HEADLINES Like These HURT 



El 1 sworth H . Wheel er 

 Professor of Entomology 

 Leader, Pesticide Chemicals Program 



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Herbicide Product Found 

 On Bank of Reservoir 



— The 

 story has 

 not ended, contrary to some 

 reports. 



I Moderate Toxicltj' 



Empty bags of atrazone, a 



[herbicide of moderate toxicity,; 



have been found in a corn 



field adjacent t o the WBV^ 



jflHB Reservoir by officer 



Could things done in YOUR operations result in this kind of news? 



Or could YOU be the cause of an even greater tragedy? 

 haps? Not all pesticides have "Moderate Toxicity"! 



A child p e r ■ 



A field, ditch, stream bank or an open dump anywhere is NOT a safe 

 place to leave "empty" pesticide containers. They are never empty 



Burn "empti es " , that will burn (except hormone- type , 2,4-D, etc., 

 weed killers) in a spot where ashes can be buried; this amount of 

 heat does not destroy pesticides. And remember, smoke from organo 

 phosphate insecticides is especially dangerous. 



Bury bottles 

 if possible, 



mined there is no chance 

 polluted. Break bottles 

 but do it in the hole or 

 Avoid splashing with the 



and metal containers at least 18 inches down, deeper 

 at a spot where, in so far as possible, you have deter- 



of later exposure or that waters can be 

 and puncture and/or crush cans and drums 

 so that surface soil is not contaminated 

 concentrates 1 



Rememberl Accidents with pesticides don't just happen - - somebody 

 lets them happen - - someone who failed to carry out his full respon- 

 sibility. 



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