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posal of "empty" containers are major causes. Youngsters are cur- 

 ious and they get from "here to there" before anyone knows it. 



If your children, or anyone's children, can get to your pesti- 

 cides or "empty" containers there is something wrong something 



that is YOUR responsibility to correct. 



Check these suggestions — is your place tragedy proof? 



1. Store all pesticides (and other hazardous materials) in origi- 

 nal, plainly labeled containers. 



2. Have one place for pesticides — one which can be 1 ocked ! (An- 

 other spot may be needed for products spoi 1 ed Fy f reezi ng ) . A 

 shed, garage, or other open area is not a safe place to keep 

 pesticides. Opened packages increase the danger. 



3. A separate, well-marked building is best. Second best would 



be an enclosed corner or end of a structure in which no animals 

 are housed — no people either. 



4. 

 5. 



Never leave pesticides 

 you may be planning to 



outside the locked storage even though 

 use them again tomorrow. 



Pesticides and "empties" left unattended in the open at the 

 mixing-filling station are an invitation to tragedy in this 

 day when farms are not so isolated from non-farm families and 

 children roam more freely. 



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A ditch, stream bank or an open dump anywhere is 

 place to throw "empty" pesticide containers. 



NOT a safe 



Burn "empties", that will burn, in a spot where ashes can be 

 buried; this amount of heat does not destroy some pesticides. 

 And remember, smoke from organo phosphates is especially dan- 

 gerous . 



Bury bottles and metal containers 18 inches or deeper under 

 compacted soil at a spot where, in so far as possible, you have 

 determined there is no chance of later exposure or that waters 

 can be polluted. It is best to break bottles and to puncture 

 and/or crush cans and drums, but, do it in the hole or so that 

 surface soil is not contaminated. Avoid splashing with the 

 concentrate I 



Rememberl Accidents with pesticides 



body lets them happen someone who didn 



sponsibi 1 i ty . 



don't just 

 t "measure 



happen- 

 up" to 



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