Preventing Agricultural Chemical Exposure: A Safety Program Manual
Luis Cabrera, Pamela Rao, Rosa Saavedra, Austin Colin, Sara Quandt, Thomas Arcury
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Facts:
- Agricultural chemicals are used to kill pests and weeds and control crop diseases. But they can also harm people!
- Being exposed to agricultural chemicals can make you sick, injure you, and even threaten your life.
- Agricultural chemicals are sprayed by hand, from tractors, and from planes.
- Agricultural chemicals can be found on plants, in the soil, on equipment, in irrigation canals, in storage areas, and on work clothes.
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Reviewed for NASD: 10/2002