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How Can You Protect Yourself From Pesticides?
After work each
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hair.
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How Can You Protect Yourself From Pesticides?
Keep dirty work
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non-work clothes
and from the
family laundry.
Pesticides may get on your
clothes at work. Wash your
work clothes including
your cotton gloves before
using them again.
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Pesticides are
applied in
different ways.
• Liquid or sprays.
• Powder or granules.
• Gases.
Pesticides may be in
many places. Pesticides
may be on plants and
on the soil. Often you
can't tell pesticides are
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places where
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hurt you if:
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• You swallow them
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• Very small pupils of
your eyes
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• Pesticides may
harm some people
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Getting
pesticides on or
in you may have
effects after
months or years
have passed
Delayed effects may be
cancer, or harm to
your kidneys, liver, or
nervous system.
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may be birth defects, if
pregnant women are
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What If You Get Sick at Work?
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If you or
someone else
gets sick while
working, tell
your boss right
away.
Your boss must made
sure you get to
medical help if you
think you've been
poisoned at work by
pesticides.
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What If You Get Sick at Work?
Your boss will
provide
information about
the pesticide.
Your boss must give you
or your doctor the name
and other information
about the pesticide that
might have made you
sick.
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What If Pesticides Get On or In You?
If pesticide gets
on you, get it off
right away!
1. Take off clothing
that has pesticide on it
2. Rinse skin right
away with water.
3. Wash with soap and
water as soon as
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If you begin to feel
sick or your eyes,
skin, or throat
hurt, go to a
doctor right away.
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sure you are taken to a
clinic or doctor.
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What If Pesticides Get On or In You?
If you or
someone else
swallows a
pesticide, get
medical help
right away!
1. Call a poison
control center or a
doctor if it's faster.
Give the name of the
pesticide and the first
aid directions from the
label.
2. If you can't call for
help, or while you wait
for help, follow the
first aid steps on the
label.
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soon as possible! Have
the name of the
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fresh air right away if
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right away.
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If someone
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enclosed area,
get help - don't
go in!
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someone who has
passed out in a
greenhouse or other
enclosed area unless
you have special
training and breathing
equipment. Find
someone who can
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Eye damage can
happen fast! Rinse
your eye for 15
minutes.
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eyes, hold them open and
rinse them with a gentle
stream of cool water.
Rinse for 15 minutes if
possible. Then go to a
doctor.
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not let you work
in some areas.
Your boss must not let you
work in an area where:
• Pesticides are being
applied
• Or pesticides may drift
onto you.
After a pesticide is used, you
may not enter a field during
the Restricted Entry Interval
(REI). The laws set different
safety periods or REIs for
different pesticides.
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You must have
special training
and protection for
some jobs.
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and protection, your boss
most not let you:
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handle pesticides.
• Work as a flagger.
• Work in an area where
entry is restricted.
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Help Protect Yourself!
Know how to
protect yourself!
Your boss must protect
you from pesticides, but
your safety is your
responsibility, too.
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• Remember:
• Wear clothes that cover
your skin.
• Stay out of areas as
instructed by your boss.
• Move away if pesticides
drift into the area where
you are working.
• Wash with soap and water
after work and before
eating, drinking, smoking,
or using the toilet.
Your boss must:
• Give information about
pesticides applied in or
near areas where you
work.
• Be sure you are trained in
pesticide safety.
• Provide you with soap,
water, and towels.
• Make sure you get to
medical help if you think
you've been poisoned at
work by pesticides.
• Provide you with extra
training if you work in
areas where entry is
restricted, work as a
flagger, mix, load, apply,
or handle pesticides.
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The Enironmental Protection Agency revised the Worker Protection Standard for
agricultural pesticides in August 1992. The revised Worker Protection Standard requires
that agricultural workers be given training in basic pesticide safety.
Protect Yourself from Pesticides: Guide for Agricultural Workers was developed
by the Environmental Protection Agency; it presents all of the information
required for training under the Worker Protection Standard. Some States and
Tribes have additional requirements for pesticide enforcement in your area to
obtain information needed to comply with all State or Tribal training requirements.
There are other materials about the Worker Protection Standard that are being
developed by the RPA. They include a safety poster, a handbook on pesticide
safety for pesticide handlers, and a manual for agricultural employers. For more
information about safety training and about the revised Worker Protection
Standard, contact
Occupational Safety Efanch (HB)
Office of Pesticide Programs
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M. Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20460
(703) 305-7666
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401 M. Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20460
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you have questions or concerns about pesticides, contact the agency
responsible for regulating pesticides in your area or the EPA Regional
Office nearest you.
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Regional Office
EPA
Region 1 (MA, CT, Rl, NH, VT, ME)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1
Pesticides and Toxic Substances Branch (CRT)
I Congress St.
Boston, MA 02114-2023 (617)918-1111
Region 2 (N^ NJ, PR, VI)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2
Pesticides and Toxic Substances Branch
(MS-105)
2890 Woodbridge Ave., Building #10
Edison, NJ 08837-3679 (908) 321-6765
Region 3 (PA, MD, VA, WV DE)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 3
Toxics and Pesticides Branch (3AT-30)
841 Chestnut Building
Philadelphia, PA 19107 (215) 597-8598
Region 4 (GA, NC, SCS AL, MS, K% FL, TN)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4
Pesticides and "toxic Substances Branch
(4-APT-MD)
$45 Courdand St., N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30J65 (404) 347-5201
Region 5 (IL, MI, MN, IN, OH, Wl)
U.S, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5
Pesticides and Toxic Substances Branch (5SPT)
77 W Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, II 60604 (312) 886-6006
Region 6 (TX, OK, AH, 1A, NM)
U.S. Environmental Protection Ageracy, Region 6
Pesticides and Toxics Branch (6T-P)
l445Ros*Ave,
Dallas, TX 75202-2733 (214) 655-7235
Region 7 (MO, KS, IA, NB)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7
Tbxics and Pcstiddes Branch (TOPE)
726 Minnesota Ave,
Kansas City, KS 66101 (913) 551-7020
Region 8 (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, W¥)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8
Toxic Substance* Branch (8ART-TS)
One Denver Place, Suite 500
999 18ih St.
Denver, CO 80202-2405 (303) 293-1730
Region 9 (CA, Ny AZ, HI, GU)
U,S, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9
Pesticides and Toxics Branch (A-4)
75 Hawthorne St
San Francisco, CA94105
(415) 744-1090
Region 10 (WA, OR, ID, AX)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10
Pesticides and Toxic Substances Branch (AT-083)
1200 Sixth Ave.
Seattle, WA 9810H (206) 553-1091
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