Uintah Basin Standard | 1962-07-19 | Page 3 | Your Health and You

Your Health j And You The following is one of a series of articles furnished by the Utah State Medical Association and published in cooperation with your local These articles arc scheduled to appear every other week throughout the year in an ef- 1 fort to better acquaint you with the problems of and dc- signed to improve the ivell-being of the people of EMPTY CONTAINERS POSE AS HEALTH HAZARD Empty pesticide containers pose a health particularly for There actually may be enough chemical left to kill a child or The most hazardous containers are those which have held one of the more toxic organic phosphorous compounds such as This chemical is commonly sold as a powder in paper or as a liquid in five-gallon metal The paper bag being easy to are usually destroyed at regular intervals during crop spraying and dusting operations or immediately after the operation is persons who burn the sacks should make a special effort to avoid breathing the which may contain a significantly higher amount of poisonous vapors than is found in the air during spraying Glass containers left unbroken in the orchard or on the farm may become particularly especially of the poison warning label on the container has been In one health workers found a jug containing a chemical solution which probably could have lulled an average adult if Farmers should rinse out thoroughly all metal containers and glass jars if they plan to use them for some other By using an adequate amount of rinse water it would mean the difference between leaving a hazardous container and leaving one in which it would be difficult for children to find e-nough poisonous chemical left lo cause much The best way to get rid of drums which held pesticides is to destroy them by crushing and burying i