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Show Farmers Are Warned About Use of Poisons Respirators Advised For Justing Operations This summer American farmers and gardeners will use about 1,000,-000,000 1,000,-000,000 pounds of bug-killing materials, mater-ials, much of it containing para-thion, para-thion, especially those highly effective ef-fective on the destructive leaf aphid. Insecticides containing parathion are used a great deal by commercial commer-cial fruit producers. Now produced by several chemical chemi-cal companies, parathion in its original state is a brownish liquid. But as a commercial insecticide it t s r' 1 ' - 1 I . - , W -1 f x i I Respirators should always be worn when handling parathion-base parathion-base insecticides. Protective rubber gloves also should be used since the toxic chemical can be absorbed through the skin, comes in powder form to be used for dusting or mixed with water for spraying. While highly effective on insects, parathion also is extremely poisonous poison-ous to humans. That is why soma kind of respirator is recommended for farmers and growers spraying or dusting with insecticides contain, ing the chemical. A light weight and not uncomfort able respirator, with a molded rub. ber facepiece has been developed by the Mine Safety Appliance company com-pany of Pittsburgh which will fill the needs of most farmers. Proper equipment on the modert farm is essential if the farmer is tc protect himself, his employees, and gain top production. |