Show FARM TOPICS S BUG POISON PINK INSTEAD OF WHITE purpose of changed color to prevent mistakes by tames james W dayton n extension vegetable SP specialist eca t massachusetts aa a h state college service farmers who purchase new stocks of lead arsenate and calcium arsenate this year may be surprised to find these materials pink instead of white it that pink insecticides will kill bugs any quicker but rather that the pink is added so human beings will not mistake these poisons for flour lime or other white powders the new color of these products is in accordance with the following announcement by the agricultural insecticide and fungicide association in the interests of public health and for the protection of users of agricultural arsenical insecticides this industry has by voluntary agreement adopted and will use a pink coloring in all white arsenical products it is the belief of the industry that this action represents a constructive tive effort by the industry to eliminate as far as possible the hazard of mistaken identity of the products and that in time the pink color will become established as a distinctive tive warning of the poisonous nature of the material since this change in the customary appearance of the materials may possibly lead to some confusion it is emphasized that the coloring agent has no effect whatever on the value of the ar seni cals the new pink products are to be used according to the same recommendations that have applied to the arseni cals in their white condition the pink coloring will be a real advantage in serving as a ready means of identification so that ar seni cals will not be mistaken for other white powdery substances as has happened when the materials have been carried over from one season to another and the label has been lost from the container |