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:
- When you leave the field, the clothes you are wearing and your exposed skin have pesticide residues.
- Shower and wash your hair after work every work day.
- Wash work clothes before using them again.
- Keep dirty work clothes separate from the rest of your clothes and your family's clothes. Wash them separately. Keep separate labeled boxes for clothes.
- Never bring pesticide containers or pesticides into the home.
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Reviewed for NASD: 10/2002