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Surplus Material and "Empty" Container Disposal : 



Consider- 



research has been and continues to be conducted on this most 

 perplexing aspect of pesticides and an increasing amount of writ- 

 ten material on the subject is available. In spite of these ef- 

 forts, no satisfactory means of disposal appears to be either gen- 

 erally agreed upon by the foremost authorities on the subject nor 

 are those means conceded to be least undesirable generally known 

 or readily available to all concerned. 



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The Cooperative Extension Service, New York State College 

 of Agriculture and Home Economies at Cornell, in their publication 

 the "Cornell Fact Sheet" dated 10/21/66, reported the following: 



"A study of the health hazards of discarded pesticide con- 

 tainers was made by Wolfe et al ( Arch . Env . Heal th 3 (5):531) in 

 the Pacific Northwest. They found the so-called "empty" pesticide 

 containers seldom empty. Measurements of the pesticide remaining 

 and its calculated hazard to man was as follows: 



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Also laterally except at the surface in erosion and runoff. This 

 assumes as a criteria, agricultural research and termite control 

 in the use of chlorinated hydrocarbons. 



'Hooker Chemical Company of Buffalo, New York is the only one in 

 New York State. Dow Chemical Company at Midland, Michigan, one 

 in the lower Mississippi Valley and one reportedly in the Denver, 

 Colorado area, constitute the three remaining plants. 



