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4. An pes 

 erly worded 

 skull and c 

 i 1 1 ustratio 

 other forei 

 of these na 

 found no in 

 existed. T 

 storage. I 

 cultural ex 

 tives work 



t i c 1 d e 

 and il 

 ross-bo 

 ns . Th 

 gn lang 

 tional i 

 stances 

 h e s e si 

 t is s u 

 tension 

 coopera 



storage 

 1 ustrat 



nes or 

 ey shou 

 uages a 

 ties wh 



where 

 gns sho 

 ggested 



servi c 

 t i V e 1 y 



s should 

 ed warni 

 other ar 

 Id be av 

 s well a 

 work 

 this is 

 uld be p 

 that th 

 e and pe 

 to see t 



post in 

 ng signs 

 resti ng 

 ai 1 abl e 

 s Engl i s 

 n or fre 

 the prac 

 osted bo 

 e local 

 sti cide 

 hat this 



conspicuous places prop- 

 Such signs should bear 

 and generally understood 

 in Spanish, French or 

 h to accomodate people 

 quent the premises; we 

 tice even though the need 

 th outside and inside the 

 health department, agri- 

 distributor representa- 



is accomplished. 



5. Another important function that might be achieved by coopera- 

 tive effort would be coordinating the activities of police and fire 

 departments in handling emergencies such as fires and floods in- 

 volving pesticide storages. Some attempts have been made at secur- 

 ing such protection, but all those involved should get in the act 

 and provide inspection or other follow-up to up-date changes, re- 

 port on emergencies and generally see that the plan works. 



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EXTENT OF FOOD CONTAMINATION BY 2,4,5-T 



Gary L. Jensen 

 Department of Entomology 



From a recent Washington Newsletter of the National Aerial 

 Applicators Association, we have the following information on 

 2,4,5-T: 



"W 

 reachi n 

 more th 

 Moni tor 

 kets ac 

 tai ned 

 fat. A 

 pie con 

 130 pou 

 21 .5 mg 

 would h 

 tive da 

 effect" 



hat i s 

 g the u 

 an 24,0 

 ing per 

 ross th 

 2,4,5-T 

 no ther 

 tai ned 

 nd woma 

 /kg whi 

 ave to 

 ys . Th 

 i n the 



the ex 

 1 timat 

 00 foo 

 sonnel 

 e Unit 

 . The 

 sampl e 

 .003 p 

 n to 

 ch was 

 consum 

 is wou 

 study 



tent 

 e cons 

 d bask 



and t 

 ed Sta 



h i g h e 



conta 

 pm of 

 b t a i n 



admi n 

 e 175, 



f 2,4,5-T 

 umer? Ov 

 et sample 

 he Food a 

 tes. Thr 



st 1 eveT~ 

 ined 0.00 

 2,4,5-T. 

 the amoun 

 istered t 

 000 quart 



Id be 

 on mi 



e q u i V a 1 e n 

 ce 



contamination of food products 

 er a two-year period, 1967-1968, 

 s were collected by Pesticide 

 nd Drug Administration from mar- 

 ee samp les of food items con- 

 reported was 0.19 ppm in milk 

 8 ppm in milk fat. A meat sam- 



Calculations show that for a 

 t of 2,4,5-T equivalent to the 

 the mice in the Bionetics study 

 s^ of milk per day for 9 consecu - 

 t to a rate which produced "no 



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