
estlclde
C
fluffing
Pou~
p
illage
o~
avoid Sp

",.

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ES whenenr
WEAR TIGHT GOG~~\lld
co.e

the
tnto Puttctde..
COftt,ct tth your eyu.

\lb.

IIr,U A RESP/UTOR. Chect the

filUr oftu. Repl.u the
filter .hu It loot$ dIrt)'
Or If bruthlng beco_u

dl"IC~1t.

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NEAR RUBBER 'LOVES not cotton

or l~lth~r. Aft~r u$'n,. VI$h
Jour ,IOf~S vlth SOIP Ind v.t~r
b~'or~ re_ofln, th~_.
UEAR

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13d.

ilEAl IUUER 8001S and IOn,. pants.

'lit yOllr pants olltS1de tile bOots

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~."ds h'o~e

WASH 1I0Rl(
MTflr

ATJIV6, S"OK/", I"d

15.

00 *Ot S*OIi( OR
(Ar ... /lIIIt .11111""119

IIUt!Cldet.

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f "l~

'6. If

//

on you.

off
... " H
,huly.

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171. llO NOT nOll blocked SlIra)'

~as.$. ~Olllts

or lint'

.nll )'our .outll.

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111. no "OT nOli blacked spr.y

~olel. lIoulel or Iintl
.lt~

your .out".

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KHP cllildren
..t~l.

19.

["PH pnttcldf .pp1tutlon fqulp_fnt

.... 1 '~o u~

.'J'.

20.

KEEP p.Sttctdes ~Wil

fro. chtldren.

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N[YER leave pestIcIdes
and di~tl equip_tnt
unattended.

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..ell ... 11

~..
p.ge 30

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'Ult~tdU "Ill
~l.nt after It

l.st In t~e
1, ,pr.yed.

00 NOT I'I~Rnsr YOIIR CROP

I"MEOIATElY AfTER ~PPLYING
PESTICIDES.

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26.

liquid SPIII'lIe should be .bsorbed .Itll uwduH or soil.

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FIRST AIO
Handle pe$tidde$ Nrefully.
FIRST AID i$ to ASSIST a per$on .. hil$t "EOICAL HELP h

on the .. a,.

ARRA~GE

FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION TO BE OBTAINED OR TAkE TO THE NEAREST

HOSPITAL OR HEALTH CENTRE.
GIVE FULL DETAILS OF WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT WAS DONE.
WHAT TO DO
kEEP PERSON QUIET AND IIARI'I and .. ell a... )' fro .. the $praled aru.
fINO OUT WHICH PESTICIDE _as the caua and ho_ it _as taken in.
TAKE THE

CONTAI~ER

OR LABEL OR A SAMPLE of the pe$ticide to the hospitll.

Generally there is vo.ltlr,g. abdoMinal pains and dlar ..... ou In cnes

of pesticide poisoning.
TAKE A SAI'IPLE OF THE VOMIT to the "ospital
kno_n.

jf

the pesticide h

not

Putlcide t,ken in tllro~II11:

1.

"o~tll -

Inel~ce 'o.tt i"g

If

not ,lre,e1y occ~rr\"g

by tickling the blCk
of the tllro,t _itll ,
cleu rillger.

DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING If

DHson IS URCONSCIOUS. DIDWS, or In COIVUlSION;
D~rson Is I WO.ln In h~r 11$t three .onths of pregnln(7;
pohon h

COIlIOSI[ e.g_ iCld. glu lUll 011 WAHl;

oolson Is I PETROLEUM bud Ind penon hu s.lllowed th~

concentrnecl ,ut~rtJ 1.
frr

GR~MOlOM[ gl~~,

full~r'$

Enth 8 - 10 ounces. or

8 - 10 o~nt(!S_
Cln be bought It the cl.ug stort.

wncontullnltecl elrth
It~u

2.

SIN - lltlllOV~ tcntulnited clothes. wnh pestlclcl~ off Skin ,lith

$OID Ind \tIter, NOT detergent.

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EYES -

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wllh
Wiler for

Pig. 38

4.

8REATHI.' _

Us~

r~splr.tor

p"(~.

Loos~n

.11

tlg~t

(Iot~lng.

Open .11 600rs .nd windOws.

If

t~~ p~rson

Is In 'n

~n('os~6

The ~esticldes Control ao'rd - 5t lucia is grateful to Everton ~$t.

PI,nt Prot~tion 5peclillst, Inter-~rlcln Institute for Cooperltion Oft
Agriculture (IICA) for c~iling this M,nu,l ,nd thinks to the Institute
for coll'bor,tlng In the public.tlon of this f.~rs' M.nu.l.
This Manu.l for-s p.rt of the ao,rd's efforts .t educ.tl"9 f.r-eTS on the
s.fe use of pesticides. It Is hoped th't this M.nu.l will be used for the
purpose It Is intended.

David DelIIcqut
Chalna&n - Pesticides Control
Bo...

C JPYnghted matanal

'rodvced b,. IlCA

in coq:terttlOll with
The InfOnl.tton Unit
of the Mtnt,tr,. of Agrtculture
St llKh

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