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A REMINDER ABOUT SAFE DISPOSAL 



E.H. Wheeler 

 Professor of Entomology 

 Leader, Pesticide Chemicals Program 



From an editorial in Pest Articles and News Summaries 12(3) :116, published 

 in Britain by the Ministry of Overseas Development and prepared by the 

 Tropical Pesticides Information Service, to whose Editor acknowledgements 

 are due. 



"Just for once we are about to belly-ache about pesticides - 

 and not, we believe, without just cause. We are alarmed at 

 the increasing number of poison cases reported from various 

 parts of the world and believe that more common-sense instruc- 

 tion is required. 



"Death by poisoning is indeed a harrowing business as a glance 

 at any poison manual will show. Headache, giddiness, blurred 

 vision, weakness, nausea, cramps and diarrhoea; sweating, 

 miosis, frothing at the mouth, vomiting, cyanosis, papilledema, 

 convulsions, coma - followed by death in respiratory paralysis 



"It would be tragic indeed should it happen to one of our loved 

 ones - a wife or child, through our own carelessness, thought- 

 lessness or neglect. Already there are more than enough of 

 these gruesome cases. 



"Even the minutest quantity of a toxic chemical left in a used 

 container can be a real danger to children and animals, and 

 it cannot be emphasized often enough - empty containers must 

 be rendered harmless by thorough rinsing (water miscible res- 

 idues only!) , or destroyed by burning or buried. 



"Partly full containers should always be stored tightly closed 

 in a safe place away from feedings tuffs and out of reach of 

 children. 



"Play it safe. Bury the container, not the child I" 



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