. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. â act finding commititee reports, there has been a soul searching by indus- try and governmental agencies pro- lucing and recommending pesiticides to see if they have been derelict in stressing their proper use and safe landling. As far as I can determine, no one nas ever been made ill from pest- cide residue on foods, let alone dlled. However, nobody knows better ;han the cranberry grower what government seizure and condemna- ;ion of a crop with all of the at- endant publicity and scare stories 2an mean financially if you don't 'o
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. â act finding commititee reports, there has been a soul searching by indus- try and governmental agencies pro- lucing and recommending pesiticides to see if they have been derelict in stressing their proper use and safe landling. As far as I can determine, no one nas ever been made ill from pest- cide residue on foods, let alone dlled. However, nobody knows better ;han the cranberry grower what government seizure and condemna- ;ion of a crop with all of the at- endant publicity and scare stories 2an mean financially if you don't 'ollow the label, or if you use a Desticide before it is registered for ise on that crop. There are, ,however, very defin- te hazards associated with the use >f pesticides to persons engaged in nixing and spraying operations. ITiere are many well documented cases of dssth from exposure of kpraymen, or mixers that could have oeen avoided' if proper safety rules kad been observed. Pesticides don't jdll many more people than aspirin cablets do, and only a few more die pach year of pesticiide poisomng than rom bee stings. The sad part about |>esticide mortality figures it that veil over half of the deaths are among children under 10 years old. rhese cases are not deaths by pest- cide poisoning as much as man- ;laughter by careless adults who lave carelessly discarded used con- ainers, or left pesticides witMn ac- cess of prying fingers of normal, nquistive children. Your responsihilty when you use Jesticides is summarized in Mass- ichusetts Special Circular #279, vhih you have already or will re- ceive from your County Extension âºffice. Don't toss it aside, but read t, digest the contents and take them 0 heart. The life you save may be 'our own. A few of the points that I think hat need stressing are: (11 Don't give unlabelled samples âºf pesticides to friends. If you wish 0 be helpful and neighborly, lend t in the original container with the abel intact. (2) Never store
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