United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Prevention, EPA 305-B-06-004
Pesticides, and Toxic Substances
(H7506C) (Chinese/Mandarin)
o-EPA Protect Yourself from Pesticides-
Guide for Agricultural Workers (Chinese-Mandarin)
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Th« Environmental Protection Agency revised the Worker Protection Standard for agricultural
pesticides in August 1992. The revised Worker Protection Standard requires that agricultural workers be
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 safety training for
agricultural workers. Contact the State or Tribal agency responsible 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 EPA. 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 Branch (H7506C)
Office of Pesticide Programs
L'.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street. S.W.
Washington. D.C. 20460
(703) 305-7666
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Pesticide Safety
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• Pesticides help
control pests,
but they can
also hurt—even
kill—people.
Pesticides control pests
such as insects and
weeds. Pesticides can
also hurt—even kill—
people. The law helps
protect you from
pesticide poisoning.
You can also help
protect yourself.
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------- 1 PetticUe SifelT Learn how to protect yourself. If you don't understand, ask for help. If pesticides are used where you work, your boss must make sure you are trained in pesticide safety. This book has facts about pesticide safety, if you do not understand this book or your safety training, ask for help.
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How Can You Protect Yourself from Pesticides?
•Wear clothes
that cover
your skin.
You should wear dean
work clothes each day
that will cover your
skin:
• Long pants.
• A long-sleeved
shirt.
• Shoes and socks.
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Hof can ji« protect yourself fron pesticides?
At work, look for
soap and water.
At work, you must be
provided with soap,
water, and towels if the
areas where you work
have had pesticides
applied in at least the
last 30 days. Pesticides
dry on crops as a
powder — this powder is
the residue. A residue
can remain on a crop
many days after
spraying.
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How can JOB protect yourself from pesticides?
• Wash your
hands and face
before you eat,
drink, smoke, or
chew gum or
tobacco.
Your hands and face
may get pesticides on
them.
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Hot can JOB protect jonnelf froa peiticidet?
Wash your
hands before
using the toilet
at work.
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How can yot protect jrounelf from pesticides?
• Stay out of
areas where
pesticides are
being applied, if
pesticides drift
to where you are
working, get
out!
It is against the law for
anyone to apply
pesticides in an area
where you are working,
or to let pesticides drift
onto vou.
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How caul rot protect joorseif frcn pesticides?
If you see this
sign, or ones
like it, keep out!
This sign means that
pesticides are in the
area. You must have
special training and
protection to go into the
area.
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Hov can JOB protect yoinelf from pesticide:?
• Stay out of
areas your boss
tells you not to
enter...
Even if no sign is posted.
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How cm TOO protect jourseif from pesticide*?
i Never take
pesticides or
pesticide
containers
home from
work.
They are not safe for use
around the home.
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Hot can jon protect joarseif from pesticides?
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Keep children
away from areas
where
pesticides might
be.
At home, keep
pesticides away from
children.
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How can yon protect jourjelf froi pesticides?
After work each
day, wash your
whole body,
including your
hair.
Use plenty of soap and
water. Then put on
clean clothes.
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Ho? can JOB protect joirself from pesticide:?
• Keep dirty work
clothes away
from 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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there are pesticides?
Pesticides are
applied in
different ways:
• Liquids or sprays.
• Powders 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 there.
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PESTICIDES
IN
IRRIGATION
WATER
Pesticides may
be in irrigation
water and on
irrigation
equipment
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there are pe»iicide»?
• Pesticides may
be in storage
areas and in
places where
pesticides are
mixed and
loaded.
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Sometimes
pesticides drift
from where they
are being
applied.
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How Caa Pesiicidcj Hurt You?
• Pesticides can
hurt you if:
• They get on your skin.
• They get in your eyes.
• You breathe them.
• You swallow them.
Workers are hurt most
often by getting
pesticides on their skin.
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Hot can pesticides hart joa?
• Pesticides may
hurt you right
away.
If pesticides get on or in
you, they may make
you sick right away, or
hours later.
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Hot cm pesticides Imrt joi?
I Pesticides may
cause skin
rashes or hurt
your nose,
throat, or eyes.
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How can pesticides hart jroo?
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Muscle
pains and
cramps/
Headache/
Dizziness/g?s
• Pesticides can
make you feel
sick in different
ways.
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HOT can pesticides hart yoi?
Other signs of
pesticide
poisoning are:
• Drooling.
• Trouble breathing.
• Very small pupils of
your eyes.
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Hot can pesticides hurt jot?
• 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.
.Another delayed effect
may be birth defects, if
pregnant women are
exposed to pesticides.
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fhat If Yoo Get Sick at fort?
NEAREST EMERGENCY MEDICAL FACILITY
• Medical help is
listed on or near
a pesticide-
safety poster at
your work.
Make sure you know
where this and the
nearest phone are.
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that if JOB get sick at work?
• If you or
someone else
gets sick while
working, tell
your boss right
away.
Your boss must make
sure you get to medical
help if you think you've
been poisoned at work
by pesticides.
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fiiit if jot get nek at work?
Your boss will
provide
information
about the
pesticide.
Your boss must give you
or your doctor the name
and other infonnation
about the pesticide that
might have made you
sick.
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that If Pesticides Get Oa Or In You?
• If a 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
possible.
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tint if pesticides get on or in JOB?
If you begin to
feel sick or your
eyes, skin, or
throat hurt, go
to a doctor right
away.
Your boss must make
sure you are taken to a
clinic or doctor.
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that if pesticides get on or is jot?-
tf you or
someone else
swallows a
pesticide, get
medicai help
right away!
1. Call a poison control
center or doctor, or
go to the 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.
3. Get to a doctor as
soon as possible!
Have the name of
the pesticide with
vou.
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Leave closed
areas right away
if you start to
feet sick or
dizzy.
If you are working in an
enclosed area, like a
greenhouse, get to fresh
air right away if you
begin to fed dizzy or
have trouble breathing.
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If someone gets
sick from
breathing a
pesticide...
1. Get them to fresh air
right away.
2. Loosen their
clothing.
3. If not breathing, give
mouth-to-mouth
(CPR).
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fhtt if pesticides jet OB or in joi?
if someone
passes out in an
enclosed area,
get help—don't
go in!
Never try to rescue
someone who has
passed out in a
greenhouse or other
enclosed area unless you
have special training
and breathing
equipment. Find
someone who can help.
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if pesticide* get on or in joi?
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• Eye damage can
happen fast!
Rinse your eyes
for 15 minutes.
If a pesticide gets in
your 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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flat id pesticide! get on or in jot?
• Get medical
help!
In all cases of pesticide
poisoning, get medical
help as soon as possible.
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PESnOOE APPLICATION/
! Your boss must
tell you about
pesticide use at
work.
Your boss must: Warn you
about areas where
pesticides are to be applied
and areas you may not enter.
Your boss must post: The
name of the pesticide,
exactly where it was applied.
when it was applied, the
restricted entry interval, and
when the workers may
return to the work area.
This information has to be
written and posted in a
central location that is easily
accessible to all workers,
before the pesticides are
Applied.
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Your boss must
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 (RED.
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.
Without extra training
and protection, your
boss must not let you:
• Mix, load, apply, or
handle pesticides.
• Work as a flagger.
• Work in an area
where entry is
restricted.
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The law helps protect joii
Your boss must
not punish you
for trying to
follow these
rules.
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Help Protect Yourself I
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Know how to
protect yourself!
Your boss must protect
you from pesticides, but
your safety is your
responsibility, too.
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Help protect joirseifl
• 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 you information
about pesticides
applied in or near
areas where you work.
• Be sure you are
trained in
pesticide safety.
• Provide you with
>oap, water, and
towels.
• Make sure you get to
medical help if you
think you've been
poisoned at work
by pesticides.
• Provide you with
tfxtra training it'
you work in areas
where entry ii
restricted, work
JS a dagger,
mix, load, apply.
or handle pesticides.
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