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           SUMMARY OF REPORTED  PESTICIDE INCIDENTS INVOLVING 2,4-0
                    Pesticide Incident Monitoring System

                               Report No. 2S3
                                     by

                            Health Effects Branch
                         Hazard Evaluation Division
                        Office of Pesticide Programs
                       Environmental  Protection Agency

                                 March 1980

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                                    STNOPSIS
        "The files of tfce Pesticide Incident  Monitoring  System (PIMS) were" searched
 for i epui l£  involving 2,4-0, active ingredient 2,4-dichloro?henoxyacetic acid.  It is
 also known  as CAS  94-75-7.   At the tine of the search, the files contained 33,525
• incident reports covering the period from 1966 to M arch 1980; of these, 1,001 involved
 5,4-0.

        Two  croups of reports were  distinguished in these incidents in which  alleged
 adverse  effects  were  reported.    One  group   containing  600  reports  cited  the
 involvement  of 2.4-0 alone.   The other contained  401  reports  and  cited 2.4-0 in
 combination with other ingredients.

        The presentation  of Information regarding incident exposure circumstances
 and effects in this synopsis is  made with no  reference to  whether the  occurrence has
 been confirmed to be the result of pesticide involvement or not.  This  is  not to say
 that all cases reported in this sum m ary lack confirm ation.   Neither should the absence
 of confirmation be interpreted as weaning that the  reported effect was not caused by
 the pesticide. Rather, it may intricate only-that confirmatory materials have not been
 submitted for incorporation into  the Pesticide Incident  Monitoring  System.   Incidents
 contained in this sura nary include only these which  have been resorted to PIMS.  It is
 likely that ether have occurred and remain unrepcrted;  therefore, this number should
 be thought of as representing a minimum.

        PIMS data, involving 2,4-0 is presented  in  three  tables.  In each  table it is
 shown  whether the involvement  of the  pesticide was alone or in combination  with
 other ingredients.  Table 1 shows the number of  reported  incidents by  entity and stte.
 Table 2 by sits and circumstance.  Table 3 presents an  abstract of each incident and
 various data related to the incident.

        In the 128 incidents  involving humans and 2,4-0  alone, there was one fatality,
 18 persons were hospitalized, 92 received medical attention, and 46 were affected but
 not  treatad.    There were 3  fatalities in  the  195  incidents  involving  2.4-0  In
 cam fain ation, and 25 hospitafizstlons; 324 persons recsived medical attention ano 124
 were affectad but not treated.

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                                    Table!

                      Pesticide Incidents Involving 2,4-0
          By Entity and Site as R eported to PIM S (1965 to January 1979)
__n_M__M_MMM«^~-MMMH-B««B_—i^H^
Entity
and
Site
Human: 333
Agriculture
City
Commercial
Correctional facility
Drainage canal
Educational facility
Forestry
Hcae
Highway
Industry
Lake
N ursery/greenhouse
Part/recreational
facfh'ty
Public building.
Pubh'c grounds
Right of way
R oadside
Tiroberland
Transportation
. Unspecified
» .
••••^•^^•Vm^M^V^H^HWHMHH^atf^MM^MflH
2,4-0
Alone
26
0
1
0
1
2
0
74
1
4
1
0
6
0
0
1
1
0
2
18
•^•^•^•^••^•^^•^^^^^^••••^•••••^^^••^••^^••^^••^^••••^^^^•••••M^^^B^PHII
2,4-0
In Combination
34
2
3
1
0
3
1
,
121
1
7
• o
1
2
4
1
0
0 '
1
1
12
•^"•^™^^*™"™^™^^~"^^"^«™™»»™»M«*I^B™"»B»
Total
60
2
4
1
1
5
1
195
2
11.
1
1
8
4
1
1
1
1
3
30
..Subtotal
138
195
333

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                          Table  1 Contd.
Agriculture '
Hate
Unspecified
Subtotal
Idlife: 9 (7)*
Agriculture
Coflwerci il
Qrcinage ditch
Fish iwitcftery
llwue
Industry.
River
Subtotal
lent Life: 574 (21)*
Agriculture
Cs»etery
C i Vy
Dr^'nage canal
r.J>:rationa1 facility
iiOfT:-
ir.^stry
N u rs ery/6r eennous e
Pa-fc/ Recreational
facility
River : "*- -*•
— —
T'ijtberland
Transportation
Unspecified
5
6 (I)2
1
12

0
0 '
0
1
a c
0
0
i

375 (3)1
1
1
1
0 (I)13
35 (1)12(2)
1
2

2
0

0
1
4
3 (4)1
8 (2)2
0
11

4 (3)1{1)9
o (i)16
1
1
0 (I)2
0 (D3
2 "
8

H2 (6)1
0
1 (I)18
a
»
0
2 28 (4)2
-. . 1 (I)3
2

'o
0 (I)3
•\A
o (i)14
4
3
"18
14
1
23

4
0
1
2
0
0
2
9

487
1
2
1
0
63
2
4

2
^ --. o

o
5
7
Subtotal          423                   151                      574

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                                      Table  1 Ccntd.
 nvlrcnatent:   55 (59)*
  Agriculture
  Ccncxrc
  CHy
  Creek
  EdJjcatl
  Fish hatchery
  Home
  Industry
  Lake
  Park/Rec .
    facility
  Fool
  Reservoir
  Roadside
  Timoerland
  Transpcrta
  Unspecified
  Warehouse
  River
  Agriculture
  Industry
  Right-cf-«ay
•e . * 3 (6r(13r(1)"
0
0
1
,1 facility 0 (I)13
tery 0 (I)7
6 0)2(2)10
2
od)15
iaticnal
r 1
0
1
o (i)17
1 0
Ltion S 0)n
td 1
0
0
Subtotal 24
7
•e 2
0
0
»ay . 0
Subtotal 2
4 (7) (4) (1) 0)
1 (I)16
0 (I)18
1
0
0
3 0)6(3)*(3)10
U3)3
2
0
1
0
Q
0 (I)14
13 (2)n(l)4
' 2
3
0 (2)8
31
2 •
1
1
1
5
y _ 7
1
0
2
0
0
9
3
- 2
1
1
1
0
0
22
3
3
0
55
4
1
1
1
7
TOTAL:  1,001                 600                   401                      1,001

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                                            Table! Ccntd.
*The numbers in parentheses have not been included in the total figures as they
 have been initially recorded in another category.
 These incidents are initially recorded in the hum an-agricufture figures.
  These incidents are initially recorded in the hum an-home figures.
 ^                                                                       	. —
  These incidents are initially recorded in the hum an-industry figures.
 ''This incident is initially recorded in the hum an-transpcrtation figures.
  These incidents are initially recorded in the domestic anim al-agriculture figures.
  This incident is initially recorded in the domestic anim aWiome figures.
  This incident is initially recorded in the wildttf e-fish hatchery figures.
  These Incidents art initially recorded in the wildTif e-rfver figures.
                                     o
 y
  These incidents are initially recorded in the plant life-agriculture figures.
  These incidents are initially recorded in the plant life-home figures.
 These incide/rts are initially recorded in the plant Tffe-transocrtation figures.
  This incident is initially recorded in the.environraent-home figures.
  These incidents are initially recorded in the hum an-educaticnal facility figures.
1*
  T'ese incidents are initially recorded in the human-timberland figures.
  This incident is initially recorded in the hum an-lake figures.
  These incidents are initially recorded in the hum an-co.m oerdal figures.
  Thi- incidfint is initiaTly recorded in the hum an-roadside figures.
''*'! has.-* incidents are initially recorded in the hum an-city figures,
19
  This incident is initially recorded in the wiidlif e-agriculture figures.

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                            Table 2

                Pesticide Incidents Involving 2.4-D
By Stt« and Circumstance as Reported to PIMS 096° to January 1979)
Site
Circumstance
Aoricutore: 570 (TI}*-
Aerial application
Aerial application
right-of-way)
Aerial misapplication
Aircraft crash/emergency
- dump
Bacfcsiphonage
Blcwbact
Contact fcith pesticide
Contact with treated .
Bstarial
C cntatninated fertilizer
Contaminated pesticide
Contaminated tan nix/
sprayer
Disaster (fire)
Dust drift
Drainage/runoff
• Equip TI ent failure/
maintenance
Equip ID ent failure/
• sintenance
(aerial apph'cation)
Faflurt-to follow
T i i tf + *
iaoei uicecuons
Ground spray application
H and spray application
Improper application
procedure
Improper disposal
2,4-0
Alone

48

0.
0

5 *
1
1
1 -

0
1
QO)7

1
0
0
1
1
3 CO1


1

1
21
0

7
OH)5
2,4- D
In Combination

15

3
1

3
1
0
1

1
1
1

2
3
1 "
20)7
'
1


1

0
X)
1

3
0
Total

S3

3
1

S
2
1
2

1
2
1

3
3
1
• 3

4


2

1
31
1
.
X)
0

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                                       Table  2  Contd.
Improper safety
precautions
Improper storage
Ingest ion of contami-
nates food, material
Ingest ion of pesticide
Ingestion of treated food
Pesticide misuse
Mixing/loading opera-
tion
Overspray
Pesticide application
Pesticide application
(hand)
Pesticide unrelated
Spill/Splash
Spray application
Spray drift (aerial
application)
Spray drift (aerial
application,
right-of-way)
Spray drift (ground
application)
Spray drift (hand
application)
Spray drift
Unlic&nseti application
Unspecified
Subtotal

2
2

1
1
0
9
Q
3 O)9
0
17

0
2
4
4

148


0
i
12 (I)1

0
SI
0
33
411
0
0 O)8
0

0
0
1
2
*
2
0 (D1
7

2
Q
1
3
c
46 (I)5
.

1
i
5 (I)1

1
30
0 (D2
7
159

^ . 2
~ 2

1
1
1
1

5
0
24

2
2
5
7

194


1

17

1
m
0
40
570
Cemetery: • 1
  Spray drift (ground
    application)
            Subtotal

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                                       Table 2 Cantd.
Cltg: 4 (3)*
Slowback" "
Hand spray application
Mixing/loading operation
Spray drift (aerial
application)
Spray drift (ground
application)
Spray drift
Subtotal
CoM»erc1al: 5
Contact with pesticide
Disaster (fire)
Equipment failure/
saint en ance
Pesticide unrelated
Spray drift (ground
application]
Subtotal
Peel: 1
Snill
Subtotal

0
o
0

1

0
o (i)4
1

1
0

0
0
0
1
*
0
0

1
o m4
*• i_._/ 	 J_-_
1

1
A
o (i)4
0
3

0
1

1
1
1
4

1 •
1

- 1
Q . ...
1

2

0
0
4

1
*
1

1
1
1
5

1
1
Correctional Facility:  1
  Cquipaent failure/
    maintenance
            Subtotal

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                                         Table 2 Contd.




Educational Facility 5
Hand spray "application .
Pesticide misuse
Pesticide residue
SpiTI/spIash
Spray drift
Subtotal
0
1
0
1
0
2
1
0
. 1
0
1
3
_ 1
1
1
1
1
S
Fish Hatchery: 2
Fish Hatchery 2
Aerial application 0 1
Im proper application
prccsdurs 1 0

1

1
Subtotal
Forestry; 1
C hrom'c exposure
Subtotal
Highway: 2
Hand spray
Inh3:ct;-3n exposure
-j.,r •- Subtotal
Home: 222 (5)*
Aerial application
Backsiphonage
Blow back
Chronic exposure
Contact with pesticide
1

0
0

0
1
1

3
2
0
0
3
1

1
1

1
0
1

7
0
1
1
20
2

1
1

1
}
2

15
2
1
1
23

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                                       Table 2  Contd.
IflBproper safety
precautions
Improper storage
Ingestion of contami-
nated food, aaterial
Ingestion of pesticide
Ingestion of treated food
Pesticide misuse
Mining/ loading opera-
tion
Overspray
Pesticide application
Pesticide application
(hand)
Pesticide unrelated
Spill /Splash
Spray application
Spray drift (aerial
application)
Spray drift (aerial
application,
right-of-way)
Spray dr^'ft (ground
application)
Spray drift (hand
application)
Spray drift
Unlic&r.sed application
Unspecified
Subtotal

2
2

1
1
0
9
a
3 (I)9
0
17

0
2
4
4

148


0
i
12 (I)1

0
81
0
33
411
Q
0 (I)8
0

0
0
1
2
*
2
0 (D1
7

2
0
1
3
r
46 (I)5


1
i
5 (I)1

1
30
0 (I)2
7
153

^ . 2
~ 2

1
1
1
1

5
0
24
•
2
2
5
7

194


1

17

1
111
0
40
570
Cenetery: • 1

  Spray drift (ground
    application)
            Subtotal

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Table 2 Contd.
Contact with treated
oaterial
C ontarainated pesticide
Contaminated sprayer/
tank mix
0 era al exposure
Drainage/runoff
Equip m ent failure/
in aintenance
Failure to follow label
directions
Ground spray application
Ground spray application
(right-of-way)
Hand application
Hand spray application
la proper application
procedure
Improper disposal
In proper safety
precautions
Improper storage
Ingestion of contami-
nated material/food
Ingestion of pesticide
Ingestion of treated
si aterial food
Intentional poisoning
Lack of protective
equipment
Pesticidfe application
Pesticide application
(hand)
Pesticide drift
Pesticide unrelated
Smoke drift
Spin/splash
Spray application
Spray application "
(railroad right-
of-way)

0
0

0
2
1

1

0
8

0
1
5

1
0

2
2

3
15

5
0

0
3

1
0
0
0
7
1
» .- .
.. .
0

1
1

2
1
1 0)60)16

0

i
TOO)3

1
0
15

2
2
a
10)8
1
Ifi
6 (I)16
29

2
1

1
. 5

8
1
2
1
4
1


1
                                         1
                                         1

                                         2
                                         3
                                         2
                                         1
                                        18

                                         1
                                         1
                                        20

                                         3
                                         2

                                         3
                                         3

                                         9
                                        44

                                         7
                                         1

                                         1
                                         8

                                         9
                                        1
                                         2
                                        1
                                        n
                                        z

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                                    Table 2 Contd.





Spray drift (aerial
(hand application)
Spray drift
Suicide attejnpt
Suicide
Unspecified
Subtotal
Industry: M (2)*
Blowbadc
Contact, with pesticide
Disaster (fire)
Equipment failure/
maintenance
Ground spray application
Ground spray application
v right-of-way)
Hartd spray application
Mixing/loading operation
Spill
Spv.iy ^plication
Sprt>y drift
Unspecified
•*
• .
* ~r' Subtotal
jjurs cry/Greenhouse; 5
Contact with pesticide
Contaminated fertilizer -
0
5
0
2
28
121

1
2
0

1
0

0
0
0
1
0
2
0
7

0
0
1
9
2
1
12
161

-0
0 (I)10
4

0
1
1C
0 (I)15
1
. 1
0
1.
0
2
*
10

1
2
1
14
2
3
40
282

1
2
4

1
1

0
1
1
1
1
2
2
	 17 - 	
-
1
2

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                                    Table 2 Contd.
Pesticide application
(hand)
Spray drift
»
Subtotal
•ark/Recreational Facility:
Blowbadc
Equipment failure/
maintenance
ground spray application
Hand spray application
Improper application
procedure
Icproper disposal
Pesticide application
Spray drift (aerial
application)
Spray drift (hand
application)
Unspecified
Subtotal
•'*l_;c Bui T dinar 4
"or.-.act -»ith pesticide
Inadequate training
Spray drift (ground
application
Spray dr.if* (hand
application)
1
1
2
11
1

1
0
1

7
1 •
1

1

1
1
9

0
0

0

0
0
0
3
0

0
1
1

0
0
Q
•
0

0
0
2
•

1
1

. 1

1
1
1
5
1

1
1
2

1
1
1

1

1
1
11

1
1

1

1

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                          Table 2 Contd.
• Subtotal
Riqht-of-Vay: 2
Ground spray application
Spray drift
(aerial application)
Subtotal
Transoortation: 30 (2)*
Aircraft crash/emergency
dump
Container failure/damage
Damage by other freight
Spill /Splash
Unloading operation
Unspecified
Vehicle accident
Subtotal
goadside; 1
Hrainage/Hunoff
Subtotal
Public Grounds: 1
Ground spray application
0

0

1
1


1
5
0 (I)11
3
1
2
0
12

1
1

0
4

1

0
1

*
1
0
0
2 (T)12
0
3
12
18
9

0
• 0
•
1
- -_ 4

1

1
2


2
5
0
5
1
5
12
30

1
1

1
Subtotal

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                                      Table 2 Contd.
Unspecified; 41
Aerial application
Blcwbadc
Contact with pesticide
Contact with treated
material
Container failure/
damage
Hand application
Hand spray application
Improper safety precautions
Improper application
procedure
Improper disposal
Ingest ion of pesticide
Ingestion of contami-
nated material /food
Pesticide misuse
Pesticide application
(hand)
Spill
Spray application
Spray drift (aerial
application)
Stir ay drift (ground
application]
Spray drift
Unspecified
* r?
• Subtotal

0
1
1

0

0
1
0
0

0
1
1

1
0

0
0
1

1

0
1
15
24

2
0
3

1

2
0
1
1

1
0
- 1

0
1

1
1
0

. o

1
0
1
17

" "_ 2
1
4


1

2
1
1
1

1
1
2

1
1
*
1
1
1

1

1
1
16
41
Warehouse;  3
  Disaster (fire)
            Subtotal

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                                       Table 2 Contd.
Creek:  2 (1)*
  Iirproper application
procedure

spin
Vehicle accident
Subtotal
Timber land: 10)*
Spray drift (aerial
application)
Unposted warnings
Subtotal
Qrainace 2itch/Canal: 3
Ground spray application
Spray application
Spray drift
Subtotal
•-ake: 3
Contact *Uh pesticide
Pesticide application
Spill :
» ,*ff - *'.
o

o (D13
1
1

-
0
0
0

0
1
1
2

1
0
0

1

0 	
0
1


1
o (D14
1

1
0
0
• 1

. 0
1
. 1
•
~~ -1

0
1
2


1
0
1

1
1
1
3

1
1
1

            Subtotal

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                                      Table 2 Contd.
Reservoir;  J

  Vehicle accident
Subtotal
River: 2
Aerial application
Mixing/loading
Subtotal
TOTAL: 1,001
1

0
0
0
600
0

7
1
2
401
1

1
1
2
1,001
NOTE:  This report has a considerable number of crop incidents:  cotton, soybeans, grapes and
       alfalfa.

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                                           Table 2 Contd
•The numb'ers in  parentheses have not been  included in the total figures as they'have been initially
recorded in another category.
  These incidents  are initially recorded in the  agriculture-spray drift (aerial application) figures.
 *This incident is Initially recorded in the agriculture-sp) 07 i'lfl figures.
  This incident is initially recorded in the home-aerial application figures.
  These incidents  are initially recorded in the  city-spray drift (aerial application) figures.
  These incidents  are initially recorded in the  agriculture-improper application procedure figures.
 6This incident is initially recorded in the horn e-spray drift figures.
 ' These incidents  are initially recorded in the  agriculture-aerial application (right-of-way) figures.
  These incidents  are initially recorded in the  agriculture-spray drift (hand application) figures.
 q
  This incident is initially recorded in the agriculture-splash figures.
  This incident is  initially recorded in the industry-spray application figures.
  This incident is  initially recorded in the transportation-container dam age figures.
* This incident is  initially recorded in the transportation-vehicle accident figures.
  This incident is  initially recorded in the creek-vehicle  accident figures.
14
  This incident is  initially recorded in the timberland-spray drift (aerial application) figures.
 3Th1s incident is  initially recorded in the industry-mixing/loading figures.
  These incidents are initially recorded in the home-ground spray application (right-cf-way) figures.
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                                             Tables

                                  Abstracts of Pesticide Incidents
                      Involving 2,4-0 as Reported to PIHS (1954 to March 1980)
Data
of
Incident
State     In pact
                     Active
                     Ingredients
                     Involved
00/00/54
LA
Crop damaged
(cotton)

  Remarks:
2,4-0
                                                     On 9/1/66, a legislator requested an investiga-
                                                     tion of damage to cotton crops by  herbicide
                                                     drift which  occurred in 1954.   The spraying
                                                     operation was carried out along a river by the
                                                     Army Corps of Engineers.   Damage occurred
                                                     in five  parishes and resulted in  several claims
                                                     for compensation.
05/25/66
UT
Crops damaged
(3,000 acres;
wheat, alfalfa),
rangeland
dam aged/kitted
(8,000 acres;
grasses, range
plants, trees)
2,4-0
2,4,5-T
Fuel oil
                                                     Twenty-two 55-gaIlon drums of 2,4-0 and two
                                                     SB-gallon drums of 2,4,5-T  (diesel  oil  #2 as
                                                     carrier)  were   applied at the rate  of  2 Ib
                                                     herbicide/2 gal oil/acre in an aerial  applica-
                                                     tion to control sage  brush and other brush on
                                                     privately owned sheep and  cattle rangeland.
                                                     The rangeland  was  adjacent to  two  small
                                                     towns  and in fairly high and  steep rolling hills
                                                     south  and  east of the towns.  The  crop and
                                                     range  damage  occurred at the south end of a
                                                     valley which narrows considerably with several
                                                     canyons  and  ravines leading  from the treated
                                                   • area to the crop and rangeland surrounding the
                                                     towns. After the applicator  spent the greater
                                                     part of the day spraying, farmers and property
                                                     owners claimed that the daily canyon breezes
                                                     carried "considerable* chemical drift  down to
                                                     the  valley.  Oam age was evident in the  wheat
                                                     and  alfalfa;  the  wheat (watered by  sprinkle
                                                     irrigation)  had twisted growth  and  died  in
                                                     patches.   Grass was stunted, had streaks of

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                                                     black, and  had not produced seed;  mustard,
                                                     burdock,  yarrow,  sunflower,  dock,  stinging
                                                     nettles  and other  plants  also had  twisted
                                                     stems.    Boxelder  and  maple  trees,  choke
                                                     cherry and service berry shrubs were burned or
                                                     kitted.  The burning  of the trees and shrubs in
                                                     a any Instances occurred only on the east or
                                                     mountain side  of  the area.  In leaf regrowth
                                                     the  petiole  was twisted, the leaf distorted.
                                                     Ft±sr=cr. sns used a  small fishing stream
                                                     located in the  area affected by spray drift had
                                                     not  complained of  stream  damage.   During
                                                     Investigation,  samples  of the two  herbicides
                                                     were collected from barrels left by the  aerial
                                                     applicator.
06/16/65
NC
Crop dam aged
03/4 acre
tobacco)
 2,4-0 (amine)
                                                    In 1965, leftover 2,4-0  was placed in  a used
                                                    maleic  hydrazide container and not relabeled.
                                                    On  approximately  6/16/66,  the  improperly
                                                    stored  2,4-0  was  mistakenly ground-applied
                                                    for  tobacco sucker  control  at  a rate  of  4
                                                    lb/acre.  The  herbicide was  applied  to the
                                                    well-drained, 1 3/4-acre field by  a tenant far-
                                                    mer in calm,  dry  weather.   The  extent  of
                                                    damage was not specified; some  of the tobac-
                                                    co was  later salvaged.  Similar incidents were
                                                    reported to have occurred  previously  in the
                                                    same vicinity.
04/01/67
CT
1 human
fatality
 2,4-0 (ester)
 2A5-T
 A 48-year-old truck driver ingested one cup of
 herbicide in a successful suicide attempt.  Ac-
 cording to his son with whom he lived, he had
 been despondent due to marital problems.  The
 50-gallon drum  from  which  the pesticide was
 taken had been  sealed.  The drum was  stored
 in  a garage at  the driver's  place of  employ-
. nent; whether he ingested the herbicide at the
 garage  or took  it home before ingestion was
 undetermined.  Ingestion  was  between 6:30
 a,m. and 7 a..u.  At home shortly thereafter,
 he became nauseated  and  vomited, for which
 he took  aspirin and a glass of  milk at that
 time.  He  was  found  sitting in  a chair in  a
 dazed condition at 7:30  a,m., and  admitted
 drinking  the  pesticide.    An ambulance  was
 called;  he was  admitted to  the  hospital at 9
 a,a. (4/1/67), stlTl conscious.  He  died at  5

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                                                     a.m. on 4/3/67.  Laboratory analysis of liver,
                                                     stomach and intestines confirmed the presence
                                                     of 2,4,5-T and 2,4-0.
10/17/67  " "          NO-       1 dog dead,            2,4-0 (ester)
                                soil contaminated     2,4,5-T (ester)
                                                     A veterinarian stated the dog's death was due
                                                     to  contact  with the pesticides.  An electric
                                                     company used  herbicides  for weed control
                                                     under power lines.  Some of  the  product was
                                                     sprayed  within  the  fenced  area of  a private
                                                     residence, approximately  36  feet  from  the
                                                     house.   Approximately  15  minutes  after the
                                                     application, the resident's  pet dog (Blue Tick
                                                     hound) roamed  over the sprayed  area within
                                                     the fence.  The dog's paws were washed im-
                                                     mediately.   Several days later, the dog  was
                                                     observed liclcing his paws;  all four paws  were
                                                     found to be swollen.  A secondary  infection
                                                     developed in the injured paw  area (the herbi-
                                                     cide  allegedly  "had  eaten*  into the  flesh be-
                                                     tween the cushion and toes).  During the next
                                                     year, the dog's owner consulted two veterinar-
                                                     ians in efforts to successfully treat the  ani-
                                                     mal.   Approximately two  weeks prior to the
                                                     dog's death the problems seemed to be  alle-
                                                     viated.   On  10/17/68  internal bleeding  oc-
                                                     curred, followed by death.  The owner was told
                                                     by  the  second  veterinarian,  who  had  been
                                                     treating  the  dog for several months, that the
                                                     herbicide  had   been  introduced  internally
                                                     through the dog's licking his paws. Blood was
                                                     discharged from his mouth, anus  and  was in
                                                     the dog's urine.  No post-mortem  examination
                                                     was performed.   The owner  was  making an
                                                     attempt  to stop the sale of the product in his
                                                     state. A local sales representative reportedly
                                                     had stated that the  product used was from "a
                                                     bad lot."  The applicator's insurance  company
                                                     made  a  payment for damages to the  dog's
                                                     owner; label directions were not followed and
                                                     the application reached an area other than the
                                                     target area.  One of the manufacturer's chem-
                                                   • ists responding to the owner's complaint stated
                                                     that the product was nontoxic and harmless to
                                                     humans and  animals.  The  product  label ad-
                                                     vised against contaminating water for irriga-
                                                     tion or domestic purposes:  "Harmful if swal-
                                                     lowed.    Avoid  contact  with skin,  eyes cr
                                                     clothing."

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04/15/68
CO
Over 87 cattle
affected, 9 dead,
21 treated
 2,4-0 (ester)
 Endrin

 Extensive aerial applications of a combination
 of endrin and  2,4-0  butyl  ester  to winter
 wheat took place in eastern Colorado during
 April, 1968.    Similar  applications  of  0.25
 Ib/acre endrin and OJ - 0.5 Ib/acre 2,4-0  were
 made at two ranches on 4/15  and  at a  third
 ranch on 4/16.  A herd of Angus cattle grazed
 on treated wheat at the first ranch  on the day
 following spraying.   That afternoon,  some of
 the cattle developed staggering, loss  of  coor-
 dination, opisthotpnus, and convulsions.  Three
 of the cattle  expired by 3 p.m., and 14 others
 were treated  by a veterinarian  between 3 and
 5 p.a. At the second ranch, same of a herd of
 35 Angus cattle grazed  in  a freshly-treated
 wheat field located just north of their pasture.
 Six cattle (including  a calf) expired in the
 early  morning following spraying; seven others
 received veterinary treatment.  At the  third
 ranch, approximately  52 hereford  yearlings
 (heifers)  were  pastured  between  two  fields
 treated  on the  afternoon  of  4/16.  Ten  to
 twelve of the cattle exhibited mild excitabi-
 lity on the morning of 4/T7; all recovered with
 no veterinary treatment.  Some of the treated
 cattle received phenobarbital to control cen-
 tral  nervous  system symptoms; others  were
 treated extensively with sodium thiosulf ate by
 intravenous injection.  Blood  and milk samples
 were collected from  affected Angus cattle at
 the second ranch.   Tissue and  rumen content
 samples   were  obtained  from  a  dead  caw.
 Serum  endrin residues (methanol  serum  ex-
 tract) in four cows ranged from 0.136 ppm  to
 0.259  ppm. '  A  raffle  sample contained 0.446
 ppro endrin (Burchfield  vol I, n A4a 1).  Rumen
 contents (entirely freshly-ingested wheat) con-
 tained 0.257 ppm endrin  (Burchfield vol  L, HI
 A3d  1),  while  liver  and  adipose-abdominal
•tissue contained 2.464  ppm  and  2.322  ppm
 endrin,   respectively  (Radoraski   method).
 Wheat from  a treated field  contained 52.718
 ppm  endrin (fresh weight basis).  A diagnosis
 of endrin poisoning  was  strongly  presumed;
 hypomagnesemic tetany ("grass  staggers") was
 ruled out. Magnesium and calcium  electrolyte
 levels were  found to  be in the low  normal
 range in serum  from two cows. Nitrate poi-
 soning was ruled out  on  the basis of  0.195

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                                                      nitrate  (dry  weight)   detected  in  sprayed
                                                      wheat.  Analysis of the pesticide emulsifiable
                                                      concentrates demonstrated the concentrations
                                                      on  the product  labels to  be nearly correct.
                                                      Application  rates  were  •determined to have
                                                      been reasonable.         ~
08/05/53
OR
2 humans affected;
1 received  medical
attention,
horses affected,
trees dam aged
2,4-0 (amine)
Trysben
                                                     Thousands of acres of wheat fields surrounding
                                                     the  complainant's  residence were commonly
                                                     treated with herbicides each year for eradica-
                                                     tion  of  alfalfa and morning   glories  using
                                                     various brands of 2,4-0  as weTl as occasional
                                                     spot applications of  Trysben.   On 3/5/63 the
                                                     only application of 1963  was made (3 Ib/acre
                                                     2,4-0  amine on 200  acres).  The application
                                                     was approximately % mile west of the  home
                                                     and  wind  was practically nil according to the
                                                     aerial   applicator.    Affected  residents de-
                                                     scribed the weather as windy.   A flagger was
                                                     on  duty during the application.   The female
                                                     resident noticed a spray drift through  her yard
                                                     and  immediately experienced nausea  and diz-
                                                     ziness, followed by loss  of appetite, vomiting
                                                     of blood,  and  an inability to urinate for 2 to 3
                                                     days.  Her family physician noted  generalized
                                                     aching and feeling of illness, chest congestion,
                                                     eye inflammation, poor appetite, and  extreme
                                                     nervousness.   Antibiotic  treatment  produced
                                                     no response. She also was treated with sulfur
                                                     tablets.   A second physician  was  consulted,
                                                     and  noted chest pains,  general malaise, and
                                                     loss of appetite.  Laboratory results  of  blood
                                                     tests were  mainly  negative.  A  kidney infec-
                                                     tion was  detected  which responded  to  anti-
                                                     biotics.   The  doctor reported  "...  he  couldnt
                                                     positively rule out the possibility, but neither
                                                     did he have any indication that she  has been
                                                     affected by 2,4-0."  The woman's husband also
                                                    -reported  unspecified illness  on  tne day  after
                                                     spraying.   The woman reported horses  were
                                                     affected;  a veterinarian did not see the horses,
                                                     but provided a telephone consultation for one
                                                     sick animal. He felt the symptoms described
                                                     to him  were related to laminitis, for which he
                                                     prescribed cortisone with  vitamin 0  and selen-
                                                     ium.  The horse, which had a history of several
                                                     episodes of laminitis over the past few years,
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                                                     reported seeing spray drift  contact  a spruce
                                                     tree in  the yard at the time of application.
                                                     Black locust trees 1n the yard subsequently
                                                     exhibited discoloration in deep foliation on the
                                                     west side of the trees. - •
05/00/83
CO
Crop damaged
(com)
2,4-0 (anine)
Eptam

Over tan farmers  complained  of  damage to
their corn crops after use of the same granular
herbicide product  for  weed  control.   In  all
instances, the product had been applied  within
label-recommended  rates, from  2.7  to  4
Ib/acrts.  The farmers contacted denied using
the  product  in combination  with  fertilizers,
insecticide, or fungicides.  The soils involved
were tight loam, loamy, or clay soils.   Three
fields  were  investigated  and  samples were
collected.  The stands of corn were described
as "spotty."    Damaged  plants  had twisted,
curled leaves,  abnormally shaped  tap roots
("very triangular"), and  anchor roots  which
were few in  number, thin, twisted, and weak.
Three T-pint soil  samples  were analyzed  on
6/27; 0.2  ppm  eptam  was detected  in  one
sample.  No 2,4-0
acid was detected in any of the samples.  Gas
chromatography (with FID) was the method of
analysis; limits of  detection  were 0.15 ppm
eptam and 1.1  ppm  2,4-0 acid.   The test
method was considered inadequate in that very
low residues  could not be detected. The time
interval between use of the product and  analy-
sis was not reported.
OS/19/69
AR
1 human affected,
cattle affected,
5 dead, 2 aborted,
2 herds treated,
1 » are aborted;
fish kiTI, crop
(clover), trees
damaged
2,4-0
2,4,5-T (ester)
Arsenic
                                                     Due to pilot error portions of two farms were
                                                     sprayed with 2,4,5-T on 5/18/69 and with 2,4-0
                                                     on  5/19/69  by  an  aerial  applicator  as  he
                                                     treated an adjacent field.   Pond  water was
                                                     used for dilution at an airstrip where mixing of
                                                     the pesticides took place.   On  or about
                                                     6/10/69, the owner of an  Angus beef herd (34
                                                     cows with calves and 4 bulls) noted the follow-
                                                     ing symptoms  in his cattle and crops:   weight
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                                                     the bulls), caff growth slowed, nodules 0 - IV)
                                                     appeared on the backs of cattle, estrus did not
                                                    -recur-4R-aost -cows, two cows and one  mare
                                                     aborted, cattle lost thetr 'voice"  and exhibited
                                                     unusual  and  prolonged headraising  while eat-
                                                     ing; fields of clover were brown and dead, and
                                                     trees appeared to be dying.   Two of the cows
                                                     that diedJteuLgrazed tree leaves  which had
                                                     been-"sprayed to the point of run-cff."   On
                                                     7/28/69, a neighboring farmer stated  his Hoi-
                                                     stein-dairy-heed (number of cows unreported)
                                                     had  exhibited _similar symptoms  and one cow
                                                     had  died.  A veterinarian who  observed the
                                                     Angus  herd  reported  they  showed  typical
                                                     symptoms of  arsenic as wen as  nitrogen poi-
                                                     soning." A second veterinarian  who  had ob-
                                                     served ~both-herds agreed with the first.  Two
                                                     more cows from the Holstein herd died on 8/5.
                                                     Samples werejtaken from cows of the Holstein
                                                     herd  and sent- to a  private laboratory along
                                                     with -grass,—soil  and leaf samples.   A  soil
                                                     sample was sent also from the first farm. The
                                                     test results showed  that a qualitative analysis
                                                     of-«fJk. and liver taken by  a veterinarian from
                                                     a cow that had  died revealed low  to moderate
                                                    •*»unt of jrsfinic; in a later report no  arsenic
                                                     was_detected  in mflk,  grass, leaf and  soil
                                                     sauiplesr~OnU/12, samples of milk, soil, grass,
                                                  — and  pond  water, and commercial feed  were
                                                    -collected for. analysis at a federal laboratory.
                                                     Jn the  saroe  date, two  Angus  cattle  were
                                                     slaughtered; tissue and rumen content samples
                                                    jtierjaCfgrwjrded to federal laboratory for path-
                                                            'gnd metallic residue analysis.   Results
                                                     iere not reported.   Milk from the dairy con-
                                                    tinued to~oe~fflarketed during the investigation
                                                     period.   Mo  arsenic was detected in  2,4,5-7
                                                     samples  (screened to 0.005S) closest  to the
                                                 •r^Jjatch .-used in the  application.   Neither  was
                                                 	arsenic found in the dilution  water.   Samples
                                                     of 2,44-T were  determined to be chemically
                                                 — .-satisfactory.  No information  was given con-
                                                 -• — -earning adverse effects reported to  be  experi-
                                                 —s-3Errced-by a-farmers daughter who consumed
                                                 ~~qJtlry -and garden products from  one  of the
                                                	affected farms.  A veterinarian reported that
                                                     a fish kiTI occurred after the spraying in a
                                                     pond located on the beef f ar m.
05/27/69             AR         Sarten, yard  ___!_'2,4-U
                                damaged; (hicfccry,	2,4,5-T
                                oak, pear trees,	   Fuel oil
                                bean planU) ———
                                                     A forestry service aerially sprayed  a national
                                                  "~ forest area  to kill  hardwoods  on  or  about
                                                  -—5/27/69. The service used a formulation of 2

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                                                     Ib  acid/gal 2,4,5-T and  1  Ib  acid/gal  2,4-0.
                                                     The solution  used consisted  of H  gal  2,4,5-
                                                     T/V6 gal 2,4-0/1 5/6 gal water/H gal #2 diesel
                                                     fuel  oil   applied  at  the  rate  of   7   gal
                                                     solution/acre  plus  1%  ~pf  surfactant/100  gal
                                                     solution.  A nearby farmer ground-sprayed his
                                                     property  with 2,4,5-T on  or  about 6/16/69.
                                                     Later injury/dam age to plants, beans  and pears
                                                     in the farmer's yard and garden was attributed
                                                    •-fey  ths* fsrssr   to   the   forestry  service
                                                     application.   Four samples of plants (oak  and
                                                     hickory sprouts, bean  plants, and a  pear  tree
                                                     branch) were  sent to a laboratory for analysis;
                                                     the  hickory sprout sample contained 0.1  ppb
                                                     2,4-0  and  was  inconclusive  for 2,44-T;  the
                                                     oak  sprout was inadequate for analysis;  the
                                                     pear sprout contained  0.1 ppb  2,4-0 and L25
                                                     ppb  2,4,5-T, the bean  plant contained 0.1  ppm
                                                     2,4-0 and 0.76 ppm 2,4,5-T.
06/00/69
AR
Frogs
affected,
water
contaminated
2,4-0 (ester)
DOT
000
Oieldn'n
A farm pond situated in the center of a large
pasture (no cropland for a distance of at least
k Rile)  was treated  with 202  2,4-0  granular
herbicide in the early spring of 1969  for con-
trol of  aquatic  vegetation.  The application
conformed to label Instructions.  In April, the
surrounding pasture was treated wtth  approxi-
mately 600 pounds of commercial fertilizer
03-13-13).  In  June, the farmer's  son observed
several mutated frogs while swimming  in the
pond.  Defects included "cyclops* eyes,  abnor-
mal number of appendages, poorly developed
muscles,  and  others.   Investigation  of the
incident was delayed until October, when  six
frogs (apparently normal)  were  collected from
the pond along with four pints of water. Since
efforts to collect  a  mutated frog had proved
fruitless, the farmer  provided a live frog wtth
Ixo additional  hind  limbs which his  son had
been keeping in an  aquarium (photo  available).
Samples were  forwarded to a federal labora-
tory for analysis.  Approximately 2,500 ml of
the  pond water was filtered to obtain a sedi-
ment,  which was found to contain an organic
chlorinated m aterial  which could not  be iden-
tified as one of the common chlorinated pesti-
cides.  Two of the  normal frogs were  found to
contain approxim ately 0.1 ppm ODE  and  traces
of  dieldrin (0.01 ppm).    The six-legged frog
contained approxim ately 0.2 ppm 0 0 T-0 0 E-

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                                                      000 complex and traces of dieldnn.  A  blue-
                                                      gfll  test using ffltered pond water was nega-
                                                      tive.  Analysis  of the water indicated 12 ppb
                                                      dleldrm  and traces of  DOT-ODE-QDO  com-
                                                      plex.  Foliar spray tests,"in which 3-week-old
                                                      tomato  seedlings  were 'sprayed  with  pond
                                                      water, resulted in no significant plant injury as
                                                      compared  with  2,4-0  standards  and distiHed-
                                                      water controls.  Root  growth tests revealed no
                                                      Inhibition of root elongation in seeds treated
                                                      with pond  water, also compared with standards
                                                      and  controls.  Results  of both foliar spray and
                                                      root growth tests indicated the presence  of no
                                                      significant  amounts   of  2,4-0  in the  pond
                                                      water.
06/00/69
OK
 V alnut trees,
pasture damaged,
wildlife affected
07/00/69
AZ
Humans, domestic
animals, wildlife
affected, plants
dam aged (trees,
shrubs, range  •
plants, crops,
ornamentals)
2,4-0
2,4,5-T
Fuel oil

Herbicides mixed with dlesel oil, water, and/or
a combination of the two were aerially applied
to a ranch.  An area of the range adjacent to a
smaller farm was sprayed with 1.5 pounds 2,4-
D, 1 pound  2,4,5-T, and 4.5  gallons oil.  Al-
though  there was  no  wind, some herbicide
drifted  down a valley onto  the farm,  where a
few  walnut trees were damaged.  The rancher
made a cash settlement to  the owner of the
trees,  who  also expressed concern  over pos-
sible ill effects to wildlife in the area, citing a
general scarcity of deer, squirrels  and  quails
as compared  to the preceding  year.   The
farmer  also attributed the  scorching  of pas-
tures to the spray drift.

2,4-0
2,4,5-T
2,4,5-TP
                                                     .Various types of dam age to  m any plant species
                                                     as well as to humans, domestic animals  and
                                                     wildlife were reported by area residents, re-
                                                     ferred to in local news articles  and/or  ob-
                                                     served  by  investigators after  a canyon  area
                                                     was  sprayed from 6/8 - 10/69  by  a forestry
                                                     service.   A solution  of 2,4,5-TP  in  water (S
                                                     gal/acre) was aerially  applied to control brush
                                                     on hunting and rar.geland to  allow mere  water
                                                     to flow, thereby reducing fire hazard. In past
                                                     years, 2,4-0 and  2,4,5-T had  also been  used
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  area.   Spraying  was  discontinued  whenever
  wind speed exceeded 10 miles per hour.  The
  helicopter flew  20 -100 feet above the vegeta-
  tion while spraying; it avoided as much private
  land as possible.  A nozzle clogged during one
  application.   A  recreation- area  and stream
  bottom vegetation within  the treatment pro-
  ject  were  avoided.    There was  a lade  of
  rainfall from the ffrst  week in May until after
  the-first week in July.  On 7/10/69 an agricul-
  tural research  strive officer' reported that
  there appeared to be 2,4,5-TP dan age to gar-
  den produce (beans, peas, tomatoes, melons)
  but no other  damage characteristic of  the
  herbicide.  It was his  opinion that other plant
  damage   (including  nesquite,  cactus,  fruit
  trees, and other trees  and plants)  was caused
  by something other than 2,4,5-TP.  Local resi-
  dents, conservation groups and university asso-
  ciates reported  from an inspection on 9/30/69
  that  scrub  oaks   appeared  blackened  and
  chaparral  'vulnerable  to  fire?1  the walnut,
  sycamore, hackfaerry and cotton wood trees on
  private properties displayed abnormal growth
  and "remarkable variations"  in leaf size  and
  shape were noted.  Split limbs on  ash,  walnut
  and cotton woods  had  been invaded  by  fungi.
  Observers also  reported rapid exfoliation of
  sycamore bark,  unusual growth appearance of
  prickly pear cactus,  and high IB ortality of such
  shrubs, as yucca.  At a camp ground, standing
  water was rust colored. During one inspection
  of the area, an  English sparrow appeared with
  swollen eyelids  and dying  at one  home;  this
  seemed to be  a farafHar  experience to  the
  family. In an inspection on 10/10, a university
  botanist  observed  damage  and/or  abnormal
•  growth  in  pines, oaks,  and sumac.  Pines  had
  an abundant cone crop, twisted  needles  and
  thickened  leaders with oozing sap.   Willows
.had unseaspnal  bud  swelling.  The oaks were
  dead or dying in one area; gam be!  oaks  above
  the spray area had unusually large  leaves with
  overgrown  midveins  causing concave  leaf
  shape,  and  weakened branches   that  could
  easily be pulled free.   Sumacs  were still
  covered   with   green  leaves   which  were
  normally  in full color  at  this time of  year.
  Human  and animal impacts were not described
  in detail

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08/00/69
MO
3 humans
affected
 2,4-0
 2,4,5-T

 A possible  disuse  of  pesticide was suspected
 to have  caused both physical and  mental dis-
 ability in two of three children. In August  of
 1969 a 0-raonth)  pregnant mother  and her 46-
 month-old daughter  were in their back yard
 when a nisi was created by a neighbor  spray-
 ing  herbicide  in  his  yard  (used  a hose-end
 sprayer). The two had remained  in the yard
 approximately an hour.  It was hot, not humid,
 and  there was a slight breeze.   The  mother
 almost lost consciousness when she went into
 her house; at that  time she noticed the yard
 was  filled  with  mist.   Her daughter  began
 exhibiting convulsion-like behavior  (eyes rolled
 back, tongue extended and sitting Urn ply). She
 was   rinsed   with   water  and  her  clothes
 changed.   A  physician  was  contacted;  he
 recommended  observation  of the child  and
 removal  from  the  area.  The  pregnancy re-
 sulted in a  boy who  is  highly sensitive  to
 chemicals and has  a severe  allergy condition.
 The  child has  stopped breathing in his  sleep
 and  turned a  black  color;  resuscitation has
 kept  him  alive.   Subsequently he has  had
 "black blotches*  under his skin.  The mother
 feared teratogenic defects  in  the child.   A
 third child, 18-months-old, born  since the inci-
 dent, is  normal.  At the time of the incident,
 an EPA  misuse  regulatory  group  was not in
 effect and  EPA  had  no jurisdiction.    She
 requested aid in compelling her neighbors to
 inform her prior to applying pesticides  and
fertilizers.  She was advised that the EPA has
 no jurisdiction  if  a  product  is  applied  in
 accordance with label directions.
12/03/69
M 0        Plants dam aged
           (trees, shrubs,
           crops, gardens)
                     2,4-0
                                                     A  newspaper article of 12/3 linked damage to
                                                     trees,  shrubs, crops and   home gardens in a
                                                     residential/com raerdal/agricultural   area  (in
                                                     and  around a large urban  area) to emissions
                                                     from a 2,4-0 formulating plant located  in the
                                                     area.  Oam age was reported to have occurred
                                                     during a period from late April to early July; a
                                                     spokesman for the formulating plant was re-
                                                     portfcvi in the news article to have stated that
                                                     the plant was idle during this period.  Investi-
                                                     gators were hampered in their efforts to  iden-

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                                                     tify herbicide damage because of the season of
                                                     yean  leaves had already dropped from trees,
                                                     and gardens and  crops had been  harvested.
                                                     County  personnel  were interviewed regarding
                                                     specific  reports  of  damage which they  had
                                                     investigated.   On 6/24,  a.  county inspector
                                                     attributed  herbicide damage in  trees on  pri-
                                                     vate  property to drift from  a commercial
                                                     spray plane, and further  stated  that he knew
                                                     *?* «? Instance of 2,4-0 damage which  could
                                                     not  be  correlated  with  commercial   use.
                                                     Another  county official reported that herbi-
                                                     cide damage  occurred  in late  June or early
                                                     July to  a  county  vegetable garden  project
                                                     located  % mile north of the formulating plant;
                                                     it was learned that the county had recently
                                                     sprayed a roadside area adjacent to the garden
                                                     plot with 2,4-0.  This inspector  also reported
                                                     that all  2,4-0  damage  he had  observed  could
                                                     be attributed to drift from  commercial appli-
                                                     cations,  and further stated that local  weather
                                                     conditions (air current)  favored  wide dispersal
                                                     (at least 5  miles) of such drift. Samples of soil
                                                     and horseradish leaves/roots were collected on
                                                     12/5 from a farm at which 2,4-0 had not  been
                                                     applied  for several  years.  Analysis results
                                                     were not reported. The farm was located 3/4
                                                     mile northeast (downwind) of the formulating
                                                     plant; prevailing  winds  in the area  were from
                                                     the southwest. The formulating  plant's attor-
                                                     ney declined to provide information concern-
                                                     ing 2,4-0 production and plant emissions.


05/06/70             CO        1 hum an affected,     2,4-0 (ester)
                                1 dog dead            2,4,5-T (ester)

                                                   ' Two herbicides,  a liquid  weed  killer and  a
                                                     pressurized  spot  weed  killer   were  hand-
                                                     sprayed  to destroy  dandelions   and  buffalo
                                                     grass  in  the yards of  a residence on  5/5/70.
                                                     After a drying period, four  Dalmatian  dogs
                                                     were  allowed  to run in the yard.  Near  mid-
                                                     night  of 5/6/70,  one  bitch  (65  Ibs, 2Vyears-
                                                     old) had a  convulsion; a  second  attack  oc-
                                                     curred  early  the next morning.   The  dog's
                                                     stools contained  buffalo  grass;  the dog  was
                                                     taken to a  veterinarian who treated  her for
                                                     epilepsy.  On  5/8/70, he drew a  blood sample
                                                     from  the dog,  who continued to have  convul-
                                                     sions, and  sent the sample to   a laboratory.
                                                     The analysis report stated that the blood con-
                                                     tained components similar to or corresponding
                                                     to the spot  weed killer.  After the report was
                                                     returned, the  veterinarian began  treatment
                                                     with the universal antidote and 2-PAM.  The

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                                                     convulsions worsened and the dog died 5/10/70.
                                                     The aredication for organophosphate poisoning
                                                     did not affect the dog  in any  n anner.  At the
                                                     laboratory where  the analysis was performed,
                                                     the  taxicologist  used  a gas  chro a atagraphy
                                                     and the "head space technique" in his testing.
                                                     It was concluded  that  such a method did not
                                                     prove the presence of a toxic a atarial in  both
                                                     blood  and  herbicide and  another  laboratory
                                                     was unable to detect any contamination of the
                                                     two  herbicides or the .presence of crgancphos-
                                                     phates.  On 5/12/70 the dog's owner  reported
                                                     that she  was feeling  ill   and  upset  and her
                                                     physician  was giving consideration to  the  pos-
                                                     sibility that her illness  might be related to the
                                                     pesticides.
J5/27/7G
OK
Crops damaged
050 English pea
plants, 300 okra
plants, 383 beet
plants, 25 hills
water melon, 33
hills cantaloupe,
beans, others)
2,4-0
                                                    In an  undescribed  agricultural  incident, drift
                                                    from  an aerial application of herbicide (2,4-0
                                                    in water) damaged several crops in a garden.
26/02/70
NC
Fish kill (171
dead, 47 sunfish,
33 bluegiTl, 10
war mouth, 14 pick-
erel, 32 purakinseed,
17 chub, 14 perch,  4
yellow bullhead),
water contaminated
2,4-0
2,4,5-T
                                                     Herbicides were spilled into one fork of a river
                                                    -approximately  4  miles above  a  city  water
                                                     supply.   At approximately Tl  a.m.  a truck
                                                     owned by an aerial service company was ob-
                                                     served in the process of nixing  the solution by
                                                     pumping water from  the river  into the truck
                                                     tanker.  The company,  which had been working
                                                     in the area for one week, was spraying  power
                                                     Hne right-of-ways  for  a utility company.  An
                                                     en or was  made in turning valves and  \ - 2
                                                     gallons of  the  solution flowed  into the river.
                                                     Laboratory  tests of the  river  water samples
                                                     showed the following:  k mile upstream (from
                                                     spiT?  area) - <0.002  ppm  2,4-0, <0.002 ppm
                                                     2,4,5-T; spill area - 98.0  ppm 2,4-0, 98.0 ppm
                                                     2,4,5-T; % mile downstream - 2.7 ppra 2,4-0,

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                                                     2.4  ppm  2,4,5-T; 3/4 rafle downstream - 31.0
                                                     ppra 2,4-0, 29.0 ppffl 2,4,5-T; 1,1H, and 4 miles
                                                     downstream - <0.002 ppm 2,4-0, <0.002 ppra
                                                     2«4t5-T.  Laboratory tests had indicated that
                                                     the  lowest  concentration  of 2,4-0  to  cause
                                                     scrtalfty of fish was 100 ppm.  Certain esters
                                                     and  amines of 2,4-0  were found  to  be more
                                                     toxic,  particularly in  still, shallow   water
                                                     (similar to  the involved river} and might harm
                                                     fish at dosages used for weed control.  Of the
                                                     total number sf iss- fisiv, 136 were game fish,
                                                     35 non-game; total weight was 12.7 pounds.  It
                                                     was recommended the air service be assessed
                                                     for the total cost of the investigation and fish
                                                     replacement (5912.16).  The city water supply
                                                     appeared to be unaffected.
06/18/70
OK
Trees, sprouts
affected
 2,4-0 (tfthate)
 2,4-0 (araine)
 2,4,5-T
 Drift damage to 20 sprouts and 2  trees  oc-
 curred in an agricultural incident.  The exact
 source of the drift  was not determined;  one
 nearby ranch had used  2,4-0  a mine, and  an-
 other had used 2,4,5-T and 2,4-0 "Hthate.  The
 pesticide was applied aerially.  Details  of  the
 pesticide dam age were not reported.
07/00/70
IN
135 ducks
affected;
132 dead
 2,4-0
 2,4,5-T

 After the second spraying of a defoliant along
 the highway by  a state  highway department,
 Muscovy and Peking ducks raised by one fam-
 ily began  dying.  The family  lived below the
 highway level  and received  drainage from the
 road.  A  veterinarian unsuccessfully treated
 the ducks for botulism.  Two ducks that sur-
 vived were nesting in adjoining fields and one
'was  recovering from  a  broken wing.  An en-
 vironmental group froze  one duck  carcass and
 two  samples of  pond water.   A conservation
 laboratory examined the dying ducks but did
 no tests.  The frozen duck carcass  was sent to
 a laboratory for testing. - The resulting  report
 indicated  the duck  was  generally in excellent
 condition  and  there was  no  gross evidence of
 trauma.  Com and other food was found in the
 gizzard.  There was no evidence of infection.
 Mo cause  of death was determined.  The pond
 water samples were analyzed  for  2,4-0 and
 2,4,5-T;  no evidence of the  chemicals was
 found.

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07/00/70             OR        Tress dam aged       2,4-0 (ester)
                                (alder)               MCPA
                          *                          Sodium chlorate
                                                     Sodium a elaborate
                                                     In a letter to an elected official dated 7/3/70,
                                                     a professor of forestry and a professor of plant
                                                     pathology reported having  observed  herbicide
                                                     damage to streamside vegetation along a river
                                                     canyon.  They attributed tree  deaths, partial
                                                     defoliation, and leaf curling to possible drift
                                                     from railroad right-of-way  spraying and, more
                                                     likely, to  drift from  aerial applications to
                                                     farms located on a plateau  above the river.  A
                                                     state agricultural inspector investigated vege-
                                                     tation  at several  points along  the river, and
                                                     stated that he found evidence of 2,4-0 expo-
                                                     sure in two areas:  within  a railroad right-of-
                                                     way,  and in a group of alder trees located
                                                     approximately  10   miles  upstream  from  the
                                                     rivert mouth.  A railroad company had applied
                                                     27,300 gallons  of diluted herbicide to  approxi-
                                                     • ately ISO  miles of right-of-way on 4/27-28-
                                                     29/70, beginning at  the mouth of  the river.
                                                     The herbicide  contained 0.02  lb/gal  MCPA,
                                                     1.75 lb/gal  sodium chlorate, and  1 lb/gal sodium
                                                     • elaborate diluted  at a rate of 1 gal  herbi
                                                     cide/1  gal  water.   The application rate was
                                                     approxire ately 160 gallons diluted herbicide per
                                                     mile  of  railroad  track,   applied  by  boom
                                                     sprayer to  an area extending 2 feet beyond tie
                                                     ends.  On 5/14-15-16-21/70,  an aerial applicator
                                                     had sprayed  approximately 1,000  acres  of pri
                                                     vate land  with 2,4-0  (ester) for control of
                                                    • sagebrush  and  rabbit brush on grazing  land.
                                                     Approximately 700 treated  acres were located
                                                     within the  canyon  walls and included side can-
                                                    . yens and ridge tops.   The  rate of application
                                                     was 3 lb 2,4-0/5  gal  dilution/acre.    Thirty
                                                     acres of  sagebrush  on the opposite side of the
                                                     river, including a landing strip adjacent  to the
                                                     river,  were also aerially sprayed during the
                                                     same period in  May.   The state investigator
                                                     attributed  alder tree damage to the sagebrush
                                                     spraying through one  or more of the following
                                                     conditions:  (a) minor drift  during application,
                                                     (b)  volatilization during or after application,
                                                     and/or (c)  volatilization by accidental burning
                                                     of  treated area   (several   brush fires  had
                                                     occurred in the canyon wall). Herbicide

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                                                      damage to the alder trees was  described  as
                                                      "minor."    Other  tree  deaths   and  damage
                                                      observed   during   the   investigation  were
                                                      attributed  to old  age,  flooding,  fire,  and
                                                      web worm Infestations,
03/21/71
6 A        Trees, shrubs,
           lawn burned
U3/25/7J  V
                                (40,000 killed,
                                large oouth bass,
                                green sunfish,
                                bluegiTJ, crappie,
                                catfish, carp,
                                gar, shad, minnow)
  2,4-0 (ester)
  2,4,5-TP (ester)
  A   hone  own**  anrabwt. Approximately  66
  pounds  of the  granular herbicide for  weed
  control  on his lawn.   The product contained
  0.95 S 2,4-0  (isooctyl ester) and 0.45X 2,4,5-
  TP (isooctyl  ester).   He used an  Ortho hand
  spreader  for  hone  garden  and  lawn.   The
  opening  setting of  4^  on the spreader was
  used. Label instructions were followed during
  the application (the temperature was less than
  75° with Ifttle if any  wind), with the exception
  of a watering  of the back lawn earlier after
  application than recommended by the label.
  He watered the treated area daily; the lawns
  turned brown which  the owner believed was
  due to nitrogen bum, but they did  not recover
  as fast as they should.   Major  portions  of the
  lawn were destroyed  and subsequent migration
  of the pesticides damaged nearby shrubs and
  trees.  The damage was confirmed by on-site
  investigation, and included leaf wilting, defoli-
  ation,  and  scorching,  stem   die-back  and
  brittleness,  and partial root kill.   Route of
  exposure  appeared  to be systemic.   The pro
  duct was  analyzed and was found to be chemi-
  cally satisfactory.  W ater  had run  off into his
  neighbor's yard and  had  killed one of his neigh-
  bor's shrubs.   Damaged or destroyed  plants in
.  the treated yard included the following:  orna
  mental dogwood, flowering plum, silver maple,
  lombardy poplar,  and  magnolia trees;  rose,
  forsythia,  crepe myrtle, tree ivy and  holly
, bushes;  and  Bermuda grass  {front, side and
  rear lawns).  A value of 5193.05 was placed on
  the plant losses by the owner.

  2,4-0 (ester)
  2,4-0 P(ester)
  Fuel oil
                                                      Herbicide was applied by spray truck on 3/25-
                                                      25-29/71 for  brush  control  along  a  drainage
                                                      ditch which paralleled a highway.  The fuel oil
                                                      carrier produced a surface slick and noticeable

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                                                     color throughout the fish kill zone.  Dead fish
                                                     were first  observed  on 3/29; an  estimated
                                                     40,000 fish were killed.  Moribund carp also
                                                     •ere observed.  On 3/29 the kill zone included
                                                     the  sprayed area and an  additional L7 miles
                                                     downstream from the sprayed area, for a total
                                                     length  of  5.7   miles.   The sprayers  were
                                                     ordered to  cease operation after the  kill was
                                                     discovered.
05/00/71
OK
Trees (elm,
mimosa), yard
plants damaged
2,4-0 (ester)
                                                     In an agricultural incident, spray drift from an
                                                     aerial application of herbicide in water caused
                                                     light damage to mimosa trees and flowers, and
                                                     very Tight damage to elm trees.
05/00/71
MO       Trees, home
          garden,(crna-
          a entals, vege-
          tables) damaged
                     2,4-0 (ester)
                                                     A farmer applied  2,4-0  (ester) in  water to
                                                     preemergent field  corn at the label recom-
                                                     mended rate of 3J Ib/acre.  He added more
                                                     2,4-0 than the label recommended but felt it
                                                     did a poor job of weed control in his field.  The
                                                     ground-spray application was made in early to
                                                     old-May  (exact  date not reported) in mild,
                                                     humid, overcast weather; wind speed was  ap-
                                                     proximately  5 miles  per hour.   The  boom
                                                     height was  approximately 18  inches  from  the
                                                     ground; the treated  field  was considerably
                                                     higher in  elevation  than  residential property
                                                   .  located directly  across a highway from  the
                                                     field.  The residential site comprised approxi-
                                                     mately 4  acres and was partially enclosed by
                                                     bordering  trees; the house was located 0.1 mile
                                                     west of the highway.  Plant damage  on  the
                                                     residential property became evident 5-7 days
                                                     after the  spray application.   An investigation
                                                     of 2  acres  of the  affected  property on 10/6
                                                     Indicated  that  drift from the nearty applica-
                                                     tion to a corn field  was the  cause  of  the
                                                     damage (described  as 'moderate to severe").
                                                     Due to the lateness of the  growing season,
                                                     some damage was  masked by normal defolia-
                                                     tion  and  vegetative decline.    Scarlet oak,
                                                     white oak, and black walnut trees  were most
                                                     seriously  affected,  exhibiting  extensive leaf
                                                     curling, malformation and leaf bum.   White
                                                     pines in the  area exhibited no damage. To ma-

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                                                     toes,  beans,  roses,  forsythia,  wisteria,  and
                                                     other  plants  near the house  also  displayed
                                                     curled and  malformed  leaves.  The family re-
                                                     ported that no  herbicide had been  applied on
                                                     their property.          - -
05/10/71
OK
Crops damaged
05 fruit trees,
50 grape vines,
150 tomato plants)
2,4-0
                                                     In an agricultural Incident, spray drift from  an
                                                     aerial application of herbicide caused light  to
                                                     heavy dam age to fruit trees, grape vines, and
                                                     tomato plants.
05/10/71
OK
Trees, vegetable
garden damaged
2,4-0 (ester)

In an agricultural incident, spray drift from an
aerial application  of herbicide caused light to
medium damage to five trees and a vegetable
garden.
05/10/71
OK
Trees, vegetable
garden dam aged
2.4-0

In an agricultural incident, spray drift from an
aerial application of herbicide caused light to
medium damage to trees and to  a small vege-
table garden.
U5/KV71
           Fruit trees,
           vegetable garden
           damaged
                      2,4-0 (ester)
                                                     , In an agricultural incident, spray drift fro a  an
                                                     aerial application of herbicide in water caused
                                                     light to  heavy dam age to 12 fruit trees  and a
                                                     vegetable garden.
05/10/71
OK
Strawberry
plants dam aged
2.4-0

In an agricultural incident, spray drift from an
aerial  application  of  herbicide caused  Tight
dam age to 20 strawberry plants.
05/10/71
OK
Trees dam aged
2,4-0
In an agricultural incident, spray drift from an
aerial application of herbicide caused light to
heavy damage to nine trees.

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Q5/QO/7!              AR         Trees, crops,          2,4-0 (amines)
                                vines, home           2,4,5-T (ester)
                                gardens dam aged      3ro m acfl
                         .                           Oalapon (sodium salt)  ' - -
                                                     Plclcrara (a mine)
                                                     Forests, right-of-ways, and private property in
                                                     and around a town were sprayed  with  herbi-
                                                   •  ddes  using  aerial,  ground  and  hand-spray
                                                     equipment.   Dates of  application were nut
                                                     specified.   In approximately  20-25  sections
                                                     surrounding  the  town  (and  including   other
                                                     snail  towns), typical  hormone-type herbicide
                                                     symptoms  were  observed  in  trees and  vege-
                                                     tables.  An estimated IS  -  T%* of the tree
                                                     population  appeared  to be affected.    Black
                                                     locust, mimosa, and sassafras  trees  (species
                                                     considered susceptible to hormone-type herbi-
                                                     cides) displayed  yellowing of foliage,  defolia-
                                                     tion, and twig terminal curvature.  Sweet gum
                                                     trees  exhibited  leaf  cupping.   Foliage was
                                                     yellow  or  dead  on several oak,  hickory and
                                                     sumac trees.  Tomatoes, peas, and  other vege-
                                                     tables in several gardens exhibited leaf proli-
                                                     feration  and  strapping,  leaf  cupping,  and
                                                  -   pointed fruit. An ester of 2,4,5-T was applied
                                                     by fixed-wing Aircraft to a forest located (at
                                                     nearest point)  approximately l*j miles  south-
                                                     southwest  of the town.  The  forest crossed a
                                                     mountain range 1,200 - 1,500 feet in elevation.
                                                     Wind velocity and temperature  were expected
                                                     to produce minimal drift; a  V mile buffer zone
                                                     was spared.  Hormone-type  herbicide  symp-
                                                     toms were evident in susceptible vines and
                                                     trees throughout the buffer zone, and between
                                                     the buffer  zone and the town.  Symptoms were
                                                  '  less pronounced  as distance from  the target
                                                     area  increased.   Another  forest, located  9
                                                     niles southeast of the town (and 4  miles  south
                                                     of  another town),  was  sprayed  by helicopter.
                                                     The herbicide used was not reported.   Herbi-
                                                     cide symptoms appeared in trees  and  gardens
                                                     near the sprayed area.  No appreciable  symp-
                                                     toms were evident in the zones between the
                                                     two forest sprayings.  A railroad right-cf-way
                                                     passing directly through the town  was treated
                                                     with 2,4-0 (amine), bromacil, and  dalapon (so-
                                                     dium  salt)  applied  from a  railroad spray car
                                                     for brush,  weed and grass control. The 2,4-0
                                                     (amine)  was applied inadvertently, according
                                                     to the custom applicator. Hormone-type herb-
                                                     icide symptoms were particularly evident in

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  susceptible woody species.  Power line right-
  of-ways  were  grcund  sprayed  with  2,4-0
  (aurine) and picloram (amine), except for two
  snail,  inaccessible  areas  comprising 25  acres
  which  were sprayed by  helicopter.   Ground
  spraying, at its nearest  point,  took place  2
  miles north of the town, while the two aerial-
  ly-sprayed  zones were located 6 and TI  miles
  northeast of the town (two other snail towns
  were situated  a  mile northwest of the aerially
  treated areas).  Herbicide symptoms were con-
  fined to within  a short distance from  target
  areas.   An  individual applied 2,4-0 (amine) to
  a 1  - 2 acre pasture adjacent to the treated
  railroad right-of-way for  the purpose of weed
  control, with  poor  results; a knapsack hand
  sprayer was used.  Nearby herbicide symptoms
  were  similar  to others  observed.   Another
  individual applied bromacfl for grass and weed
  control along a fence line on private property.
  AH  vegetation within a 3-foot-wide band was
  killed.   Oak and hickory trees located 9 - 25
  feet from  the bank  displayed  severe  foliage
  damage.  Root  absorption  of  herbicide  was
  suspected of contributing  to the  damage. Spe-
  cimens of mimosa, ash, and  black walnut were
  analyzed for the presence of pathogenic infec-
  tions; results were negative.  Afta* a 2-fflontn
  investigation,  hormone-type  herbicide  from
  the  forest spraying  and from   the  railroad
  right-of-way spraying was  determined  to be
.  the  principal cause of defoliation, yellowing,
  and  leaf cupping of susceptible woody species,
  and  of  the  leaf  strapping and  fruit effects in
  vegetable crops.  It was theorized that  condi-
  tions did not  readily permit the  material to
  penetrate the  target  area cover, and the fine
  portions remained suspended and later drifted
  to adjacent areas, and/or that the ester volati-
  lized after application and  the  vapor  drifted
 .by  air  currents.   Effects were more pro-
  nounced in  a "draw" running through the town,
  which  indicated  a  settling in  lower  places.
  Within  a few  weeks  after  the  investigation,
  • ost trees  had regained their foliage, with the
  exception of previously weakened or stressed
  trees,  and the oaks and hickories which were
  severely affected along the treated fence line.
  Reductions in yields from  affected gardens
  were undoubtedly experienced.

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06/10/71
CA
Crop dam aged
(400-500 grape
vines destroyed)
  2,4-0
  2,4,5-T
  Petroleum solvent      „ .

  6rape vines 1n  a 40-acre  vineyard were dam-
  aged when a construction company adjacent to
  the vineyard sprayed weeds along their fence
  and drift to the vineyard occurred.  The pre-
  vailing wind was in  an east-northeast  direc-
  tion. The grape vines showed heaviest damage
  beginning at the fence; the damage progressed
  in  an easterly direction through  the  vineyard.
  Clusters of grapes on some vines showed many
  brown, dried up, immature grapes.  The con-
  struction company did not have a permit to
  use the ra aterial and received a 'strong  verbal
  warning.'  After the a aterial had been used as
  a soil  sterilant in  an out-cf-state  company
  site, the remaining four drums had been sent
  to  the company's  California  quarters.   The
  product was four to five years old  when  it was
 'purchased.   One drum  and  part  of another
  were used.   The vineyard owner  felt his vines
  were-worth S28 each.   The company had
  damaged vineyards in  the  past  and  had paid
  approximately 515 - ST7 per vine.
06/20/71
OX
Crop damaged
(70 acres cotton)
  2,4-0 (ester)

  In an agricultural incident, spray drift from an
  aerial application  of  2,4-0  (ester)  in  water
  resulted in 'medium* damage to 70 acres of
  cotton. Top leaves on the plants  were curled.
07/00/77
OK
Crop damage
(30 acres cotton)
  2,4-Q (ester)

  In an agricultural incident, spray drift from an
. aerial application of  2,4-0  (ester)  in  water
  resulted in light damage to 30 acres of cotton.
  Plants  were 1*5 - 2 inches high and 4  miles
  from the spray area.

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'08/71
n.
1 human received
mescal attention
2,4-0 (amine)

A  child under  5  years  of  age was exposed to
the pesticide in  an undes"crifaed home-related
Incident.  The  herbicide was not stored in the
original container.
1)7/71
6A
Fish-kill
2,4-0
Copper

A  3-acre agricultural pond  was sprayed with
2,4-0 in water on  7/25  to  control duckweed.
On 8/5, the pond was treated with 4 gallons of
algicide to control a heavy bloom of algae.  A
ffeh  kill  was reported; the  date of kill, kind
and  number of  fish  were  not reported.   A
check  of the pond  on  8/9 revealed  2 ppra
dissolved oxygen.
28/71
WI
3 hum ans received
ID edical attention,
214 domestic
anim ais killed/
affected (cattle,
swine, dogs, cat),   .
wildlife killed/
affected (rabbits,
birds, deer, rac-
coons), animal feed,
garden,trees,
contaminated
2,4-0
2,4,5-T
2,4,5-TP-
                                                  An aerial herbicide application was to be made
                                                  to 200 acres of county land  and  some private
                                                  farm land.   The permit for spraying was given
                                                  to the private farmer's father  who was in-
                                                  structed not to  use 2,4,5-T.  The apph'cator,
                                                  using a mixture of 2,4-0 and 2,4,5-T, sprayed
                                                  approximately 80  acres  of  another 280-acre
                                                  private farm, making 10-11 passes over  the
                                                  area;  the  spray left a white blanket.   Wind
                                                  speed was 8-10 mph from the northwest.  The
                                                  Complainant  reported that   on  8/28/71,  his
                                                  farm, his family and himself  were sprayed by
                                                  the helicopter near  12 p-ar.  and  overdraft  oc-
                                                  curred for PS hr. The family  members were ill
                                                  the following evening (8/29/71); approximately
                                                  2 years later the family stffl swelled of keto-
                                                  sfe, the children and wife's teeth  crumbled  and
                                                  all had joint pains and weakness.  AH are quite
                                                  susceptible to illness.  The  cattle (holstein,
                                                  jersey, Guernsey,  Charolais   and Angus)  and
                                                  pigs (mixed breed) showed symptoms by the

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 Immediately  after illness  appeared and were
 told the chemicals used  for  weed spray were
 harmless to humans and  animals.  No examin-
 ation  was  performed.  - Hedical  help for the
 livestock   was  not  sought  until  secondary
 problems appeared.  The cattle  continued  to
 smell  of ketosis  also.   From the time of the
 spraying to the present, the family has experi-
 enced personal health problems and their farm
 animals  have  exhibited  deformities.    The
 mother of  the family has chronicled  a record
 of events and systematically has collected and
 retained many biological  specimens that relate
 to the  alleged  over-spray.   She  had three
 miscarriages  between 7/73 - 6/77  with much
 bleeding and required a blood transfusion after
 the last one.    The  Brother had  her teeth
 extracted in fl/TS.  Chronic illness developed
 in the family including fatigue, insomnia, fre-
 quent  urination, loss of  bladder  control, ner-
 vousness, restlessness, increased susceptibility
 to colds and flu, fever, chiTIs and various skin
 eruptions such as boils, pimples and  sores.  The
 1-year-old female child began screaming the
 day after  the  spraying  and  continued for 2
 weeks.  She had blood exuding from her nose
 for 5  months after the spraying. She refused
 to drink milk because it  had  an  odor and was
 "ropey."   The  12-year-old  son's face swelled
 after the spraying and swells everytime he is
 exposed to fumes of 2,4-0 and  2,4,5-T.  The
 father developed lung problems and  eye irrita-
 tion in 1972 after he entered a silo in which
 forage from fields that had experienced pos-
 sible overdraft had been ensiled.  It is possible
 that these  effects  were  a manifestation   of
 farmer's  lung or were  due  to   silage gases
 (volatile nitrogen oxides).   Children  bom   to
 neighbors since 1971 have had health problems.
 In 1972, TOO chickens were acquired.  Only 10-12
 matured  normally; the remainder  died with
 various ailments including curled  toes, slipped
 tendons of  the  hocks, paralysis and cancerous
.sores.   In  the spring of  1977 the family pur-
*chased TOO  new  Rock Cornish chickens which
 were maintained indoors for 1H weeks,  during
 the next  2  weeks they were   moved to  a
 portable, bottomless enclosure in the yard.  At
 the age of 5 weeks the  chickens roamed the
 yard during the daylight hours and were re-
 turned  to the enclosure overnight.  From the
 age of 1 month to 4  months, increasing num-
 bers of the  chickens developed leg abncrm all

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                                                     ties (SOS at 4 months).  In TI/73 the famity had
                                                     a few crippled hens, one of which hatched six
                                                     chicks in  the spring of 1978 that grew and
                                                     developed norm ally.  The poultry laid soft eggs
                                                     with poor taste,  color _and storage  qualities.
                                                     Veterinarians  who  examined  and autopsied
                                                     livestock from the  farm reported no definite
                                                     observable  deformities  except  animals with
                                                     stunted  growth.   An interviewer felt that the
                                                     signs  and symptoms of  the poultry  and tive-
                                                     stock  as described  by the family were com.
                                                     patifale with multiple nutritional deficiencies.
                                                     A controlled study was planned to determine if
                                                     a soil residue  from  the  1971  spraying  was
                                                     present  7 years  later.   No pattern  of leg
                                                     deformities appeared obvious in  three  groups
                                                     of chickens  raised  under differing conditions
                                                     the first 4  weeks of their lives;  about  10-15 X
                                                     showed one or more leg deformities.  Vegeta-
                                                     tion samples taken  on 9/8/71  across the road
                                                     from  the family  property tested positive for
                                                     2,4-0  and 2,4,5-T. In  November (1978) soil and
                                                     water samples were collected from  the farm-
                                                     for further laboratory analysis.  The  soil was
                                                     to be  analyzed for  2,4-0f 2,4,5-T and dloxin,
                                                     the water  for bacterial  contamination  and
                                                     nitrates.  No 2,4-0 or 2,4,5-T was found in the
                                                     soil samples; dioxin  results  were not reported.
                                                     The bacteria in the water  was 16+ and  it was
                                                     declared unsafe for drinking.  The family ran a
                                                     dairy farm  and tree nursery (the trees  in the
                                                     woodlot nursery were found in good condition);
                                                     the  entire  operation  had  been  described  as
                                                     •marginal." Sanitation procedures in the house
                                                     and bam  were rather  loose with  a lot of
                                                     clutter and dirt.  It  was  believed by some that
                                                     poor farm  management and  poor sanitation
                                                     have contributed  to health  problems on  this
                                                     farm.   On 8/22/74,  the family brought  a law-
                                                     suit against a member of the county board of
                                                     supervisors, the cousin who  owned the woodlot
                                                     that was sprayed, the chemical  company, the
                                                     applicator and the-  application company.   On
                                                     7/13/78 the lawsuit was dismissed by court for
                                                     failure to  comply with  procedures (failure to
                                                     pursue the case).
09/00/7!              CO        Crop dam aged         2,4-0 (amine)
                                (corn)                Olcamba
                                                     A report was received concerning dam age to a
                                                     corn crop after a combination of 2 ounces 2,4-
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                                                     applied to the field.  An estimated 10S of the
                                                     corn crop was  lost.  The farmer reported an
                                                     unusual amount  of rain  and  hail  after  the
                                                     spraying, and was unable to attribute the com
                                                     loss to any one factor.    _
1Q/ZV71
           1 hum an received
           • edical attention
                     2,4-0 (affline)

                     In  an undescribed  home incident,  pesticide
                     stored in the original container was involved in
                     the  exposure of a child under five years of
                     age.
12/31/71
AL
1 hum an affected
well water
contaminated
2,4-0
Propanfl

During a shed cleaning, approximately 1 cup of
3.123 granular 2,4-0  and prop ami was washed
away.  A heavy rain occurred that evening and
a poorly constructed well nearby, which  had
been  almost dry, held 10 feet of water the
following  morning.  A  26-year-old, 100-pound
female resident drank water from the well and
approximately  one  hour later  experienced
nausea.   The  water  had a strong  taste of
pesticide.  She did not drink from the well the
following day and recovered uneventfully.
00/00/72
IL
Plants
affected
2,4-0
2,4,5-T
A  utility company made a spray application to
country  weeds in an  area  under a  nonspray
agreement.  Crown-vetch and an Osage orange
hedge were involved.
00/00/72
           Crop damaged
           (cotton)
                     2,4-0
                     2,4,5-T
                     A  written  complaint  was received  from  a
                     cotton grower regarding  damage to his crop
                     from  an  aerial application  of the herbicide
                     solution.  An inspection of the  cotton fields
                     resulted tn a full investigation of the  applica-
                     tion.   Legal action in 12  cases  was filed or
                     pending for  violations  of  the  state herbicide
                     law.

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 0/00/72
 OR
 Well water
 contaminated
 2,4-D (amine)

 A  parttaTIy-fTned  five-gallon  can  of 2,4-0
 stared in a residential pump house was acciden-
 tally tipped  over.  The contents ran into and
 around the weft casing, k level of 0.03 ppm of
 2,4-0 was found in the well water.
 H/08/72
CO
1 human received
m edical atentton
 2,4-0
 2,4,5-T

 A child ingested a  herbicide  cartridge; she
 experienced pain in the  mouth.  Ipecac,  char-
 coal and  saline  were administered.   Her re-
 covery  was uncomplicated.
 12/00/72
NY
1 human
hospitalized
2,4-0 (anine salts)

An individual  used the  weed  killer in per-
formance of his job and,  while doing so, got
some  on his forehead  which  resulted  in  a
serious burn.   Mycosis  fungoides developed,
and the  man was hospitalized 18 days.  Litiga-
tion was involved.  Two physicians testified on
behalf of the complainant.  An appeal of the
case was reported when the first decision was
won by a workmen^ compensation board.
13/00/72
           1 human affected
                     2,4-0
                     The site and  circumstances related to  this
                     incident were not reported.
J3/07/72
CA
1 human received
• edical attention
2,4-0

A 17- to 65-year-old individual was exposed to
the pesticide in  agricultural  wcrx.  Circuin-
stances related to the exposure  were not de-
scribed.
13/22/72
OH
Plants
affected
(torn atoes)
2,4-0
2,4,5-TP
2,4,5-T
It was determined by laboratory analysis that
the fertilizer applied to tomatoes in  i  green
house  was contaminated  with  the herbicides.
The source of the contamination  was not re-
ported.

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 04/00/72
           Trees, shrubs
           affected (apple,
           peach, pear,
           holly, viburnum,
           forsythia)
                      2,4-0
                      2,4,5-TP
                      C apt an
                      M alathion
                      M ethoxychlcr (technical)

                      Epinasty,  hyponasty,  petiolar  twisting, leaf
                      malformation and  necrosis  were apparent on
                      fruit trees, ornamentals  and shrubs at a pri-
                      vate home sprayed three times, 10  to  14 days
                      apart,.with pesticide containing the  chemicals.
                      Plant damage was limited to the area sprayed.
                      The suspected cause of damage was residue in
                      the  hand  sprayer which had been used earlier
                      in the season to apply a herbicide  containing
                      2,4-0  and 2,4,5-TP.    The  sprayer  was  an
                      compressed air tank type with a 3-gaTlon capa-
                      city.
04/00/72
OR
1 human affected
                                                     2,4-0
                                                     Transportation  of  the herbicide  was involved
                                                     in the individual's exposure to the  pesticide.
                                                     Other details were not reported.
Q4/CO/72
OH
M trees affected
(Norway spruce)
                                                     2,4-0
                                                     2,4,5-T
                                                     An   industrial   company  settled  a   claim
                                                     ($362.00) for damage  to the trees resulting
                                                     from an undescribed industrial application.
04/03/72
WA
Ornamental
trees dam aged
                                                     2,4-0

                                                     In  an agricultural incident cm a mental  trees
                                                     were dam aged as the result of an unspecified
                                                     application of herbicide.
04/24/72
WA
05/00/72-"'•
                     OK
Ornamental
trees damaged
          Crops damaged
          050 pecan trees,
          360 tomato plants,
          3 grape vines)
                                                     2,4-0

                                                     In  a home-related  incident ornamental  trees
                                                     were reportedly damaged as the result  of  an
                                                    -unspecified application of 2,4-0.
                     2,4-0 (ester)
                                                     Numerous crops  were damaged due to a spray
                                                     drift of herbicide from  an aerial application.

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Q5/Q1/72
CA
1 hum an received
medical attention
 2,4-0

 A  worker splashed  the  herbicide into  his eye
 during use.              -
05/02/72
CA
1 human received
medical attention
 2,4-0

 An  agricultural  worker  sustained  chemical
 bums to his right eye and to the right side of
 his face while working with the herbicide.-
05/02/72
OR
Crop damaged
(wheat)
 2,4-0 (ester)
 OicaiBba (salt)
 In an agricultural incident the tank-mix* in an
 aerial application damaged  a  200-acre wheat
 crop.  The pesticide was applied  according to
 label instructions.
05/02/72
WA-
Crop dam aged
(grapes)
 2,4-0
             •
 In an agricultural incident herbicide drift dam-
 aged a grape crop.
05/10/72
           Crop damaged
           (grapes)
                     2,4-0

                     In an agricultural incident herbicide drift dam-
                     aged a grape crop.
Q5/T1/72
WA
Crop damaged
(grapes)
 2,4-0

 In an agricultural incident herbicide drift dam-
 aged a grape crop.
05/12/72
WA
1 human
hospitalized
 2,4-0

 to  a home-related  incident, a  35-month-old
"male ingested grass that had been treated with
 2,4-0  earlier that day.  That night the child
 had stomach cramps,  vomiting and would not
 eat.  He had a greai desire for  water and his
 temperature was 104°F.  The mother called  a
 poison control  center  for advice  and the child
 was taken  to  an emergency room.   At the
 emergency  room the  child had a  wobbly gatt
 and was more lethargic than usual; ataxia was
 observed.  He was kept overnight at the hos

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                                                     pital, treated  with  Tylenol, observed and re-
                                                     leased  the following afternoon.   The  final
                                                     diagnosis was ataxia, fever, and femoral  ante-
                                                     version.
05/13/72
           Crop damaged
           (grapes)
                                                     2,4-0

                                                     In an undescnbed agricultural incident  a crop
                                                     of grapes was damaged by contact with herbi-
                                                     cide.
05/15/72
OK
                                Crops, vegetable
                                plants, nut trees,
                                fruit trees,
                                ornamentals, pine
                                trees, shade
                                trees, roses,
                                shrubbery dam aged
2,4-0
2,4,5-T
                                                     Extensive  damage to a  wide area, including
                                                     damage to 146  acres of vetch,, resulted from
                                                     an  aerial  agricultural application.  Sympto ur-
                                                     ology of the dam aged plants was not reported.
05/15/72
10
                                Crop dam aged
                                (beets)
2,4-0 (salt)

In an agricultural incident beets were da waged
due to aerial drift of chemical used to  treat a
grain crop.
05/15/72
WA
                                Crop damaged
                                (alfalfa)
2,4-0 (amine)

An alfatfa  crop  was  damaged  by  chemical
treatment to a nearby field.
05/16/72
PA
                                1 dog affected
2,4-0
A  dog  was affected after eating chemically
treated vegetation at a private residence.
05/16/72 *'
                                Fish trifled
                                (2,500 trout)
                                2,4-0 (ester)     	
                                ODE

                                One of five hatchery ponds  had a complete
                                fish kill after the application  of  2,4-0  to an
                                adjacent wheat field.  The fields were sprayed
                                one day before the incident.   Analysis of the
                                fish samples showed 0.1 ppm  DOE and 0.1 pom
                                2,4-0.

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05/16/72
WA
Crop dam aged
(grapes)
2,4-0

In an agricultural incident, a grape crop was
damaged by aerial spray drift from a herbicide
application to another crop.
CS/W72
          Plants damaged
          (green peppers,   -
          eggplants, flower
          bedding plants,
          Tflacs, green ash
          trees, mountain ash
          shrubs, dogwood
          shrubs, f crsythia)
                     2,4-0 (amine)
                                                    In an  agricultural  incident, numerous plants
                                                    were  damaged due to spray  drift from  an
                                                    application to a sod farm.  The owner cf the
                                                    damaged  plants  (in  a  nursery/greenhouse)
                                                    stated that on the date  of application  a  29
                                                    mph wind  was blowing from  the sod farm
                                                    location  toward  her greenhouse resulting  in
                                                    considerable drift to her location.  She stated
                                                    the  spraying f was   done  just  south  of  her
                                                    property Tfne'approximately 50 feet from her
                                                    plant storage area.   She asked the  m an apply-
                                                    ing the chemicals to stop spraying under those
                                                    conditions  and he  refused.   She  called the
                                                    police, but they were also unable to get him  to
                                                    stop spraying.  She  stated  he sprayed again for
                                                    the next four days,  5/19-22.  The owner of the
                                                    sod farm  stated  he  was spraying 2,4-0  for
                                                    dandelions diluted at 1 gal/100 gal water.  He
                                                    agreed on the direction the wind was  blowing
                                                    but he said the speed was  only 3 - 10 mph. He
                                                    stated  he sprayed no closer than 400 - 500 feat
                                                    from the nursery and that he did no  spraying
                                                    during  the period  of 5/19-22.  The plants inside
                                                    and outside the greenhouse were inspected and
                                                    they definitely showed  signs of damage from
                                                    pesticide poisoning; leaves and  stems  were
                                                    twisted and curled.  There had  been enough
                                                    2,4-0  drifting into the greenhouse through one
                                                   •open  door  and four roof vents to  severely
                                                    damage plants inside.   The individual plants
                                                    sustained enough  damage  that the  owner ter-
                                                    minated her  plant  selling operation  for the
                                                    season.

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 5/19/72
                    WA
           Crop dam aged
           (grapes)
                      2,4-D

                      In  an  agricultural incident  a grape crop was
                      damaged by a spray drift from a nearby aerial
                      application of chemical.
 5/21/72
OK
 Crop damaged
 (23 acres cotton)
2,4-0 (amine)

A cotton crop was damaged after a spray drift
of  pesticide occurred from  a  nearby  aerial
application.
5/22/72
WA
 Crop damaged
 (pears)
2,4-0

In an  agricultural incident  a pear  crop  was
damaged  by  herbicide  applied  to  a  nearby
field.
5/23/72
WA
 Crop damaged
 (grapes)
2,4-0

In an agricultural incident grapes were  dam-
aged  after a drift of chemical  occurred  from
an application to a nearby field.
5/24/72
W A        Crop dam aged
           (grapes)
                      2,4-0

                      In an  agricultural incident grapes were  dam-
                      aged after there was a drift of chemical from
                      an application to a nearby field.
5/24/72
WA
1 human received
m edical attention,
soil contaminated
2,4-0 (araine)
                                                    One person received medical attention and soil
                                                    was contaminated  after an  aerial application
                                                    of chemical.
5/27/72
OR
Trees, shrubs,
flowers, orna-
mentals damaged
2,4-0 (ester)
                                                   In  an  agricultural incident  30 damage  com-
                                                   plaints resulted from one application of chem-
                                                   ical.   Damage was caused either by drift cr
                                                   volatilization.    The foliage  showed  typical
                                                   symptoms  of exposure  to  2,4-0 but none will
                                                   die as a result of the exposure.

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05/28/72
PA
1 human
affected
2.4-0
MCPP
A  child under 5 years of age  was exposed to
the herbicide in an undescribed home Incident.
35/23/72
10
Trees dan aged•
(65 acres of
500 cherry trees)
2,4-0
                                                    In an agricultural incident a field of timothy
                                                    was  sprayed with 2,4-0.   During the  aerial
                                                    application, spray drift damaged the adjacent
                                                    orchard.
15/30/72
ID
Crop damaged
(6 acres potatoes)
2,4-0 (a mine)

A potato crop was damaged by an aerial spray
drift from  an  application of chemicals  to  an
adjacent grain field.
15/30/72
S/3V72
           Trees dam aged
           (birch)
          Trees, shrubs
          dam aged (23 acres,
          190 plants)
                     2,4-0

                     In- an  agricultural  incident birch trees  were
                     damaged by spray drift from an aerial applica-
                     tion.  The trees were expected to recover.

                     2,4-0 (ester)
                     2,4-0 (amine)

                     In an  agricultural  application a state  game
                     management area  was damaged  after  there
                     was  aerial  spray  drift  and overflight  by  a
                     commercial spray service.   At 4:30 p.ra.  on
                     5/31  the  project  manager for  the area  in
                     question  observed a plane spraying near the
                     areas'  reservoir  and the pastures to the  west
                     of it.  We followed the  progress of the aircraft
                     -with binoculars and watched as the plane over-
                     flew   the   pasture  and   sprayed  reservoir
                     property while engaging in a turn  before shut-
                     ting off his spray.  The  plane moved to another
                     area;  the  project  manager followed and  took
                     photographs of the plane overflying the reser-
                     voir with spray still bang released. Dam age to
                     fish and game lands was chiefly  confined  to
                     one area of the game  lands at the northwest
                     corner of the reservoir.   The  damage  was
                     confined to  habitat  destruction; no  direct
                     losses  of wildlife were observed or expected
                     because inspection of the flying service's

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 inventory showed  only containers of standard
 herbicides.   When the  spraying occurred,  it
 was  74, there  was a Tight breeze from the
 north and no rain.  Samples of  water  in the
 overflight   area   and   sprayed   vegetation
 samples  were  taken;  the-results  were not
 reported.  On 6/9  the  area  was visited  to
 survey the dam age caused by the overflights.
 No drift was  involved in the  major damage,
 although drift may have caused some  of the
 slight to  moderate  damage observed on the
 periphery of the area.  In the affected  north-
 west corner of the reservoir area, multiflora
 rose and autumn  olive were planted  the pre-
 vious spring.   These were planted in  two long
 strips consisting of  one  row  of rose, one  of
 olive in  each  strip.  Damage was as follows:
 southwest planting, 65 muftiflcra -all affected
 by chemical  damage; 45 autumn olive -  all
 affected by chemical damage except  3 plants;
 northeast planting, 34 multiflora - all affected
 by chemical  damage  except  one plant;  47
 autumn  olive  -   all affected  by   chemical
 damage.   The  damages  ranged  all  the way
 from "slight leaf curl and coloration change  to
 complete defoliation.  It was easy to  deter-
 mine and distinguish planting mortality from
 2,4-0  damage, since those plants suffering
 from planting  mortality were bare stems with
 no leaves present on the ground (they had died
 much  earlier).    The  plants  had not  been
 stressed  by  drought of  summer  and conse-
 quently those that survived planting (the vast
 majority  did)  were in good  shape at this time
 (immediately prior to the  spraying incident).
 It  was still too   early  to  assess  permanent
 damage.   The  next spring  would allow such
 determination.  It  was considered that even  if
 there is  not  widespread  plant  mortality, the
 plants have been severely stressed;  m any have
-lost  a  growing season,  and it  was suggested
 that  replanting be done in  the  area since the
 plantings would have many  holes in them due
 to  mortality.   Roughly  1% acres of mature
 cover was ruined  for at least one year with
 extensive defoliation and possible mortality  to
 locust, sumac, dogwood,  walnut,  and   forts
 such  as dock, ragweed, etc.  These forts were
 the  main wildlife food  in the  area   (seed
 production).   Another six to eight acres sus-
 tained  lesser  damage to  forts, probably as  a
 result of drift from this  same spray  activity.
 While not all cover was destroyed,

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                                                   considerable  food  production  potential  was
                                                   lost (fort damage).  This area was to the north
                                                   and east of the m ain dam age between the rows
                                                   of planted shrubs  m entioned above and further
                                                   northeast.  The damage to potential wildlife
                                                   populations could possibly.be  estimated  as:
                                                   loss of cover for  one covey  of  quail for this
                                                   year  and a  delay of a  year in establishing
                                                   perhaps two or three coveys as a result of loss
                                                   of the plantings.   More loss would result if the
                                                   nature cover was kitted instead of damaged
                                                   (can only be determined later).  Dove food and
                                                   nesting cover were definitely lost in the same
                                                   manner as for quail,  and  rabbtts were similarly
                                                   effected.
5/31/72
OK
Trees, home gar-
den dam aged (4 pine,
oak trees, 5 pecan
trees, 1 walnut
tree, 2 hackberry
trees, 3 rose bushes,
vegetable garden)
 2,4-0 (ester)
                                                   In an  agricultural incident trees and a home
                                                   garden  were Tightly damaged by aerial spray
                                                   drift  from  an application  of  herbicide  to a
                                                   nearby field.
5/00/72
           Trees damaged
           (boxelder)
                     2,4-0

                     In  an agriculture-related incident trees re-
                     ceived minor damage from a herbicide appli-
                     cation.  No long term effects were expected,
                     and it was probable  that  pesticides  were not
                     involved in the damage.
5/00/72
OK
Crop damaged
(710 acres cotton)
2,4-0 (amine)

In an agricultural incident a cotton crop was
damaged  by aerial  spray drift.   There  was
"Infrequent light leaf fingering."
5/00/72
OK
Crop damaged
05 acres cotton)
2,4-0

A cotton  crop was  damaged  by an  alleged
aerial  spray  drift of chemicals.  There  were
uniform and light phenoxy symptoms.

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 M/OV72
OH
                               Crop damaged
                               (soybeans)
 2,4-0
 Oicamba
 In an undescribed incident 30 acres pfsoybeans
 were damaged by exposure to herbicide.
Q6/OV72
          1 human
          affected
                                                    2,4-0 (salt)
                                                    2,4,5-TP (ester)
                                                    In an undescnbed home incident, an individual
                                                    of unknown age was exposed to the chemical.
D5/OV72
WA
                               4 trees dam aged
2,4-0
In an undescnbed incident grapes were dam-
aged by  herbicide drift.   There were 5  other
reports on this same date and in the same area
giving the same circumstances.
06/02/72
WA
                               Crop damaged
                               (grapes)
2,4-0

In an undescnbed  incident, grapes were dam-
aged  by herbicide drift. There  were 5  other
reports on this same date and in  the same area
giving the same circumstances.
05/04/72
          Crop damaged
          (lentils)
                                                   2,4-0
                                                   In an undescrifaed agricultural incident a lentil
                                                   crop was damaged by exposure to chemicals.
06/05/72
PA
                               1 human
                               affected
2,4-0
2,4,5-T
P1ne oil

This incident involved ingestion of an unknown
quantity  of  the pesticide  by a child  under 5
years of age.  The  mixture was stored in a
soft-drink bottle.
•05/05/72  »
                    PA
          2 hum ans affected    2,4-0
                                                   This incident in which two adults were exposed
                                                   to the  herbicide occurred in a home.   The
                                                   circumstances of the exposures were not re-
                                                   ported.

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 06/05/72
 WA
 Crop damaged
 (30 acres peas)
 2,4-0

 In  an undescribed Incident a  pea crop  was
 dam aged by pesticides.    _
 06/05/72
W A        Trees dan aged
           (ornamentals)
                      2,4-0

                      In  an  undescribed incident  ornamental  trees
                      were damaged by pesticides from  an  unspeci-
                      fied aerial application.
 36/05/72
WA
 Crop dam aged
 (carrots)
2,4-0

In an undescribed incident a carrot crop was
allegedly dam aged by pesticides.
35/05/72
WA
Crop damaged
(atfatfa)
2,4-0 (amine)

In an undescribed incident an atfatfa crop was
damaged  by  pesticide from  an  unspecified
aerial application.
K/OS/72
WA
Crop damaged
(sugar beets)
2,4-0
Oicamba
In an undescribed incident  a sugar beet crop
was damaged by pesticide from  an  unspecified
aerial application.
OS/07/72
ID
Crop damaged
(alfalfa, vege-
tables, shrubs,
flowers damaged)
2,4-0
                                                    In an  agricultural incident crops and  foliage
                                                    were damaged  by spray drift from a pesticide
                                                    application to an adjacent field.
06/09/72
06/09/72
WA
WA
Crop damaged
(carrots)
Crop damaged
(sugar beets)
2,4-0

In an undescribed incident  a  carrot crop  was
allegedly dam aged by pesticides.

2,4-0

In an undescribed incidant,  a  sugar beet crop
was damaged by pesticide from an  unspecified
aerial application.

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    0/72
OK
 Crops damaged
 (45 acres cotton;
 4,000 tomato
 plants)
 2,4-0
                                                    Light to heavy drift damage occurred to farm
                                                    crops from an aerial application of pesticide.
   10/72
           Crop damaged
           (grapes)
                     2,4-0

                     In an undescribed incident a grape crop was
                     allegedly dam aged by pesticides.
  12/72
OH
1 human
fatality
2,4-0
Oiarinon
Dicamba
A self-employed house painter died from  an
allergic reaction after  exposure to  pesticides
applied by a commercial  applicator to a lawn
and shrubs.
  i/T2/72
WA
Trees damaged
(7 willows)
2,4-0 (amine)

In an undescribed incident several trees were
damaged  by pesticides  from  an  unspecified
aerial application.
 5/14/72
           Crop damaged
           (59 acres cotton)
                     2,4-0

                     In an undescribed  agricultural incident a cot-
                     ton crop was damaged by 2,4-0.   Drift from
                     several drums of chemical, stored at an air-
                     field, damaged 17 rows of cotton  heavily and
                     another 34 rows almost  as  badly.  Fifty-nine
                     acres in all were damaged.   The cotton field
                     border  was approximately  6 feet from the
                     stored chemical.   •
36/16/72
ICY
1 human
hospitalized
"2,4-0
2,4,5-T

An employee  of a state  highway department
was working on a right-of-way area between
8:30 and 9 a.m. when a container of herbicide
mixture  exploded,  and the contents  splashed
onto his face  and his leg.  He unintentionally
ingested an unknown amount.  He drank' a soda
and forced him sen* to vomit.  He washed his

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                                                   eyes within five minutes.  He experienced a 5
                                                   - 10 minute period of "foggy vision at 9:30
                                                   a.n.  At 10 a.m.  his eyes  were  lavaged in  a
                                                   hospital emergency room and he was  admitted
                                                   for 24-houur observation.   His symptoms wre
                                                   epigastric  burning and  watery eyes.  He re-
                                                   mained  alert,  oriented and  cooperative; there
                                                   was no  nausea or dizziness.  Medication was
                                                   not administered; a  chest  x-ray  and routine
                                                   laboratory work were performed.   On 6/T7  he
                                                   was discharged at 9 a.ffl.
6/16/72
10
Crop damaged
(beets)
2,4-0

In an  agricultural  incident  a beet crop  was
damaged by an aerial application of 2,4-0 to
an adjacent field.
6/16/72
WA
Crop dam aged
(peas)
2,4-0 (amine)

A  crop of peas was  damaged  after an  aerial
application of chemical to a nearby field.
6/19/72
WA
Crop damaged
(sugar beets)
2,4-0    .

In  an  undescribed  agricultural incident  20
acres of  sugar  beets  were damaged  by  an
aerial  application  of  chemical  to a  nearby
field.
6/20/72
KS
Plants damaged
(23 acres, snow-
berry, 20
other plants)
2,4-0 (ester)
                                                   A project manager at a state game manage-
                                                   ment area observed an agricultural plane mak-
                                                   ing  passes in the vicinity of the park  area on
                                                   "5/20/72.  Spray  drift  was observed falling on
                                                   foliage  within  the preserve.   The  manager
                                                   recorded the plane's  description  and number;
                                                   further checking determined that the chemical
                                                   used was 2,4-0 in low  volatile ester form.  The
                                                   • ajar area of damage contained about 20 - 25
                                                   acres of  bottomland crop-producing area with
                                                   a double row of  multiflora rose, plus about an
                                                   equal  amount of non-cropland  along the hill-
                                                   side. The damaged area was visited en  7/3 and
                                                   7/26.    Typical  herbicide  damage symptoms
                                                   were observed:   curled  leaves,  curled  plant
                                                   terminals, non-seasonally induced color

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                                                    changes,  etc.    Damaged  plants  included:
                                                    snowberry,  coralberry,  currant,  milkweeds,
                                                    skunkbrush,  sweetclover,   sumac   (smooth),
                                                    goatsbeard,roughleaf dogwood, American elm,
                                                    cocklebur,  freemont  leatherleaf,  butterfly-
                                                    weed,   sagewort,  prairie   rose,  hackberry,
                                                    various wild thistles, burr o'a'k,  American plum,
                                                    blackberry,  gooseberry, and Virginia  creeper.
                                                    These  were  on the hillside.  Additionally, there
                                                    was injury and mortality to roughly 1/8 rafle of
                                                    mature,   double-row  multiflora  rose  hedge
                                                    which  runs  through the  middle of  the culti-
                                                    vated land.  There  was no observed damage or
                                                    apparent  direct  mortality to  wildlife in  this
                                                    area.    As  is the  situation  in this  kind of
                                                    problem, there is no way to really  assess the
                                                    damage  which  occurred, either to plants or
                                                    wildlife (indirect damage caused  by  habitat
                                                    destruction). There was undoubtedly  a loss of
                                                    cover and seed production on the hillside, but
                                                    some  cover did  still  remain  there.   It  was
                                                    considered to be an ideal hillside, covered with
                                                    a desirable interspersion of brushy clumps and
                                                    grassy, fort covered pasture.  The species of
                                                    wildlife involved  or  potentially affected were:
                                                    quails, pheasants, rabbits, and doves, with pos-
                                                    sible indirect loss to other game species, plus
                                                    a wide variety of  non-game species  such as
                                                    bluebirds, sparrows,  vireos (Bell's particularly),
                                                    and others.
6/20/72
           Crop damaged
           (sunflowers)  •
                      2,4-0

                      A road  crew was  spraying for brush control.
                      Drift  caused minor damage to  a sunflower
                      field.  Ho yield reduction was expected.
S/2Q/72
WA
Trees dam aged
(ornamentals)
2,4-0.

In a  home incident ornamental trees  were
damaged by an aerial application of chemicals.
"5/3/72" V
WA
Crop damaged
(sugar beets)
2,4-0

In an agricultural incident a sugar beet crop
was damaged by an aerial application of chem-
icals to a nearby field.

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b6/22/72
CO
 1 human
 affected
 2,4-0
 2,4,5-T
 A child swallowed 'several  ounces* of  the
 herbicide in a  hone incident.   Ipecac  was
 administered with successful results.  The pro-
 duct had been stored in its original container.
D6/23/72
36/28/72
WA
OR
 Crop damaged
 (7 acres grapes)
 Crop destroyed
 (40 acres onions)
2,4-0

A grape crop was damaged by herbicide drift
from an aerial application to a nearby field.

2,4-0 (salt)

In an agricultural incident 2,4-0 was applied in
error.   Parathion  was  to  be  sprayed on  the
onion  crop but the  loader used  the  wrong-
chemical; the onions were a total loss.
36/26/72
           Crops damaged
           (tomatoes, canta-
           loupe, sweet  •
           potatoes, mustard
           greens, beans,
           peppers, okra,
           corn)
                     2,4-0 (amine)
                                                   In an  agriculture-related incident TO  tomato
                                                   plants  received  heavy damage, 3  cantaloupe
                                                   received light to  heavy damage, 3 rows  (32
                                                   yards)  of sweet  potatoes received  light dam-
                                                   age, 3  rows of corn (38 yards) received light to
                                                   medium damage, 70 sq ft of mustard greens, 4
                                                   rows of beans, 1  row (32 yards) of peppers, and
                                                   4  rows (32  yards)  of okra  were damaged
                                                   "Tightly to  moderately" by drift from an aerial
                                                   application to a railroad rignt-cf-way.
56/27/72
K/23/72
WA
OR
Crop damaged
(8 art let pears)
Plant damage,
soil contaminated
2,4-0 (amine)

A pear crop was damaged by 2,4-0 drift from
an aerial application to a nearby field,

2,4-0
2,4,5-T             	

In  an undescribed incident  plants were  dam-
aged  and  soil  was contaminated  by  herbicide
when there  was  an  accident involving the
transportation of chemicals.

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 ,28/72
 r&m
WA
WA
 Crop damaged
 (grapes)
1 human
hospitalized
2,4-0

In an  agricultural Ina'dent a grape crop was
damaged by a chemical drift.

2,4-0

The  site  and circumstances  related  to this
Incident were unknown.
 fQl/72
WA
Crop damaged
(grapes)
2,4-0

In an agricultural incident  a grape crop was
damaged by chemical drift.
                  PA
          1 dog affected
                     2,4-0
                     MCPP
                     In a home incident a family pet was  affected
                     by herbicide.
/02/72
PA
1 hum an affected
2,4-0
An  individual  between 5 and 16 years of age
experienced exposure to the herbicide in an
undescribed home incident.
/G3/72
WA
Soil, air,
water contami-
nated
2,4-0
2,4,5-T
Lead arsenate
Contamination  reportedly  occurred  after  a
warehouse fire.
/CS/72
WA
                  CO
Crop damaged
(grapes)
          Soft, water
          contaminated
2,4-0

In an agricultural incident  a  grape  crop  was
damaged by drift from a chemical application
to a nearby field.
                                                 2,4,5-T

                                                 A complaint was made against a railroad com-
                                                 pany regarding the manner in which the herbi-
                                                 cides were applied  in  a right-of-way  and re-
                                                 sulted in the contamination.

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 7/D7/72
WA
 Crop damaged
(grapes)
 2,4-0

 In  an  agricultural  incident a  grape crop  was
 dam aged by herbicide drift.
7/07/72
WA
Crop dam aged
(grapes)
 2,4-0

 In an  agricultural  incident a  grape crop  was
 damaged by herbicide drift.
                    PA
           1 dog affected
                     2,4-0
                     2,4,5-TP
                     In an undescribed home-related incident, a pet
                     dog  was accidentally exposed to the chemical.
7/08/72
SO
1 human
hospitalized
2,4-D (ester)
                                      •

In a park/recreational area-related incident, a
22-year-old employee was  hospitalized after
an  exposure to 2,4-0.   He  was Involved in
spraying the chtmical for leafy spurge control
in a game  management area on 7/5 and 7/7.
He was wearing a disposable white filter mask*
plastic  goggles, baseoaH cap, a work-supplied
uniform, elbow-length rubber gloves, and para-
chute type  leather boots.   In the  application
the wind had been blowing the spray back into
his face.   Application of the  chemical was
from  a TOO-gaflon  tank  (jeep mounted)  at  the
rate of 2H gal/100 gal water.  About 600 -  700
gallons  had been required for this job.  The
weather during application  was pleasant with
temperatures  ranging from  70 -60  F.   The
subject also had spilled a dilute solution down
one trouser leg.  The individual felt fine when
he  arrived  home from work  on 7/7.    He
showered and lay  down.  One-half hour later
he was drowsy and lacked an appetite.  He did
not eat  and went  to bed at 8:30 p.m.   He
visited  a physician the morning  of 7/8 after
experiencing nausea,  drowsiness, diarrhea  and
excessive vomiting every  one  or  txo  hours
beginning at 2  a.m.  on 7/8,  He did not tell
the physician about his involvement with pest-
icide  spraying  and was diagnosed as  having
influenza and  was treated for  same.   The
subject did not respond to treatment and came
to the physician again the following day, 7/9.
Further questioning at this tira e revealed his

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                                                    work  with pesticides, and the physician in> me-
                                                    diately began treatment with atropine sutfate
                                                    at a rate of V50 grain every six hours; the
                                                    excessive vomiting and nausea subsided.  The
                                                    last flare-up of  vomiting was on the night  of
                                                    7/13.  The subject had been hospitalized on 7/9
                                                    and remained  until 7/15.- A  blood sample for
                                                    choflnesterase testing  was taken on 7/14, and
                                                    the  results  showed   plasma  Ch£ tobe  1.4
                                                    mm/ml/min  and  R8C   Ch£  TU3   mm/ml/min.
                                                    (Dibucaine #69*  or intermediate  Ch£ » chol-
                                                    inesterase).  On 7/37 another  blood sample was
                                                    tested and  showed the  plasma  Ch£  as  1.7
                                                    mm/ml/min  and RBC Ch£ as  10.5 ram/ml/min.
                                                    The subject was  advised not to handle pesti-
                                                    cides 1n the future.
37/08/72
OH
Crops dam aged
(300 tomato plants,
green beans)
 2,4-0
                                                    In  an  agricultural incident drift fro m a pesti-
                                                    cide application to a turf farm  dam aged near-
                                                    by gardens.
37/09/72
WA
Crop damaged
(grapes)
 2,4-0

 In an undescribed agricultural incident a grape
 crop was damaged by herbicide drift.
07/10772
OK
Crop damaged
03 acres millet)
 2,4-0

 In  an agricultural incident  13 of 20  acres  of
 millet were dam aged by aerial spray drift.
D7/JV72
OR
1 human affected
 2,4-0
"A  54-year-old  self-employed  farmer  was
 admitted to a hospital with a toxic reaction to
 corn  spray.  Approximately 1 hour after mak-
 ing an  application  of the herbicide,  he  devel-
 oped blurred vision.  The  condition  worsened,
 and he developed  a severe headache, severe
 vomiting  and had a lapse of consciousness.  He
 had been  spraying  2  days, his  clothes  were
 saturated  and  had not been changed.   His
 temperature was 99 F, pulse 94, respiration 24
 and blood pressure 200/120.  A  1,000 cc lac-
 tated  Ringers solution was administered upon
 arrival.   He responded  to  verbal stimuli.   A
 physical exam showed him to be blind. Labor

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                                                    atory test results: chlorides 104, potassium  3.2
                                                    and sodium  139; urine contained  sugar of  2\
                                                    (Medical  history:   pyelonephritis, essential
                                                    hypertension, borderline diabetic, gouty arth-
                                                    ritis,  some pulmonary emphysema  and  a duo-
                                                    denal ulcer.)  He was  discharged in a  wheel-
                                                    chair 7/16/72.
 7/15/72
CO
1 human
affected
2,4-0
2A5-T
A child under  5 years  of age  inhaled  the
pesticide in  a home  incident.   The  child re-
n ained asy m pto m atic.
 R/16/72
PA
1 human
affected
2,4-0
2,4,5-TP
In this undescribed home-related incident  a
child under 5 years of age was exposed to the
chemical.
37/18/72
WA
 Crop damaged
(grapes)
2,4-0

In an  agricultural incident a grape crop  was
dam aged by a herbicide drift.
D7/20/72
PA
1 dog affected
2,4-0
In a home incident a family dog was  exposed
to 2,4-0.
07/20/72
G7/2V72
WA
OH
Crop damaged
{onions)
Plants dara aged
(raspberry bushes,
grapes, tomatoes)
2,4-0

In  an undescribed  agricultural incident  an
onion crop was damaged by herbicide.

2,4-0
2,4,5-T

This incident  involved damage to ornamental
plants on  three  properties (approximately  2
acres) adjacent to  a  golf  course  which  had
been treated with the herbicides.  The alleged
cause  was spray drift  from  an application
during a period of high  wind velocity.   THe
applicator did not follow label  directions.

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 b7/22/72
 MN
 Crop damaged
 (soybeans)
 2,4-0
 2,4,5-TP

 Drift from  an aerial application  along railroad
 tracks damaged 13 acres of soybeans owned by
 13 different farmers. " A large yield reduction
 of crop was expected.     -
 JB7/24/72
 WA
 Crop dam aged
 2,4-0

 In an agricultural incident an unspecified crop
 was dam aged by pesticide drift.
&7/24/T2
WA
 Crop dam aged
 (strawberries)
 2,4-0

 In an  agricultural incident a strawberry crop
 was damaged by pesticides.
107/25/72
CO
1 human received
medical attention
 2,4-0

 Ipecac was administered with good results to a
 child under 5 years of age who  had ingested a
 sjnaH. amount of the pesticide.   The pesticide
 was stored it* its original  container  in the
 home.
JTO/72
WA
Crop damaged
(carrots)
2,4-0

In an agricultural incident, a carrot crop was
damaged by pesticide.
C2/00/72
AR
Well
contaminated
2,4-0 (salt)
Oil

In an  undescribed  home  incident  a  well  was
allegedly contaminated  by pesticide.   There
was  a taste change in the water, laboratory
analysis failed to show the presence of 2,4-0.
08/03/72
PA
1 human affected
2,4-0

A  child under 5 years of age  was exposed to
the pesticide in an undescribed  home incident.
08/08/72
WA
Ornamentals
dam aged
2,4-0

Ornamental trees were damaged by an  aerial
spray application  1n  an undescribed  agricul-
tural Incident.

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  lTO/72
OR
Trees dam aged
shrubs dam aged
2,4-0 (ester)

In an industrial incident a low volatile ester of
2,4-0 was applied to control weeds in a vacant
lot.   The daytime  temperature  was near 100
degrees which resulted in volatilization of the
2,4-0 which drifted to neighbors' trees.  The
trees showed symptoms of exposure.
  l/lQ/72
PA
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0

The  site  and  circumstances of  a pesticide
incident involving a child under 5 years of  age
were not reported.
 fe/Tl/72
           Water
           contaminated
                     2,4-0
                     2,4,5-T

                     Aerial application  of the  herbicide  mixture
                     was  made to a power company right-of-way
                     under power transmission Tines.  For the sec-
                     ond time a  home  water supply (unprotected
                     natural spring) was contaminated.  The  appli-
                     cation rate w^s 6  pounds of actual  material
                     per acre.  The water  had  a peculiar  odor and
                     flavor shortly after the  application was com-
                     pleted.   The spring flowed into a
                     concrete  block  collection pit  about  5*  - 61
                     below the place where the water flowed from
                     the ground.   The untreated  water was  then
                     pumped to the residence.  The resident  was
                     advised to drain  and  flush  the  collection pit
                     and all lines. The  wife  of  the  individual  was
                     advised that the  sprayed chemicals were not
                     harmful.  A horse which was reported to have
                     died from pesticide exposure was suspected by
                     laboratory personnel  to  have been strucic by
                     lightning.
08/14/72
          Crop damaged
          (39 acres corn)
                     2,4-0

                     In  an  agricultural incident a  com  crop was
                    •allegedly damaged by an aerial application  of
                     2,4-0.  It  was felt that the damage may not
                     have been due to chemicals but to the previous
                     weeks4 extremely hot and  humid weather and
                     strong winds.

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  J/16/72
                     WA
 Trees damaged
2,4-0
In an agricultural incident trees were damaged
after an aerial application of pesticide.
 B/15/72
                     WA
Trees damaged.
2,4-0

In an undescribed agricultural incident trees in
a  wind  break  were  damaged by  an  aerial
application of pesticide.
 JB/21/72
                               1 human affected
                     2,4-0
                     An individual over 65 years of age was exposed
                     to the pesticide in an undescribed incident.
 B/23/72
                     WA
Crop, trees
damaged (pears)
2,4-0 (salt)
Honuron
In an undescribed  agricultural incident pears
and pear trees were dam aged by pesticide.
 fc/27/72
                     CO
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0        »

A 2-year-old child ingested a small amount of
the herbicide.  Ipecac  was administered; she
developed  diarrhea  and  vomiting.    Her re-
covery was uneventful.
25/00/72
                     TX
Crop damaged
(cotton)
2,4-0 (acid)

In an agricultural incident extensive damage
was  done  to  a cotton  crop  after  herbicide
applications to sorghum.
09/10/72
                     WA
Ornamentals, trees,
shrubs damaged
2,4-0

Ornamental trees  were damaged by  an  aerial
application to agricultural land.
29/27/72  ;*
                    PA
1 hum an received
medical attention .
2,4-0
2,4,5-TP ••"•• •——:
In an undescribed home incident  a chfld under
5 years of age was accidentally exposed to the
herbicide.         ,   .

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 10/06/72
UT
1 hum an fatality
 2,4-0
 A  man  was  hospitalized with  severe  head-
 aches, periods of incocrdination and general
 weakness.   His symptoms, grew progressively
 worse and  he died.   The family  associated
 onset of the condition with a tim e when he had
 been spraying 2,4-0 and ft had blown back into
 his face.   Death was attributed to cerebral
 edema.
 n/08/72
CO
1 hum an received
medical attention
 2,4-0
 2,4,5-T
 A child under 5 years of age ingested part or
 all of  a pesticide cartridge/tablet in a home
 incident which resulted in considerable mouth
 pain.   Ipecac, charcoal  and  saline  cathartic
 were administered. The child recovered.
 1/T2/72
TN
Unknown
 2,4-0 (ester)
 2,4,5-T (ester)
 Various gaupi and  private  citizens requested
 that spraying for weed control along approxi-
 mately  500 miles  of  state highway  be cur-
 tailed.    According  to  a  local  newspaper
 article, it  was suggested that the road com-
 missioner and the  citizens meet and  discuss
 the need for spray applicators to avoid dam-
 aging fescue, vetch, and dogwood trees which
 citizens4  groups  planned to  plant  along  the
 highway  in road beautification  and   erosion
 control  projects.   A  citizen stated that pre-
 vious rignt-cf-way  spraying had IciTIed bees,
 other insects,  small wildlife, and birds; inves-
 tigation revealed no adverse effects.  Investi-
 gation had  determined the mixing rates for the
 right-of-way spraying  (195  gal  concantrata/-
 1,600 - 2,500 gal water, roughly equivalent to 1
 part weed  SciTIer/IO  parts water)  were  consis-
 tent with those recommended by a chemical
.company representative  (3 qt concentrate/100
 gal  water,  roughly  equivalent to 1 part weed
 tfTler/100 parts water), ft. was thought a lower
 dilution rate was tried previously and the kill
 was not effective.
00/00/73
          Crop damaged
          (5 acres grapes)
                     2,4-0

                     In an agricultural incident a grape crop  was
                     damaged  by spray  drift  from  an  unknown
                     source.

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 to/00/73
           1 human received
           medical attention
                      2,4-0

                      A child under 5 years of age was  exposed to
                      the herbicide in an undescribed home incident.
 (JVOO/73
           1 human affected
                      2,4-0
                      The site and circumstances  of this pesticide
                      incident  which involved  an  adult  were un-
                      known.
 31/00/73
KS
1 hum an received
medical attention
2,4-0 (ester)

In an undescribed home incident a child under
5 years of age was poisoned by pesticide.
 32/27/73
OR
Plants
affected
2,4-0
2,4,5-T

In  an  undescribed  transportation incident  1
acre of unspecified plant life was affected.
 K/28/73
CA
I human received
medical attention
2,4-0 (amine)

A  worker splashed the herbicide  into his eye
while mixing and loading for an aerial applica-
tion.
03/CQ/73
TX
Garden crops
dam aged (9 acres)
2,4-0

An  aerial application of pesticide was respon-
sible for  damage  to garden crops  owned  by
several families.
33/01/73
          1 human affected
                     2,4-0
                     The details related to this incident were not
                     reported.
03/01/73 i
OH
Crop
damaged
(3 acres green-
house tomatoes)
2,4-0
                                                                       .
                                                     2,4,5-TP
                                                     Potassium sutfate
                                                     Phosphorus
                                                     Nitrogen
                                                     Oicamba
                                                     Benefin

                                                     Laboratory analysis of three samples of ferti-
                                                     lizer which was  represented  as  being  potass-
                                                     sium sutfate 0-0-52 revealed the presence of

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                                                      2,4-0, 2,4,5-T or TP  and an unidentified sub
                                                      stance,  possibly dlcamba  or benefin.   The
                                                      major elements  of the  product  were  deter-
                                                      mined to be nitrogen  (2.9X)  phosphorus (U*)
                                                      and  potassium  (44.31).  The application of the
                                                      fertfHzer to the greenhouse tomatoes pro-
                                                      duced adverse effects 0/3  of plants were de-
                                                      stroyed).
  D3/06/73
TN
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0
2AS-TP
In  an  undescribed  home-related incident,  a
child (under 5 years of  age)  was accidentally
exposed to the chemical.
 03/07/73
FL
Crop dam aged
(300 acres torn atoes)
2,4-0

In  an  agricultural incident  sugar cane  was
aerially sprayed with 2,4-0.  Spray drifted 10
miles and dam aged a to m ato crop.
 33/T2/73
OK
Crop damaged
(40 acres alfalfa)
2,4-0 (ester)

An alfalfa crop was damaged by aerial spray
drift.   The symptoms  ranged from light to
heavy.
 03/15/73
OR
Crop damaged
(20 acres alfalfa),
soil contaminated
2,4-0 (ester)
                                                     In an  agricultural  incident a  crop  of alfalfa
                                                     was  totally destroyed  by the  application of
                                                     2,4-0 instead of 2,4-0 B.
 04/00/73
.04/02/73
sc
           Trees dam aged
           (16 Chinese
           tallow)
Vdrlcle
contaminated
                     2,4-0
                                                     Pesticide drift  from  a  drainage canal  weed
                                                     control project dam aged nearby trees.
2.4-0           ,_   _.

In an unspecified incident a vehicle  was con-
taminated by pesticide while in transit.

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 04/04/73
OR
Ornamentals
dam aged
 2,4-0 (ester)

 In an agricultural incident ornamentals (2 apri-
 cots, 1 apple, locust trees, snowball bush, for-
 sythia,  and annual flowers)  were damaged by
 2,4-0 volatilization from an aerial application
 to grain.
 04/04/73
OR
Crops dan aged
(100 acres alfalfa,
raspberries),
trees damaged (weep-
ing willow, pear)
2,4-0 (ester)
                                                     In an  agricultural incident an  alfalfa crop,
                                                     pear trees, weeping  willows, and  raspberries
                                                     were damaged by  2,4-0 volatilization from an
                                                     aerial application to grain.
04/04,73
OR
Crap damaged
(grapes), numerous
trees, ornamental
plants dam aged
2,4-0 (ester)
                                                     In an agricultural incident numerous trees anc
                                                     shrubs were damaged by -volatility from  aeria'
                                                     spraying of a grain field.  Forty-three grape
                                                     plants were moderately to severely dam aged.
04/04/73
OR
Crop damaged
(2 acres atf atf a)
2,4-0 (ester)

When pesticide was applied to a wheat fielc
adjacent to an alfalfa field, the physical
of the 2,4-0 dam aged the alfalfa.       '
04/04/73
OR
-.*.?• -
 '-
Crop damaged
000 acres atf atf a)
2,4-0 (ester)                       .    £'•'

In an agricultural incident an alfalfa crop -wa.
damaged  by aerial  spray drift  of pesticide
Symptoms included twisting, curling, and som
splitting of stems.  Symptoms  were found-.r
the lower 1/3 of plants, indicating an  eartie
exposure.   Symptoms  were found unffcrral
throughout the field and were mere erident-t
drier areas. A yield reduction was expected.

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                   OR
           Crops damaged
           (13 acres hairy
           vetch, 25 acres
           crimson clover)
                     2,4-0 (amine)
                                                  Typical 2,4-0 symptoms  were found in vetch
                                                  03 acres) and clover (3 acres)  crops, varying
                                                  from  severe  stunting  to  no  effect  for  the
                                                  clover and from  death  of  plants to no effect
                                                  for the  vetch.   The areas  where the most
                                                  severe damage was located was where these
                                                  crops bordered a  recently sprayed wheat field.
                                                  The damage was suspected to  have occurred
                                                  during border spray flights.  A yield reduction
                                                  was expected.  There was  another  incident of
                                                  almost  exactly  the  same nature stem in ing
                                                  from this same application.   A  22-acre crim-
                                                  son clover field displayed severe stunting, lack
                                                  of  seed  development  and  deformed  leaf-
                                                  growth.  The pattern of dam age indicated that
                                                  the injuries  were not caused by wind drift.
1/05/73
OR
Crop damaged
(crimson clover)
2,4-0 (amine)

Wheat fields on three sides of a 30-acre clover
field  were aerially sprayed with herticide  on
4/5.   At  the time  of investigation  (6/23),
herbicide  symptoms could  not be  identified -
because the clover field had been sw athed and
the leaves  dried to the point at which positive
identification was impossible.  Using the weed
dog fennel as an indicator plant, it was deter-
mined that the entire clover field must  have -,
been  exposed to  2,4-0.   No  drift  pattern  01- " •
indication  of the direction of the  source  of-
spray remained.   The  loss in  seed  yield war*C
almost total.
                   OR
          Crop dam aged
          00 acres alfalfa)
          trees, plants
          damaged
                     2,4-0 (ester)
                                                  In an  agricultural incident a variety of foliage
                                                  was exposed to 2,4-0.  The terminal ends
                                                  locust tree leaves were  cupped, curled
                                                  reduced in size until the leaves had a
                                                  needle-like appearance, which  is character-is-
                                                  tic of one of the growth regulator herbicides^
                                                  Ornamental plants, such as roses, displayed"^—

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                                                     herbicide symptoms.  An atfalfa crop exhibited
                                                     symptoms such as extreme curling, twisting,
                                                     splitting  of stems,  and  restricted terminal
                                                     growth.    The most severe  damage to this
                                                     atfatf a involved 208,000 sq ft or 4.5 acres.  It
                                                     was felt  that production  -would  be seriously
                                                     reduced   and  that  numerous  atf atf a  plants
                                                     would  die,
 04/15/73
OR
Crop damaged
(8 acres clover)
 2,4-0 (ester)

 In an agricultural incident a clover crop  was
 damaged when 2,4-0 was  applied to a nearby
 field.
 C4/23/73
OH
Crop damaged
(tomatoes)
05/00/73
PA
Water .
contaminated
2,4-0
2,4,5-TP
2,4,5-T
Potassium suffata

Laboratory "analysis  of three samples of ferti-
lizer, which"was'represented as being potas-
sium sulfate 0-0-52, revealed the presence of
the 3* chemicals and an unidentified substance.
The- application of the fertilizer to the green-
house tomatoes produced adverse effects  (V3
sf plants .*«•«• destroyed).  ..   ."."•'
                                                  :. Spray, equip-ment' containing- rcsKtuesv of 2^4-0
                                                -"• -wag dganed approximately 40 feet from  the
                                                • -  • -owner's -w€#r The^^aste «£.herbicide appeared,.
                                                 ..   in the water 4.days later.
05/00/73
          4 humans received
          medical attention
                     2.4-0

                    .Two children fn the 5 to 76 age range  and two
                     individuals.in tfte 17 to 65 range were  exposed
                     to 0.01 ppm 2,4-6  in their  weTl  water; the
                    .source of the contamination was not reported.
05/00/73
OR
Crop damaged
(2U3 acres barley)
                                                    In an  agricultural incident two  barley  crops
                                                    were  slightly  damaged by drift  and/or  vola-
                                                                            sprayed on  a wheat

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 ;C5/Q1/73
 VA
 Ornamental
 plants dam aged
 2,4-0  (amines, ester)
 2,4,5-T (amines, ester)

 The details were not reported in an incident in
 which unspecified  damage occurred to orna-
 mentals subsequent to an aerial application of
 the herbicide.
 05/03/73
ID
 Crop dan aged
 (5 acres peas}
 2,4-0

 In  an  agricultural  incident  a pea  crop  was
 damaged by spray drift of aerially applied 2,4-
 0.
 05/04/73
 05/04/73
 WA
 NE
 Crop dam aged
 (600 acres grapes)
1 human received
medical attention
 2,4-0

 In  an  agricultural incident a  Concord
 crop was damaged by a drift of 2,4-0.

 2,4-0
                                                                                           grape
                                                     A child  under 5 years of age was exposed to
                                                     the .herbicide in an undescrifaed incident.
05/OS/7?
IL
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0

A child 5 - 16-years-old was exposed to pesti
cide in an undescribed home incident.
Q5/T1/73
OR
Crops destroyed
(TI acres alfalfa,
some oats)
2,4-0 (aroine)
                                                    In an agricultural incident an alfalfa crop was
                                                    destroyed when 2,4-0 was aerially applied to TI
                                                    acres of oats and the newly planted alfalfa by
                                                    mistake.  The few remaining plants displayed
                                                    stem  curling.   The  application  had  been in-
                                                    tended for barley.
Q5/H/73
OK
Vegetable
garden dam aged
2,4-0

A very light drift damaged a 5-acre vegetable
garden.  Samples were taken for analysis.  No
2,4-0  was recovered from vegetable or orna-
mental samples.
35/13/73
IA
1 human
hospitalized
2,4-0

A  child under 5 years of  age was hospitalized
for 2 days in an undescribed home incident.

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 05/14/73
OR
Ornamental trees,
plants dam aged
(elm, pear, wal-
nut, ash, locust,
mulberry, boxelder,
elderberry, grapes,
Japanese maple,
Tflacs, roses)
2,4-0 (amine)
                                                    In an agricultural incident over TOO trees  and
                                                    some flowers and shrubs were damaged  by an
                                                    application of 2,4-0.  According to the owner
                                                    of the property,  the flying service should  not
                                                    have  been operating in that  particular  area
                                                    under  any conditions  at  that time of  year.
                                                    Damage was extensive on the  property. Symp-
                                                    toms ranged from  minor to serious.
05/14/73
WA
Crop damaged
(600 acres grapes)
2,4-0

A  grape crop  was damaged by  drift from  a
herbicide application to a nearby field.
05/14/73
OH
Flowers,
ornamentals
damaged
2,4-0       >
2,4,5-TP
OCPA
An  applicator ground-treated a lawn.  Drift,
volatilization, and  run-off  of  the herbicides
damaged  roses  and  ornamental  shrubs  (28
plants).   Twenty-four  rose  plants  were  re-
placed.
05/16/73
WA
Crops damaged
(8 acres sugar
beets, peas)
2,4-0 (amine)
                                                    Two crops were damaged by  a  drift of  2,4-0
                                                    from  an aerial  application.   The  applicator
                                                    reportedly followed label directions.
05/16/73
W A       Trees, shrubs,
          flowers, orna-
          mentals damaged
                     2,4-0 (ester)
                                                    In  an  agricultural  incident  various types  of
                                                    foliage were damaged by 2,4-0.  The drtft was
                                                    due to faulty aerial application.

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 05/17/73
OH
 Crops damaged
 0 acre straw-
 berries, rasp-
 berries)
2,4-0 (amine)
Atrazine
                                                    A strawberry/raspberry crop  was damaged by
                                                    chemical drift from  an application to a com
                                                    field.
.55/17/73
OK
 Trees damaged
 (800 locust, 10
 shade trees), plum
 bush, crops (dew-
 berries, black-
 berries) damaged
2,4-0 (amine)
                                                    Forest trees and farm crops were damaged by
                                                    drift from an  aerial herbicide application to
                                                    nearby farm  lands.  Eight hundred locust trees
                                                    displayed  defoliation  and  chlorotic  leaves.
                                                    Dewberries  (two 70-foot  rows) and  black-
                                                    berries (two  70-foot rows)  were shedding their
                                                    leaves.   A plum  bush and  10 shade trees  were
                                                    slightly affected.
05/17/73
OK
 Trees dam aged
 (3,000 locust,
 50 DOTS  d*arc),
'crops damaged
 ft acre each
 raspberries,
 dewberries)
2,4-D (araine)
                                                   In an agriculture-related incident forest trees
                                                   were damaged by  drift.  Locust trees were
                                                   chlorotic and had shredded leaves;  bois tfarc
                                                   trees had leaf curling.  The other plants  had
                                                   slight phenoxy symptoms.
05/17/73
OK
 Trees damaged
 (4 acres locust,
 4 peach trees,
 1 mimosa,! maple)
2,4-0 (amine)
                                                   In an  agricultural incident aerial spray drift
                                                   . damaged numerous trees.  The peach trees had
                                                   symptoms including  curled, rolled and chloro-
                                                   tic leaves;  the  mimosa  had chlorotic, rolled
                                                   and shredding leaves; and the m aple had curled
                                                   leaves, was chlorotic and shredding.  It was  a
                                                   possibility  that  the  applicator  may not have
                                                   turned off the spray  nozzles when turning.

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 S/I7/73
ID
 P/18/73
OR
 Crops damaged
 (53 acres peas,
 alfalfa)
2,4-0
                                                   In an  agricultural  incident  aerial spray drift
                                                   was  suspected of causing damage to a pea and
                                                   alfalfa crop.
 Crop damaged (35     2,4-0 (ester)
 acres alfalfa),
 ornamentals damaged
 (locust, boxelder,
                                                   In  an  agricultural  incident  farm  crops  and
                                                   trees  were  damaged after  a  nearby  aerial
                                                   application   of   herbicide.   In  the  worst-
                                                   damaged section  of alfalfa the symptoms were
                                                   twisting  and  curling  of  the stems; this oc-
                                                   curred 1/2  to 3/4   distance below the  top
                                                   growth when viewed approximately 1  month
                                                   after application.   A reduction in yield  was
                                                   expected in this section.
(5/24/73
IL
Ornamental trees,
shrubs dam aged
2,4-0          •

In  an unspecified incident an unknown quantity
of  trees were damaged by herbicide.
IS/24,/73
WA        Ornamental
           trees, shrubs,
           flowers damaged
                     2,4-0 (ester)
                                                   In an agricultural incident extensive damage
                                                   was  done to yard  vegetation by  volatile drift
                                                   of chemical.
                              Crop damaged
                              (13 acres grapes)
                                2,4-0  (sodium salts)

                                in  an  agriculture-related incident  a  white
                                Reisllng  grape crop  was  damaged  by  spray
                                drift of chemical.

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  6/24/73
 WA
 Craps damaged
 (38 acres grapes)
 2,4-0

 In  an  agricultural Incident a  grape crop (4
 varieties)  was  dam aged.by spray  drift  of
 chemical.
 55/26/73
WA        Crop dam aged
           0* acres wheat)
                      2,4-0 (amine)
                      Unknown.triazine herbicide
                      A wheat crop was  damaged when the spray
                      tank  mix became contaminated, possibly by a
                      trian'ne compound, from an unknown source.
 B/28/73
           Crop damaged
           (34 acres grapes)
                     2,4-D

                     In  an  agricultural  incident  a Concord  grape
                     crop was damaged by spray drift.
 JS/28/73
           Trees damaged
           (elm, ash,
           boxelder)
                     2,4-0 (amine)
                                                    In  an  unspecified  agncultural  incident trees
                                                    were damaged slightly after an  aerial applica-
                                                    tion of pesticide to a nearby field.
K/2S/73
HN
Crop damaged
(sugar beets)
2,4-0 (amine)

In an  agncultural  incident a  110-acre sugar
beet crop  was damaged  by a drift from  an
aerial  application  of  pesticide.   A large yield
reduction was expected.
E/30/73
           Crop damaged
          (4 acres soybeans)
                     2,4-D (ester)

                     A  soybean  crop  was damaged  by pesticide
                     •drift.   Environ mental factors  were also sus-
                     pected  to  have contributed to this damage.
                     Most plants were expected to recover.
06/00/73  '
LA
24 cattle dead,
soil
contaminated
2,4-0
2,4,5-T
M onuron
Arsenic

A  cattle herd was sprayed  with a solution  of
the  pesticides  which  was  found  (laboratory
analysis)  to  have  a  high  arsenic  content.
Arsenic levels of 131  ppn>  and 245" ppm  were
found in rumen contents which were analyzed.

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16/00/73
OR
 Hone garden
 dam aged (trees,
 shrubs, orna-
 mentals, vege-
 tables, vines)
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-T (ester)
                                                   Volatilization and drift occurred when a herbi-
                                                   cide was used by a city to control  blackberries
                                                   1n a workshop area.  An examination of a home
                                                   yard and garden area of a complainant showed
                                                   that the  area had been exposed  to  a growth
                                                   regulator herbicide.   Symptoraology  Included
                                                   abnormal  leaf  cell  development,  retarded
                                                   growth, curling of sterns and partial curling of
                                                   leaves.    Showing minor damage   were trees
                                                   (grand fir,  elderberry,  cherry,   Douglas  fir,
                                                   willow)  and a shrub (Deutzia).  Showing minor
                                                   to  medium  damage were  nasturtiums and  a
                                                   hazel wood tree.  Medium damage  was noted in
                                                   a  dogwood tree, TO  rose bushes,  2  hawthorn
                                                   trees, and 2 devil walking  cane plants.  Two
                                                   varieties  of  grapes  were seriously damaged.
                                                   The vines were  expected to  live; production
                                                   would be seriously impaired.   Tomato plants
                                                   and squash had to be replanted.   A loss claim
                                                   was filed in the incident.
6/00/73
OR
Home garden
dam aged (vege-
tables, trees,
ornamentals, grapes,
fruit trees)
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-T (ester)
                                                  A  loss claim was  filed in this incident which
                                                  resulted  from the same herbicide  application
                                                  described in the above abstract.   The syrap-
                                                  tomology was the  same. Showing minor dam-
                                                  age were sm all elm trees (2* - 8" nigh), squash,
                                                  onions,  radishes,  kohlrabi,  cabbage,  several
                                                 .species   of  flowers  and a  Douglas fir tree.
                                                  Extremely minor damage was seen on  a pear
                                                  tree.   Peppers displayed  minor  to  medium
                                                  injury and  rhododendrons, turnips  and  cucum-
                                                  bers,  medium  damage.   Tomatoes exhibited
                                                  medium to serious injury, and  the grapes were
                                                  seriously injured but expected to live.

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 &C/73
OR
 Home garden
 damaged
 (vegetables,
 fruit trees,
 grapes, trees,
 omam entals)
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-T (ester)
                                                A third loss claim was made resulting from the
                                                volatilization and drift from  a city  herbicide
                                                application.   Extremely  minor damage  was
                                                seen on a Douglas fir tree.  Minor damage was
                                                exhibited  by raspberry bushes, apple  trees,
                                                cabbage, cucumbers, a snowball bush, a maple,
                                                a  cedar  and  a  redwood  tree,  and several
                                                species of flowers.  Minor to medium damage
                                                was noted in beans,  pears, rose bushes, cotone-
                                                aster, pansies and a boxwood tree.  An English
                                                walnut  tree   exhibited   medium   damage.
                                                Lettuce, tomatoes and grapes  were  seriously
                                                damaged.  No plants were  expected to die, but
                                                grape and tomato production  was expected to
                                                be impaired.
CO/73
          Trees dam aged
          (20 pecans)
                     2,4-0 (araine)

                     In an agriculture-related incident aerial spray
                     drift damaged a pecan  orchard.   The trees
                     showed a complete lack of fruit.
PO/73
OK
Crop damaged
(144 acres cotton)
2,4-0 (amine)

Aerial spray drift caused damage to a cotton
crop  which  displayed   moderate  to  light
phenoxy symptoms.
0V73
          Crop dam aged
          (soybeans)
                     2,4-0

                     A 1-acre soybean  crop  was damaged  by spray
                     drift from  a roadside  application.   A small
                     reduction in yield was expected.
EV73
                           Crop damaged
                           (100 acres grapes)
                               2,4-0

                               Spray  drift was suspected to  be the cause of
                               damage to a Concord grape crop.

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 D6/OV73
 MN
 Crop dam aged
 02 acres soybeans)
 2,4-0
 Dicaraba
 A  soybean crop  was  damaged by  herbicide
 spray drift. The crop showed blistering at the
 tine of inspection.
P6/OV73
MN
 Crop damaged
 GO acres soybeans)
 2,4-0

 Spray  drift  from  a roadside  application
 herbicide caused dam age to a soybean crop.
 moderate reduction in yield was expected.
                                                                                             of
                                                                                             A
K55/QV73
MN
 Crops damaged
 (3 acres soy-
 beans, cucumbers)
 2,4-0
                                                   Damage to the crops was  associated  with  a
                                                   roadside application,  but losses  also   might
                                                   have been due to environmental conditions.
iCS/01/73
           Crop damaged
           (5 acres soybeans)
                     2,4-0
                                                   Damage  to  a soybean crop was  attributed to
                                                   spray drift.
C6/Q1/73
WA
Crop dam aged
(600 acres grapes)
 2,4-0

 Drift was suspected as the cause of dam age to
 a C oncord grape crop.
06/01/73
WA
Crop damaged
(3 acres grapes)
 2,4-0

 A grape crop was  damaged by  an  application
 of herbicide.  It was  an old vineyard;  reduced
 vigor was expected in part of the area.
06/04/73
SA
Crop damaged
(cotton)
2,4-0

There  was  scattered  damage  throughout  the
'5,000-acre cotton crop.  Laboratory analyses
proved negative for 2,4-0 residue.
                    CO
          1 human received
          medical attention
                     2,4-0
                     MCPP
                     A  2-year-old  girl  ingested  a  handful  of  a
                     herbicide.  Ipecac was  administered; she re-
                     mained asymptomatic.

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  J6/04/73
NV
 2 fish kitted,
 plant We
 kitted, water
 contaminated
  2,4-0
  Diesel oil
                                                     During  an  application of  pesticide to sage-
                                                     brush, 1%  miles  of  a stream  were contami-
                                                     nated.   Vegetation  in the stream  was com-
                                                     pletely destroyed.
 B6/04/73
           W ater, soil
           contaminated
                      2,4-0
                      Diesel oil
                      Eight  hundred gallons of 2»4-0  in  diesel oil
                      (finished spray) was  spiTIed  when a nurse-rig
                      was moving to serve an aircraft.  The vehicle
                      overturned  and the contents spilled onto the
                      ground and into a live creek.
fco/Ofi/73
           Crop damaged
           (24 acres soybeans)
                     2,4-0 (amine)

                     In an unspecified agricultural incident  a soy-
                     bean  crop  was damaged by a  pesticide aerial
                     application.  The plants were recovering.
.06/06/7;
OK
trees dam aged
(2 hackberry,
9 peach, 2
black locust)
  2,4-0 (araine)
                                                    Trees were damaged  by  herbicide aerial spray
                                                    drift. The trees showed phenoxy symptoms.
06/06/73
WA
Crop dam aged
(seed alfalfa)
,  2,4-0 (amine)

  Spray drift from  an aerial  application to  a
  wheat field damaged 30 acres of seed alfalfa.
06/07/73
W A       Crop damaged
          (28 acres grapes),
          air contaminated
                     2,4-0
                                                    In an agricultural incident a 28-acre Conccrd
                                                    grape crop  was damaged  and  drift of  2,4-0
                                                    was thought to be the cause.

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 06/07/73
 OK
 Trees dam aged
 (6 Chinese eta,
 1 walnut),
 plants dam aged
 (65 tomato, 7 rows
 of green beans)
2,4-0
                                                     Aerial spray drift caused dam age to trees and
                                                     garden plants.
 06/07/73
CA
 Shrubs, grasses
 damaged (1 acre),
 soil contaminated
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4-OP (ester)

A helicopter carrying approximately 5 gallons
of herbicide mixed  with SO gallons of water
made a forced landing, spilling the chemical.
ATI the herbicide and  contaminated soil was
picked up and taken to a proper disposal area.
The pilot was not injured; the helicopter was
slightly dam aged.
06/07/73
           Trees damaged
           (80 pecan, 1 Eng-
           lish walnut, 1
           blacx walnut, TJ
           fruit), shrubs,
           vegetable garden
           dam aged
                      2,4-0 (amine)
                                                     Aerial spray drift caused dam age to trees and
                                                     garden crops.
06/08/73
OK
06/08/73
OK
       -:**-" • i
Fruit trees
dam aged, vege-
table garden
dam aged
Fruit trees
dam aged, vege-
table garden
dam aged
2,4-0 (amine)
In an agriculture-related incident a vegetable
garden and fruit trees were damaged by spray
drift of herbicide.

2,4-0 (araine)
                                                    Aerial spray drift was  the cause of the phen-
                                                    oxy symptoms  displayed by  trees  and garden
                                                    crops.

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                    OK
           Vegetable garden     2,4-0 (atni'ne)
           dam aged (okra, beans,
           peas, musk melons,
           tomatoes)
                                Aerial spray drift of herbicide was the cause
                                of light dam age exhibited by two 45-yard rows
                                of okra, four 45-yard rows of beans, five  45-
                                yard rows of peas, 15 hills of musk melons,  and
                                5 tomato plants.
 K/08/73
OK
 Crop dam aged
 (TI7 acres cotton),
 vegetable garden
 dam aged (tom atoes,
 peas, okra)
2,4-0 (amine)
                                                    A  cotton  crop and  a  vegetable garden were
                                                    Tightly dam aged by spray drift of herbicide.
fJS/08/73
OK
Crop dam aged
(55 acres cotton)
2,4-0

A  cotton  crop  (plants  12-18 inches  high)
suffered light and scattered effects from  a
herbicide aerial  application.   Thirteen acres
were plowed under and replanted wtth millet.
K/08/73
OK
Tree damaged
0 apple)
2,4-0 (amine)

Aerial spray drift damaged an apple tree; its
apples were deformed, and the tree had phen-
oxy symptoms.
fe/OS/73
OK
Trees dam aged
(3 peach), oma-
m entals, vegetable
garden damaged
2,4-0 (amine)
                                                    Aerial spray drift damaged ornamentals, trees
                                                    and vegetables.
                    OK
          Trees, grasses
          dam aged (25 acres)
                     2,4-0
                     »
                     In an agricultural incident trees and grasses
                     were damaged  by  an  aerial  application  of
                     pesticide.

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;(!6/08/73
OK
 Crops damaged
 (9 rows black-
 eyed peas, 30
 tomato plants)
2,4-0 (amine)
                                                    Crops were damaged by an aerial application
                                                    of pesticide.  Light symptoms were evident.
06/08/T*
OK
 Humans affected;
 1 received medical
 attention, trees
 shrubs, flowers,
 ornamentals affected;
 soil, air, water
 contaminated
2,4-0
Disutfoton
Parathion
                                                    Two  people sustained unspecified injuries dur-
                                                    ing a storage/mixing operation in a town. The
                                                    Injuries   were  caused  by  volatilization  of
                                                    spilled pesticides.   Other people, plants, and
                                                    the environment were affected.
C6/C9/73
WY
Vehicle
contaminated
2,4-0
2.4,5-T
The   circumstances  of  the   contamination
involving transportation of the pesticides  were
not reported.
06/10/73
OR
Fish IdTI              2,4-0
(TI4; suckers,         Oiuron
squawfish, eels),      Paraquat
w ater contaminated   A rattrole
                                                                other
                                                    While applying 2,4-0 to a wheat field on 6/5, a
                                                    farmer, whose field bordered a river, allowed
                                                    one arm of his Sjpray boom to swing over the
                                                    river. Mo dead fish were found upstream from
                                                    this farm.  The river had also been exposed  to
                                                    overspray  drift from  another farmer's 2,4-0
                                                    application on approximately 5/23.  Numerous
                                                    pesticide  containers  were  found  along  the
                                                    river bank during the course of the investiga-
                                                  •  tion; they included one 5-gaHon can unknown
                                                    pesticide,  two  5-gaIlon cans  diuron, two  5-
                                                    gaTIon  cans  paraquat,  and  four  1-pint  cans
                                                    amitrole.  Whether the cans  were completely
                                                    empty was not specified,

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 B6/W73
«T
Crop damaged
(600 acres barley)
 2,4-0 (ester)
 2,4-0 (anine)
 In an agricultural incident  a farmer  applied a
 herbicide to his barley crop1 in May; the barley
 was of the right size and the time of applica-
 tion was correct. To 75 acres he applied 2,4-0
 (a nine) by Itself, then for the next 600 acres
 he applied 2,4-0 (acid/ester) and 2,4-0 (amine)
 •ixed at H pt each/5 gal w^tsr/scr*.  at the
 end  of the season he sprayed 51 acres with a
 mixture  of 2,4-0  (amine)  and  2,4-0  (acid/-
 estar), which he mixed in a proportion that he
 stated may have been  more  than 50%  2,4-0
 (araine).  The first 75 acres were not  damaged;
 nor  were the last 51 acres.  The 600-acre area
 developed injury which appeared to the farmer
 to be chemical damage.  The  farmer stated
 that the  2,4-0 (acid/ester) used in the  last
 application  was from a  container  with  a  dif-
 ferent code  number from  the  2,4-0  (acid/-
 ester)  which had been  used  in  the  600-acre
 application.  He attributed the damage to the
 particular batch  of  2,4-0 (acid/ester) used on
 the 600 acres.  The damaged  barley  from  the
 600-acre  area  was  analyzed by  a plant path-
 ologist, and the causative factor was said to
 be 2,4-0; however, it was  felt  many factors
 could have caused the damage, such as time of
 application, temperature or  humidity during
 application, or defective  chemicals.  The dam-
 aged acreage  was treated  with  a combination
 of pesticides not recommended by label data
 on  either product  but  considered  'common
 agricultural practice not constituting misuse-"
 Tests were done to determine if 2,4-0 (acid/-
 ester) from the  suspect batch  was  contami-
 nated; these tests proved negative.  The other
 batch of 2,4-0  (acid/ester)  and the  amine
 product were unavailable for sampling.  It  was
felt  that the yield from  the damaged cropland
 would be 15  to 255 less than  normal.   The
 herbicide dealer suspected that  the acid/ester
 product had been applied  too early.
26/13/73
          Crop damaged
          (soybeans)
                     2,4-0              - -

                     A 2-acre soybean crop was damaged by aerial
                     spray  drift.   The  crop  showed  good  growth
                     when inspected.

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  1/14/73
n.
 U/14/73
CO
 1 human received
 a edical attention
 1 human
 hospitalized
 3,4-0

 The  herbicide in cartridge form  was ingested
 by a child under  5  years of age in a  home
 Incident.              '  "_

 2,4-0

 A  child  under 5  years  of  age  ingested the
 herbicide  which was being stored in a beer
 bottle in  a home.   In addition,  the malarial
 was splashed onto  the child when  she dropped
 the bottle and ft broke- Vomiting was induced
 at the hospital and she was washed thoroughly.
 She was discharged 4 days post exposure with-
 out sequelae.
 §6/14/73
CO
1 human
affected
 2,4-0
 2,4,5-TP
 A  woman got the  herbicide in her mouth and
 on her skin in a home incident while spraying.
 She had  a burning sensation in the mouth and
 on the tongue and  developed cramps and diar-
 rhea.   She   washed her  mouth  with  a soap
 solution  and  swallowed some,  which  was the
 suspected cause  of her gastrointestinal symp-
 toms.    The  herbicide was  used  at   double
 strength.    She  recovered  without  further
 problems.
06/14/73
          Crop damaged
          (soybeans)
k'14/73
MH
Crop damaged
(soybeans)
 2,4-0

 In  an  agricultural incident a 4-acre soybean
 crop was damaged by a "drift problem."  Any
 yield reduction  may have been associated  with
 environ m ental factors.

 2,4-0 (ester)

 In an undescribed incident soybeans were dam-
 aged by  a •drift  problem* from  a roadside
• application.   Plants  were recovering  at  the
 time of application.
                    OK
          Trees dam aged
          (300 pecan)
                     2,4-0 (araine)
                                                    Pecan trees were damaged by  spray  drift of
                                                    pesticide.  The  symptoms  were curled leaves
                                                    and som e light colored, im m ature fruit in

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                                                  various areas.  In most  areas the nuts did not
                                                  appear to be affected.
  103
WA<
Crop damaged
(3 acres grapes),
air contaminated
2,4-0
                                                 In an unspecified agricultural Incident a Con-
                                                 cord grape crop  was damaged by  a herbicide
                                                 application.   Undescn'bed ?*•
                                                 was reported.
 1/73
 1/73
OH
Tree, shrubs
damaged
           Crop dam aged
           (5 acres soybeans)
2,4-0 (amine)

An  aerial application  was the cause of damage
to IS acres of trees and shrubs.

2,4-0

Spray drift from a roadside application dam-
aged a soybean crop.  Little reduction in yield
was expected.
 B/73
          Home garden
          dam aged
          '{tomatoes, beans)
                     2,4-0
                                                 In an unspecified agricultural incident a small
                                                 home  garden  was  damaged by  a  pesticide
                                                 application.
19/73
N/73

          Crop damaged
          0 acre soybeans)
          Crop damaged
          (4 acres soybeans)
                     2,4-0
                     2,4,5-T
                     A "drift problem" resulted in soybean damage
                     after an  application of the pesticide.  Good
                     regrowth was noted.
                     2,4-0 (ester)
                     2,4,5-T
                     Drift from  a roadside spray application  re-
                     sulted in damage to the  crop.  Regrowth was
                     reported.-  --	.
 5/73
          Crop dam aged
          (3 acres soybeans)
                     2,4-0 (ester)      -  -
                     2,4,5-T           -    -
                     Drift from  a roadside spray application
                     suited in crop dam age.

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 06/21/73
 NN        Crop damaged
           (10 acres soybeans)
                      2,4-0 (ester)
                      2,4,5-T

                      A small yield reduction was expected from the
                      soybean crop subsequent to damage from  drift
                      from  a roadside spray application of the herbi-
                      cide.
 06/21/73
M N        Crop dam aged
           (1 acre soybeans)
                     2,4-0

                     A soybean crop was damaged by drift from  a
                     herbicide application.  No yield reduction was
                     expected.
06/2V73
HA        Crop damaged
           (grapes)
                     2,4-0

                     In an  unspecified incident  a grape crop was
                     dam aged by herbicide.
06/21/73
WA        Crop damaged
           (33 acres grapes),
           air contaminated
                     2,4-0
                                A grape crop was damaged by herbicide.
                                described air contamination was reported.
                                                                                            Ifn-
06/22/73
0 H       Trees affected
          (12 acres dogwood,
          red bud, oak)
                     2,4-0 (amine)
                    . 2,4,5-T (amine)

                     The  damage to the trees resulting from an
                     aerial  agricultural  application  of  the  herti
                     cides was not described.  The trees appeared
                     to be outgrowing the dam age.
W22/73
OH
Crop damaged
(tobacco)
2,4-0

A tobacco crop was damaged when contami-
nated fertilizer was used on tobacco beds and
damaged  young plants.   The  number killed
and/or affected was unknown.
06/22/73
OR        Crop damaged
          (6 acres potatoes)
                     2,4-0

                     In  an agricultural  incident a potato crop  was
                     damaged by an aerial spray  application.  Two
                     swaths 70 feet wide each (23 steps) and 1,300
                     feet long  (30  water  lines, 60  feet  apart)
                     shoved a definite pattern of  phenoxy dam age

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                                                    that  was  discernible  from  the norm.   The
                                                    potato foliage in the  exposed  area  showed
                                                    distortion and twisting of leaves and abnormal
                                                    leaf cell development which are characteristic
                                                    symptoms of one of the growth regulator herb-
                                                    icides such as 2,4-0.  The total area showing
                                                    growth   regulator   symptoms  consisted   of
                                                    252,000 square feet or 5.78 acres.
 06/22/73
MN        Crop damaged
           (30 acres soybeans)
 2,4-0
 Oicamba
 In an agricultural incident a soybean crop  was
 dam aged by herbicide drift.  A yield reduction
 was expected.
06/22/73
MN        Crop damaged
           (4 acres soybeans)
2,4-0

A soybean crop  was damaged by a herbicide
spray drift from  a roadside application.  No
yield reduction was expected.
06/22/73
06/22/73
           Crop dam aged
          00,000 sq ft
          soybeans)
          Crop damaged
          0 acre soybeans)
2,4-0 -
 A soybean crop  was damaged by a herbicide
spray drift from  a roadside application.  The
plants had recovered at the time of inspection
and no yield reduction was expected.

2,4-0

A soybean crop  was damaged by a herbicide
spray drift from  a roadside application.  No
yield reduction was expected.
                     MN        Crop damaged
                               (25 acres soybeans)
                               2,4-0

                               A  soybean crop was  damaged by spray drtft
                               from a herbicide application.  There was good
                               regrowth  of soybeans  at  the  time of  inspec-
                               tion.
06/23/73
MN        Crop damaged
          0 acre soybeans)
2,4-0

A  soybean crop  was damaged by a herrbicide
spray drift from  a road application.   No yield
reduction was expected.

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 06/23/73
M N        Crop dam aged
           (1 acre soybeans)
                     2,4-0

                     A soybean  crop  was damaged by a herbicide
                     spray drift  from a roadside application.  No
                     yield reduction was expected.
06/23/73
           Crop dan aged
           (10 acres soybeans)
                     2,4-0
                     Dicaoba   -
                     A soybean crop was damaged by spray drift.
                     The plants showed new growth at the time of
                     Inspection.
06/23/73
HN        Crop damaged
           (35 acres soybeans)
                     2,4-0 (ester)
                     Dicaraba(amine)
                     A soybean  crop  was  damaged  by  chemical
                     spray  drift.   Some  reduction  in yield  was
                     expected.
06/23/73
06/24/73
OH
           Crop damaged
          (35 acres soybeans)
3 humans,
horses, trees
affected (5 acres)
2,4-0

A  "soybean  crop  was damaged  by  chemical
spray  drift.   Some  reduction  in yield  was
expected.

2,4-0
2,4,5-T

Herbicides were used in an aerial application
to clear an  area  for farm  use.   Drtft  and
vaporization  affected  trees; the extent  of
damage  could  not be  determined until  the
following spring.  Descriptions of  the affects
on the children and horses conflicted; neither
physicians nor veterinarians were consulted.
                     HO        Crops damaged
                               (10 fruit trees,
                               vegetables, berries
                               melons, 5 orna-
                               mentals) trees,
                               flowers dam aged
                               2,4-0 (ester)
                               2,4,5-T (ester)
                                                    A  resident hVfng  east  of a pasture aerially
                                                    sprayed with a herbicide stated that he had
                                                    seen a fine »ist falling from the aircraft as it
                                                    made several trips from  the east to the west
                                                    side of his hoiae beginning about 7 a.m.  Later
                                                    that day (noon) the individual  noticed  plant
                                                    leaves were  curttng.    He later noticed  "a
                                                    thickening effect" on the plants and trees.

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06/25/73
TN
Vegetable
garden damaged;
pasture, bees,
spring affected
 The  garden  produce  was not  eaten  as  no
 agency assured the residents that ft was safe.
 The applicator reported that he made one wide
 pass  around  the  residence.   The   wind  was
 approximately 2-3  aiph  from the east.  The
 spray mix contained  2 pounds  each 2,4-0 and
 2,4,5-T  and  was applied at  a  rate of 1 Ib
 (each)/acre,

 2,4-0 (amine)
 2,4.5-T (atnine)
 MSMA
 Diuron

 Chemical damage was detected on bush  beans,
 tomatoes, peas, grapes, apples, clover,  trees,
 brush,  and  broadleaf  weeds  on  residential
 property east of a railroad right-of-way.  The
 owner also reported  that  pasture grass  and a
 spring on the property were exposed to drift,
 that  fumes had  been  carried  by  the  wind
 through his house, and that a long-established
 bee tree had been abandoned by the  bees a few
 days  after the spraying.   The  right-cf-way
 extended 50' from the  track's center to the
 property fence.  The house was located 200 -
 300 yards from the railroad, and the vegetable
 garden was  located  approximately  90  paces
 from  the fence.  The  application  was  made
 from  a train and the spray applied  with high-
 pressure fire hose-type equipment.  Spray was
 estimated to reach 30' in height at times.  The
 product  contained  2  pounds   each  of 2,4-
 0/2,4,5-T  and  was   mixed 100:1  with  water
 (compatible with label directions).  The  owner
 was able to collect a vial of  spray material
 from  leaves after the application.  In M ay, a
 roadbed spraying had  occurred in which a rail-
 •ounted truck with fixed  nozzles sprayed the
 immediate track  area and 8'  on either side
 with  a mixture of 2,4-0  a mine, diuron,  and
 MSMA.  Results of  analysis  of spray residue
 and foliage samples  were  not  reported.  The
 family in residence asked S25.00 in damages In
 efforts to prevent a recurrence.  The  appli-
 cator  agreed  to  flag  the  property  In future
 applications to avoid  more injury.  A similar
 complaint had been fried 8/21/72 by the  same
family.  Damage from the 1972  incident was
 stffl evident on locust trees near the fence.

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 06/26/73
 WA        Trees dam aged
           (10 Chinese elms,
           black locusts)
           sir contaminated
 2,4-0
                                                    In a  hone-related incident  trees  were dam-
                                                    aged  by  an  aerial  application of  pesticide.
                                                    Undescribed air contamination was reported.
 06/26/73
           Crop damaged
           (4 acres grapes),
           air contaminated
 2,4-0
                                                    A grape crop was damaged by a herbicide.  Air
                                                    contamination was also reported.
06/28/73
MN        Crop damaged
           (2 acres soybeans)
2,4-0

A grape crop was damaged by spray drift from
a roadside application.  A sm all reduction in
yield was  expected.
06/28/73
W A       Trees dam aged
          (20 ornamentals)
2,4-0 (amine)

In an  agricultural  incident ornamental trees
were damaged by an aerial spray drift.
06/28/73
UN       Crop damaged
          (40 acres soybeans)
2,4-0

In an unspecified incident soybeans were dam-
aged by an application of pesticide.
06/28/73
N N       Crop dam aged
          (3 acres soybeans)
2,4-0

A  soybean crop  was damaged by spray drift
from  a roadside  application.   The beans had
good regrowth and color at tne time of inspec-
tion.
06/28/73

     •i. '.
WA       Crop dan aged
          (2 acres grapes),
          air contaminated
2,4-0
                                                    In  an unspecified incident grapes were  dam-
                                                    aged by an application of pesticide.

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 06/29/73
OH
Crops dan aged
(tomatoes, green
beans)
2,4-0 (amine)
                                                     In  a   home-related "Incident  an  individual
                                                     applied pesticide carelessly, and it drifted into
                                                     a neighbor's garden.
 06/29/73
 HN        Crop damaged
           (soybeans)
                     2,4-0
                     Qlcamba
                     A  soybean field  was damaged by a pesticide
                     application.   The crop  showed  Tittle  or no
                     chemical damage at the time of inspection.
 07/01/73
C A        1 hum an received
           • edlcal attention
                     2,4-0

                     A  worker developed dermatitis  after applying
                     the m aterial to gotf greens.  Treatra ent details
                     were not reported.
Q7/OV73
IL
Crops dan aged
(vegetable garden)
2,4-0 (ester)

In an undescribed incident a vegetable garden
was exposed to pesticides.
07/01/73
MM        Crop damaged
          (2 acres soybeans)
                     2,4-0
                     Dicamba

                     In  an agricultural incident soybeans were dam-
                     aged by spray drift on two separate occasions.
                     Some yield reduction was anticipated.
07/01/73
WN       Crop damaged
          (soybeans)
                     2,4-0

                     Spray drift  was thought  to  be the cause  of
                     damage to a soybean crop.   Investigation  re-
                     vealed no  dam age.
07/02/73
WA       Crops dan aged
          00 acres grapes),
          air contaminated*
                     2,4-0
                                                    0 an age to a grape crop  was associated with a
                                                    herbicide.  Undescribed air contamination was
                                                    reported.

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07/03/73
OH
 Plants killed
 (90,000 tomato)
 2,4-0 (amine)

 In an agricultural incident, tomato plants were
 heeled-in along a roadside furrow  adjacent to
 a  corn  field.  The  plants  could  not be seen
from the road.  There were no signs; when the
roadside was sprayed, the  plants were  killed.
 A  claim  was paid.
07/03/73
MN        Crop dam aged
           (4 acres soybeans)
                     2,4-0

                     Drift from  a roadside  application damaged a
                     soybean crop, though no reduction in yield was
                     expected.
07/03/73
07/03/73
MN        Crop dam aged
           (4 acres soybeans)
MN        Crop damaged
           (1 acre soybeans)
                     2,4-0

                     Drift from  a roadside  application damaged a
                     soybean crop.

                     2,4-0

                     Drift from  a roadside  application damaged a
                     field of soybeans.  A small reduction in  yield
                     was expected.
37/03/73
M N        Crop dam aged
           (2 acres soybeans)
                     2,4-0

                     Soybeans  were affected by drift and a small
                     reduction in yield was expected.
37/09/73
CO
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0
Parathion

A  woman reported that her decade-long sJcin
sensitivity was aggravated by an aerial  pesti-
cide application.   She aiso was  reported  to
have developed a similar problem following  an
application  10  years  prior to  this  incident.
Analysis of a urine sample was negative.
                    CO       1 human received
                              medical attention
                               2,4-0
                               Oicamba
                                                                    t,
                               A farmer  reported  that  use of the hj-bicide,
                               dlcamba,   caused  herpetifcrmis   epidermttis
                               condition  to worsen.  Urine  assay showed 2,4-
                               D to be present (which he had been using also).
                               Oicaraba was not detected in the samples.

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 07/TV73
 HI
 Soil contaminated
 2,4-0 (ester)
 2,4,5-T (ester)        -  -

 A violation was repeated related to a roadside
 spray application for  which a notice of intent
 to spray was not made.
 07/11/73
07/T1/73
OK        Fruit trees,
           shade trees,
           crops damaged
           (grape, tomatoes,
           peppers)
OK        Trees, shrubs
           dan aged (pecan,
           walnut, locust
           mimosa, red bud,
           rose bushes)
                      2,4-0 (amine)
                      Aerial  spray drift  affecUd  numerous trees,
                      plants and vines.

                      2,4-0
                                                     Various trees, bushes and plants were affected
                                                     by  drift from  an aerial  spray  application of
                                                     pesticide.
07/12/73
WA        Crop damaged
           00 acres grapes)
                     2,4-0

                     A grape crop was damaged in this undescribed
                     agricultural incident.
07/12/73
WA        Crop damaged
           (TO acres grapes)
                     2,4-0 (ester)

                     Grapes were damaged due to the volatilization
                     of chemical.
07/15/73
OR
Crop affected
(bush beans)
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-T (ester)

A farmer sprayed a fence row with the pesti-
cide. Four acres of bush beans adjacent to the
fence row were damaged.  The distance of the
affected crops  from the sprayed area was not
reported.   The  yield loss was  described  as
miner to medium.

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 07/16/73
OH
Crops dam aged
(soybeans,
tomatoes), maple
trees dam aged
2,4-0
Dicamba
                                                     Crops were damaged by an aerial  spray  drift
                                                     of chemical  from  an application  to  nearby
                                                     corn.    The  soybeans  outgrew  the  damage
                                                     caused by the  drift;  the trees were  not too
                                                     serlrjrly effected and were expected to leaf
                                                     out the following spring.
 07/17/73
W A        Trees dam aged
           (4 black locust)
                     2,4-0

                     In a home incident trees were  damaged after
                     an aerial  application  of pesticide to a nearby
                     area.
 07/17/73
W A        Crop dam aged
           (38 acres grapes),
           air contaminated
                     2,4-0
                                                     In an undescribed agricultural incident a grape
                                                     crop  was damaged after a nearby  application
                                                     of herbicide was made.
07/17/73
M N        Crop dam aged
          (3 acres soybeans)
                     2,4-0
                     2,4,5-T

                     A  "drift problem*  related  to an agricultural
                     application of the  pesticide  was  expected to
                     result in a slight yield reduction.
07/17/73
MN        Crop damaged
          (3 acres soybeans)
                     2,4-0
                     2,4,5-T

                     Drift from  a  roadside  herbicide  apclicaticn
                     was  not expected to result  in a yield reduc-
                     tion.
07/18/73
HN       Crop dam aged
          (2 acres soybeans)
                     2,4-0
                     2AS-T

                     A  small yield reduction  was expected  as  a
                     result  of drift from a roadside application of
                     the herbicide.

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37/19/73
 WA        Crop dam aged
           (20 acres alfalfa)
                     2,4-0 (araine)

                     An  alfalfa  crop  was  damaged by  chemical
                     spray drift due to application under inversion
                     conditions.
07/19/73
OR
07/19/73
WA
Trees dam aged
(pear, apple,
Iflac, elm)
Crop damaged
(24 acres grapes)
air contaminated
2,4-0
Dlazinon
Petroleum distillate

In a home incident,  a dormant spray applica-
tion to trees in early M arch proved harmful to
the  trees as  the sprayer  was  contaminated
with 2,4-0.   The damage was medium to the
pears;  the  elm  tree  showed  dead  terminal
growth, and there was coddling  moth damage
to pears.

2,4-0
                                                   In an undescribed agricultural incident a grape
                                                   crop was  damaged by  a herbicide,    Unde-
                                                   scribed air contamination was reported.
37/23/73
OH
Crop damaged
(5 acres grapes)
2,4-0

A grape crop was damaged by herbicide.  The
source was undetermined—possibly  a carry-
over from  the previous year.
37/25/73
W A       Crops, orna-
          m entals dam aged
                     2,4-0

                     In an agricultural incident volatile drift from
                     area  dryland  of  2,4-0,  which  was aopHed  in
                     aid-May* damaged a variety of garden crops
                     and ornamentals.  No serious  dam age or recent
                     Injury was apparent. Symptoms  were slight.
                    MN        Crop damaged
                              (2 acres soybeans)
                               2,4-D (araine)

                               Drifting of chemicals damaged a soybean crop.
                               No yield reduction was expected.

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 07/27/73
 ID
 1 human
 hospitalized
 2,4-0

 An agricultural  worts* was sprayed in the face
 by the herbicide.  A szn'aJl quantity was swal-
 lowed.  Weight  loss and possible liver damage
 were reported.  The only laboratory test that
     abnormal wasSSOT.
 07/29/73
 OR
 Crop damaged
 (23 acres alfalfa)
2,4-0 (amlne)

In an agricultural incident an alfalfa crop was
damaged by an aerial  application of pesticide
to a nearby field.  The damage symptoms were
twisting and  curling of the stem  and a reduc-
tion in  terminal leaf size, which are charac-
teristic of a growth regulator herbicide such
as  2,4-0.  It was  expected that the  overall
yield loss  of the  second cutting  would  be
Minor.
 07/30/73
 OK
 Trees damaged
 (2 pear, 2 cherry,
 2 peach, locust,
 hacJcberry, mimosa),
'crop damaged
 (tomatoes)
2,4-0
                                                     Aerial spray drift damaged numerous trees and
                                                     tomato plants in an agricultural incident.
07/31/73
WA        Ornamentals
           dam aged (60)
                      2,4-0 (atnine)

                      Aerial  spray drift  damaged numerous orna-
                      mental plants in an agricultural incident.
0^/01/73
M N        Crop affected
           (soybeans)
                      2,4-0 (araine)
                      2,4,5-T
                      Ho damage from  the herbicide  was detected
                      following an undescribed exposure.
08/02/73  *
H.
Trees, shrubs
dam aged
2,4-0    '           -

In an  undescribed  incident trees  and  shrubs
were damaged by herbicide.

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 OS/02/73
 OH
 1 human
 hospitalized
 2,4-0
 MCPP
 Dicamba

 A home-owner  broke  out.with a severe skin
 rash after an applicator treated her lawn.  She
 was reported to be allergic to many  things.
 Doctors were unsure if her condition was  due
 to the pesticides.
 08/03/73
 WA        Crop dam aged
           (16 acres grapes)
           air contaminated
                      2,4-0
                                                    In an agricultural incident a grape crop was
                                                    damaged by  herbicide,   Undescribed air  con-
                                                    tamination was reported.
 08/04/73
WI
1 family affected,
water contaminated
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-T (ester)

Possible  overspray or spray drift from a road-
side application into a farm yard  caused un-
described  discomfort  for  an  undetermined
number  of  people.    Results  of  analysis  of
samples  taken from  a creek and a river  were
not reported*
 03/10/73
OH
Crop damaged
(2 acres soybeans)
2,4-0
Dicamba

Herbicide drifted onto soybeans from an appli-
cation to a corn crop.
38/10/73
OH        Crop damaged
           (12 acres soybeans)
                     2,4-0
                     Atrarine

                     A field of soybeans was sprayed in error. The
                     farmer had not requested the application. The
                     aerial  applicator in  the  area denied spraying
                     the field.  The soybeans were injured.
08/T1/73
OK
Crop damaged
(32 acres soybeans)
2,4-0
HSMA

Spray drift from  a herbicide  application to a
railroad right-of-way damaged a soybean crop.
58/15/73
UN       Crop damaged
          (soybeans)
                     2,4-0

                     A  soybean  crop  was  damaged by  an  aerial
                     spray drift of pesticide.  No chemical damage
                     symptoms were noted at time of inspection.

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 08/19/73
 HA        Crap dam aged
           (30 acres
           asparagus)
                     2,4-0 (anine)
                                                     Aerial spray drift of herbicide was the cause
                                                     of damage to an asparagus crop.  The applica-
                                                     tion was made under air Inversion conditions.
 08/20/73
OR
Trees dam aged
(50 -100 oak,
ash, Cascara,
Hawthorne, hazel)
2,4-0
                                                     Numerous ornamental trees were exposed to a
                                                     herbicide due  to  an aerial application under
                                                     unusual  weather and  air  pressure conditions.
                                                     The leaves exhibited  abnormal  leaf  cell de-
                                                     velopment  resulting in  curled,  twisted  and
                                                     • atfarmed  leaves  which  are  characteristic
                                                     symptoms resulting from  exposure to a growth
                                                     regulator herbicide  such as 2,4-0.   The oak
                                                     trees exhibited the  most serious  injury.  New
                                                     regrowth foliage was evident. It was felt that,
                                                     to a major extent, this regrowth  was caused by
                                                     exposure to the herbicide  and  secondarily to
                                                     various  oak leaf  diseases.   The other trees
                                                     showed only ninor exposure.
08/22/73
0 H        Crop affected
          (4 acres soybeans)
                     2,4-0
                     2,4,5-T

                     The  plants appeared to outgrow  damage re-
                     sulting fro a drift of herbicide from  a railroad
                     right-of-way.   The symptoms  on the  beans
                     were similar to those caused by the pesticide
                     dicaraba, which was not used.
03/27/73
W A       Trees dam aged
          (3 acres locust,
          linden), vegetable
          garden damaged
                     2,4-0 (amine)
                                                    Trees  and a garden  were damaged  by  2,4-0
                                                   'aerial spray drift.  There was the possibility of
                                                    a hazardous  condition of air  inversion at the
                                                    tiae of application.

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 23/23/73
 OH
 Trees, shrubs,
 grass, ornamentals
 damaged (pyracan-
 ttia, ash, hoTly)
2,4-0
2,4,5-TP
Aldrin

Turf, newly planted shrubs, and small  trees
were killed or injured by drift from an applica-
tion of tank mix and fertilizers.  This was an
accidental home-related incident.
 08/31/73
 OH
 Lawn damaged
2,4-0  .
2,4,5-TP
Aldrin

An entire lawn showed damage after an appli-
cation of tank mix and fertilizer.   The field
investigation  was delayed  and no direct  evi-
dence of pesticide  damage  was found.  Insect
grubs were suggested as a cause.  The soil was
analyzed  for over-application;  results  were
negative.
 09/01/73
CO        1 human received
           aedical attention
                     2,4-0
                     2,4,5-TP
                     2,4,5-T

                     A 3-year-old child was found with a herbicide
                     cartridge in his mouth.  The child was given
                     ipecac  and'vomited.   He remained" asympto-
                     matic.
 09/01/73
ID
1 human received
medical attention
2.4-0
2,4,5-T

From 1368 - 1972, a 5T-year-old  male sprayed
herbicides on a national forest.  He developed
fatigue,   breathing   difficulty,  and   painful
urination in September 1973.  Examination and
tests at a hospital revealed renal cysts, poly-
cythemia, mild chronic obstructive  pulmonary
disease, and tension headaches.  Although the
worker attributed his illness to herbicide expo-
sure, no evidence could be found to support his
conclusion.
1S/19/73
WA        Crop damaged
           (10 acres grapes)
                     2,4-0

                     A  grape  crop  was  damaged due  to  massive
                     amounts of volatile  esters moving a long  dis-
                     tance.

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 09/20/73
 OH        Trees, flowers
           damaged (locust,
           spruce trees)
                      2,4-0
                      2A5-TP
                                          ^ •

                      Drift from  ground application  to  a right-of-
                      way led to the injury  of 64 trees and 40 rose
                      bushes. It was felt that the locust trees would
                      out-grow damage.
 01/12/74
 AL
 1 human received
 medical attention
2,4-0
2,4,5-TP

A child less  than  5 years of age was involved
in an undescribed home-related  pesticide inci-
dent.
 OV22/74
02/27/74
 CA        1 hum an received
           medical attention
 WA        Crop damaged
           (carrots)
                     2,4-0 (araine)

                     The details of this agriculture-related incident
                     were not reported.

                     2,4-0 (amine)

                     A carrot  crop  was  contaminated  by  2,4-0,
                     presumably due  to the  presence  of  the herbi-
                     cide in irrigation  water coming  from another
                     area.
02/29/74
UT
1 vehicle
contaminated
03/08/74
IA
Food contamV
nated (412
cases of salt)
2,4-0

An unknown  number  of  30-gaTIon druras con-
taining  2,4-0 were found leaking  upon their
arrival  at  a  freight terminal.  The chemical
manufacturer was called, and he advised that
the liquid be  soaked up with sawdust or sweep-
ing compound and then the contaminated trail-
er be washed with soap and water. The cause
of the  damage  was  unknown,  but  container
bottom  failure was suspected. The trailer, and
its load of  67 of the 2,4-0 drums, was sent on
to  the  final destination  for  handling  and
cleaning.

2,4-0           ~  :_~
2,4-0 (amine)

A   railcar  carrying   2,4-0  and  salt  was
•humped" and 7 bags of herbicide ruptured and
spilled over the cases of salt.  Tbe salt was
voluntarily destroyed (buried in a city landfill).

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 SJ3/TI/74
AL
 1 human received
 mescal attention
  2,4-0

  In  a home incident a drfW,  under 5 yean of
  age, was poisoned by herbicide.
 03/15/74
LA
 Far a land
 affected
  2,4-0
  2,4,5-TP
  Fenac
  A farmer reported  that spray  from a nearby
  aerial application to sugar cane drifted onto
  his land.  No dam age was reported.
 02/16/74
CA
1 human received
a edical attention
  2,4-0

  The site  and circumstances  of  this pesticide
  incident were not reported.
 33/18/74
CA
1 human
hospitalized
  2,4-0

  A pest control operator  was reported to have
  experienced a mild  anaphylactic reaction fol-
  lowing  exposure  to the herbicide while  clean-
  ing  his spray equipment.   The results of a
  cholinesterase test were not reported.
03/19/74
CA
1 human
received
medical
attention
  2,4-0
  Paraquat
  Oalapon
  MSMA
  Sodium cacodylate

  An individual  was exposed  to several pesti-
  cides in his agricultural job.
W/00/74
OR
Crops damaged
(1% acre)
- 2,4-0

  An unidentified crop  was damaged  by aerial
  spray  drift from  an application to  a nearby
  grain crop.
W/00/74
OR
Crops damaged
(47 acres barley)
  2,4-0

  In an  agricultural incident a barley crop was
  damaged  by aerial spray drift.  Some barley
  heads  were curled and some were held tightly
  by the flag leaf which are characteristic

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                                                    symptoms expected from exposure of a growth
                                                    regulator herbicide such as 2,4-0. It was felt
                                                    there would be a  minor reduction in yield for
                                                    the barley.           " 1
 04/08/74
0 R
           Crops dan aged
           (P» acres lettuce,
           radish, cabbage,
           onion)
 2,4-0
                                                    In an agricultural incident a vegetable crop
                                                    was  damaged  by aerial  spray  drift.    The
                                                    foliage of the vegetables (lettuce,  onions and
                                                    cabbage) showed abnormal  cell  development
                                                    and growth which resulted in various sizes and
                                                    shapes of foliage, plus twisting and turning of
                                                    young  onion  plants  which are characteristic
                                                    injury symptoms expected from exposure to a
                                                    growth  regulator  herbicide  such  as  2,4-0.
                                                    Onion plant tops displayed twisting and curl-
                                                    ing; it was too early to determine  the  extent
                                                    of loss although some of the onion plants were
                                                    dead.  The leaves of the  lettuce and cabbage
                                                    plants were growing in an abnormal  manner.
W/W/74
W A      • Crops damaged
          (carrots, spinach),
          soil contaminated
                               2,4-0 (amine)
                               MCPA

                               Carrot and spinach crops were damaged due to
                               drift from a around spray rig application.
04/15/74
OR
          Crop damaged
          (27 acres apples)
2,4-0

An apple orchard  was damaged by spray drift
from a nearby application.  Weeds, particular-
ly China lettuce, growing in the apple orchard
exhibited curling  of  the stem  and abnormal
leaf ceH development which is a characteristic
symptom  expected from  exposure  to a growth
regulator herbicide such  as  2,4-0.   A visual
observation of the im mature  apples showed an
undetermined  percentage of the  fruit to be
misshapen in the early developmental stage of
growth.   A random  sample  of  the  immature
apples   was collected  for analysis  of 2,4-0
residue.   No 2,4-0 residue was found in the
apples  sampled; this was  probably due to the
fact that 2 months had elapsed  from  the date
of incident to the date of sample collection.

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04/18/74
OR
 Numerous
 omara entals,
trees damaged
 2,4-0
                                                    An  aerial  spray  application  damaged  crna-
                                                    » entals and trees.  The foliage of the trees,
                                                    shrubs  and plants  exhibited injury symptoms
                                                    exemplified by wilting, cupping of leaves, ab-
                                                    normal leaf cell development and twisting and
                                                    turning of stems which are characteristic in-
                                                    jury symptoms expected  from  exposure  to  a
                                                    growth regulator herbicide such as 2,4-0.  It
                                                    was thought that the exposed trees and plants
                                                    would not die.
04/22/74
OR
Trees dam aged
(2 acres filberts)
2,4-0

Damage to filbert  trees  was  due to aerial
spray drift. An examination of foliage showed
abnormal cell  development plus twisting  and
turning of petioles  which are  characteristic
symptoms   expected-  from    exposure   of
susceptible plant species to a'growth regulator
herbicide such as  2,4-0.    Phenoxy injury
symptoms to the filbert trees was mostly on
the south side of the trees.  Four and one-half
rows of trees, adjacent to the highway, showed
injury  symptoms.    Symptoms  were not  too
apparent on trees  in the fifth row.  Phenoxy
injury  symptoms to the foliage  were  observed
1/2 to  2/3 the distance  from the terminal  end
of individual branches.  Ho foliar injury on  the
new developing leaves indicated that the 2,4-0
exposure occurred several months prior to  the
inspection, and the normal developing foliage
indicated there was no 2,4-0  residue  in  the
branches or trees.  It was felt that the filbert
yield loss  would be  minor and  not really  af-
fected by the 2,4-0 exposure.
                    OR
          Crop damaged
          (4 acres filberts)
                     2,4-0 (araine)

                    Jn  an  agricultural incident  a filbert orchard
                     was damaged  by  2,4-0.   It was felt that
                     overformulation  or  Misuse  of pesticide  was
                     responsible for this incident.  The symptoms
                     noted  included epinasty  of  terminal growth,
                     chlorosis of leaf  margins, cupping  of  foliage
                     «nd excessive leaf drop. This inspection toofc

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                                                     place  on  5/30/74;  a  second  inspection on
                                                     7/10/74 found more areas of the orchard  with
                                                     top foliage showing marginal chlorosis symp-
                                                     toms.  Some of the others showed typical die-
                                                     back from  the exposure  of the phenoxy herbi-
                                                     cide.
 04/22/74
WA        Crops dam aged
           (hay, oats)
                      2,4-0 (amine)

                      In an agricultural incident aerial spray drift of
                      2,4-0 resulted in  harmful effects to a hay  and
                      oat crop.
 04/22/74
WA        1 human received
           medical attention;
           soil contaminated
                      2,4-0
                                                     An applicator aircraft spraying 2,4-0 to roll-
                                                     ing terrain hit a hill with his landing gear.  The
                                                     plane flipped  and burned.  There was no evi-
                                                     dence to link the crash to pesticides.
04/24/74
HI
1 human
fatality
2,4-0
Ametryn
0 alapon

A pilot was killed in the crash of a helicopter
during pesticide  spraying  operations.   Pilot
exposure to pesticide drift was reported to be
unlikely.  Blood samples  were analyzed  with
the following  results   whole  blood •  0.3*
2,4-0, 0.12  ametryn; blood plasma - 0.04 ppm
2,4-0; urine - 0.2S ppm 2,4-0.
W/25/74
WA        Crop damaged
           (grapes)
                      2,4-0 (amine)

                      A  grape crop  was  damaged  by an  alleged
                      application of pesticide.
04/25/74
OR
Ornamental
plants, trees
dam aged
2,4-0
                                                     In an  agricultural incident ornamental plants
                                                     and trees wers  damaged by either 2,4-0 drift
                                                     or volatilization.  The plants  and trees snowed
                                                     abnormal foliar leaf cell development, twist-
                                                     ing  and turning of  stem petioles  which  ars
                                                     characteristic injury symptoms expected frcm
                                                     exposure of  susceptible plant  species  to  a
                                                     herbicide such as 2,4-0.

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 C4/29/74
 OR
 Crops damaged
 0% acres vege-
 tables)
2,4-0
                                                     A vegetable crop  was damaged by an apparent
                                                     drift  of   2,4-0   from   a  nearby   aerial
                                                     application.
 04/29/74
OR
 Crop damaged
 0 acre berries)
2,4-0

Chemical drift onto a berry crop made it non-
acceptable to the food  processor  because of
residue.   Symptoms  of  exposure to  phenoxy
herbicide were noted  on the berries and canes.
Epinasty (twisting  and curling  of  canes)  was
very  noticeable  on  fruiting  spurs,  terminal
growth  and individual canes.   Deformed leaf
growth  was also noted at this time  (5/1/74).
The exposure  was sublethal to the vines.   On
6/13/74,  it was  noted that some of the  indi-
vidual fruit did not develop.
 W/29/74
OR
Crop damaged
(94 acres alfalfa),
trees, plants
damaged (40 acres
variety)
2,4-0
                                                    In  an  agricultural  incident  ornamental  and
                                                    alfalfa foliage had symptoms of partial  wilt-
                                                    ing, cupping  of  leaves,  twisting-curling  of
                                                    stems  and petioles, reduction in size of leaf
                                                    and  abnormal leaf cell development after an
                                                    aerial herbicide application.  These symptoms
                                                    are  characteristic of  plant  injury  expected
                                                    from exposure of susceptible plant species to a
                                                    growth  regulator  herbicide,  such  as 2,4-0.
                                                    Trees, bushes, flowers and plants  located in
                                                    the yard area exhibited the same symptoms as
                                                    above.   None  of  the plants  or  trees  was
                                                    expected to die.
0*/29/74
OR
Trees, plants-
dam aged (numerous)
2,4-0

Aerial spray drift was responsible for damag-
ing trees  and plants in this  agricultural  inci-
dent.  Two separate incidents were  written as
one in this  case.   The same symptoms  were
given.  The foliage of the trees, shrubs,  and
plants exhibited injury  symptoms exemplified

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                                                     by wilting, cupping  of  leaves, and  abnormal
                                                     leaf cell development which are characteristic
                                                     injury symptoms expected from exposure to a
                                                     growth regulator herbicide.
 04/30/74
OR
2 humans
hospitalized
2,4-0
2,4,5-T

A woman and her daughter were claimants in
an action related to pesticide exposures.  The
mother was a spina  Bifida patient with severe
hyphoscallosis and a severe history of respira-
tory problems and asthma.  She was confined
to a  wheelchair and had  moved frequently
from  urban to rural  areas in search of less air
pollution.  She also  had a history  of extreme
sensitivity  to   petro-chemicals  (especially
those related to sutfide fumes,  hydrocarbon
type chemicals).  Her sensitivity was recorded
as probably a neurological disorder  resulting
from  her general status of autonomic dysfunc-
tion.   The  daughter (age  unknown)  became
semi-conscious at a church camp when she was
acutely  exposed  ta an  aerosol  bomb-type
pesticide.  Her present sensitivity to numerous
pesticides, possible allergy, for  which she had
been  treated  may  have stemmed from  the
camp exposure.  Both of these individuals wers
hospitalized   and  treated  symptomaticany
after they experienced extreme respiratcry/-
allergenic symptoms following  a  U.S. forest
spray program with  the pesticides  12  to 14
miles from their residence.  The physician felt
it was  due to  drift.   In  addition, highway
spraying by a road  crew  near  the residencs
also caused violent symptoms.  Cholinesterase
tests  were not done  because of  lack of facili-
ties^  Treatment details were not reported.
04/30/74
OR        Trees dam aged
          (7 acres
          filbert, cherry)
                     2,4-0
                     Oicamba

                     A filbert and cherry  orchard  was exposed tc
                     pesticide from  aerial  spray drift.  The  trees
                     exhibited foliar and fruit injury symptoms such
                     as partial to complete wilting, partial to  com-
                     plete desiccation of newly developing terminal
                     growth, plus distorted  leaves and stems result-
                     ing  from   abnormal   cellular  development,
                     These symptoms  are characteristic  of  that
                     type of plant tissue injury expected from an

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                                                     exposure  of  susceptible  plant species to  a
                                                     growth  regulator herbicide  such  as  2,4-0,
                                                     dicamba,  etc.   It was felt that  probably the
                                                     entire filbert orchard  would be devoid  of any
                                                     crop  in   1974  and  a  1975  yield  loss  was
                                                     expected.   Eighteen  rows of sweet  cherry
                                                     trees   exhibited  major  foliar  wilting  and
                                                     abnormal skin texture  of the developing fruit.
                                                     A random  sample of  the sweet cherry  fruit
                                                     was taken for phenoxy residue analysis.  The
                                                     analytical results from  the laboratory showed
                                                     levels  of .5  ppra  of 2,4-0 and  .07  ppm  of
                                                     dicamba  in the  fnrit.   It was felt that  fnrit
                                                     from  these trees should  net be  harvested.
                                                     Twelve rows of  sweet cherry trees  showed
                                                     major foliar wilting  and abnormal skin texture
                                                     of the  developing fruit.   A random sample  of
                                                     the  sour  cherry  fruit  was taken  for phenoxy
                                                     residue analysis.  The  analytical  results from
                                                     the  laboratory  showed  levels  of  .19 ppm  of
                                                     2,4-0  and .21 ppm of dicamba  in  the fruit.  It
                                                     was recora mended that no fruit  from  these
                                                     trees be harvested.
 05/00/74
OK
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0

A woman,  17 to 65 years of  age, sought medi-
cal attention after an  aerial  application of
pesticide, % mile from  her home, made her ill.
35/00/74
OR
 Crop damaged
(4.5  acres
 alfalfa)
2,4-0
                                                     An alfalfa crop was damaged due to drift from
                                                     a  nearby  aerial application.  Injury symptoms
                                                     ranged from  medium to severe.
"i'OQ/74
OR
Crops damaged
ft acre)
2,4-0

During a ground application to an agricultural
roadside  area, pesticide drifted into a nearay
orchard.
OS/00/74
OR
Crops damaged
(1 acre apple
trees, grapes)
2,4-0
                                                    In an agricultural  incident 1  acre of crops was
                                                    exposed  to  herbicide from  an aerial  applica-
                                                    tion.   The  foliar injury  symptoms excressed
                                                    were cupping cf leaves as a result of abnormal

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                                                   leaf cell development and curling and twisting
                                                   of stems which  are characteristic plant injury
                                                   symptoms caused by a growth regulator herbi-
                                                   cide such  as  2,4-0.    An  apple  tree  in  the
                                                   orchard  exhibited  complete exposure of  a
                                                   growth  regulator  herbicide; the  new   growth
                                                   showed  no  damage symptoms.    Due  to this
                                                   exposure, no fruit  was produced  on this tree in
                                                   1974. It was impossible  to  determine  loss of
                                                   yield, if any, of the other  apple trees, although
                                                   most appeared to  have a light crop.  Phenoxy
                                                   symptoms were  observed  in the  middle  portion
                                                   of  grape  vines which   indicated the grape
                                                   plants were exposed  to  a  growth  regulator
                                                   herbicide at an earlier date.   ATI new grape
                                                   foliage  was normal,  indicating  no  herbicide
                                                   residue in the plants.


OS/00/74             OR         Crop dam aged        2,4-0
                               (40 acres)
                                                   An unspecified crop was  damaged due  to drift
                                                   from an aerial application to a grain  crop.


05/01/74              OR         Crops, trees,         2,4-0
                               shrubs damaged       Oicamba
                               (5 acres)
                                                   In an agricultural incident numerous  plants and
                                                   trees were damaged by aerial spray  drift from
                                                   a  nearby  application.   On  5/16  the plants
                                                   examined exhibited injury symptoms exempli-
                                                   fied by partial to complete wilting, curling and
                                                   cupping of leaves, and twisting  and  curling of
                                                   stems caused by  abnormal call  development.
                                                   These symptoms vrSf^Sarticularly evident in
                                                   succulent  broad  leaf  plants   and  in  new
                                                   developing leaves.  The degree of foliar injury
                                                   symptoms  was in  direct  relationship to loca-
                                                   tion of  trees  in the  exposure  pattern  of the
                                                  - herbicide.   One-fifth  of  the trees and plants
                                                   examined had minor  to medium damage, the
                                                   remainder  had  minor or  less severe damage.
                                                   For definition purposes:   a minor injury symp-
                                                   tom indicated that the  injury  symptom  was
                                                   just visible, and  further abnormal plant growth
                                                   was not  expected.  A  medium injury symptom
                                                   indicated that the foliar  and stem growth  was
                                                   stunted, showing  definite signs of abnormal
                                                   growth  where some  terminal  dieoack  might
                                                   occur and  that  a period  of time would be re-
                                                   quired before the herbicide dissipated.  It  was
                                                   felt that none of  these plants or trees would
                                                   die.

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 05/02/74
 OR
 Crops damaged
 2,4-0
 In an agricultural incident an unspecified vari-
 ety  and amount of crops  were damaged by
 aerial spray  drift from a commercial applica-
 tion.
 05/05/74
OR
 Trees, shrubs
 flowers, damaged
2,4-0

In an  agricultural incident trees, shrubs, and
flowers were damaged due to drift from an
aerial  application of  pesticide.   The foliage
exhibited   injury  symptoms  exemplified  by
wilting, cupping of leaves, and abnormal leaf
cell  development which are characteristic in-
jury  symptoms expected  from exposure to  a
growth regulator herbicide  such   as  2,4-0.
Other  than 3 small Douglas  fir tres, it was
expected that no other trees would die. *
 35/06/74
WA        Crop damaged
           (5 acres pears)
                     2,4-0

                     In an agricultural incident drift from an aerial
                     2,4-0 application caused damage to a nearby
                     pear orchard.
35/07/74
CA
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0
MCPP

In an incident involving a nursery, a 17- to 63-
year-old male, handled bags of pesticide (13  -
36 Ibs each)  while wearing gloves and a shirt;
he developed a rash.  He washed and was later
treated by a physician.
05/07/74
OR
Crop damaged
(15 acres grapes)
2,4-0

In  an unspecified  incident a  gr»pe  croo was
damaged either by drift  or  volatilization cr
both.  Phenoxy symptoms were  evident; the
injury  was termed minor  and yield  was not
appreciably affected.

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 05/08/74
CA
] human received
medical attention
2,4-0
MCPP
Oicamba
In a job-related agricultural incident an indi-
vidual 17 to 65 years of age received medical
attention.
05/10/74
W Y       1 vehicle
          contaminated
                     2,4-0 (araine)

                     In a transportation incident a van trailer was
                     contaminated by leaking pesticide containers.
                     Approximately  1%  gallons  of chemical  were
                     spilled of a total 144 gaHons in the load.  There
                     were 24 cases of chemical, each case contain-
                     ing six  l-gallon  tin cans.  There were 2 cases
                     found to  be  leaking;  1 case had  one  1 - gallon
                     can leaked empty and another case had one 1 -
                     gallon can H leaked out.  The cause of leakage
                     was  determined   to   be   container-bottom
                     failure.   No damage was  done to the other
                     freight or the truck.
OS/TO/7;
HA       Crop damaged
          (grapes)
                     2,4-0 (ester)
                     2,4-0 (amine)

                     In  an  agricultural  incident, 2,4-0 drift  dam-
                     aged a  grape crop.   There  was a  possible
                     violation indicated in that the spray was ap-
                     plied at the wrong tiro e.
^,12/74
          Vehicle dam aged,
          soil contaminated
                     2,4-0
                     MSMA
                     Bromacfl

                     In an incident involving the transportation cf
                     pesticide, a truck hit the  side of an overpass
                     and its tank was ruptured.  The entire contents
                     0,260  gallons) flowed  across the  bridge  and
                     down an  embankment  into  a drainage  ditch.
                     There  were no crops or water nearty"; a local
                     fire  department  washed down  the spill  with
                     2,000 gallons of water.

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Crops damaged
(TOO acres
potatoes,
2 acres garden
vegetables)
 2,4-0
 Qian'non
 C aptafol
 Xylene              - -

 In  an  agricultural  Incident a farmer com-
 plained that his potato crop  was  damaged by
 pesticide  drift.  He expected 60S of his crop
 to  be lost  due to this contamination.   The
 plants  appeared to  have  been  subjected to
 some sort of stress  condition; there  was no
 evidence  on  the  potato  plants  themselves
 which  would  have indicated  damage from
 phenoxy herbicides.  Ncrgold Russets, Norland
 Red and  FL-96  potato fields  had  a  similar
 appearance.   M any older leaves near the base
 of the  plant had a definite yellow color  and
 leaf  margins  were rolled  up  and  in.   The
 foliage on pie a elons in these fields exhibited
 typical 2,4-0  symptoms  on  only  one  leaf in
 most instances; it was about the third to fifth
 leaf fro m  the tip of the vine. The veins of the
 leaf  were enlongated  and  abnormally close
 together.  Indentations on the palmately lobed
 leaves  were deeper  than  on normal  leaves.
 Lasota  potato  vines   were  larger,  mere
 vigorous  with  a deeper  green color,  tubers
 were larger  and  more  numerous.   Pie melons
 were not  noted in this field.  A number of
 other  plants  in  a garden  in the immediate
 vicinity such  as  bell  peppers,  pinto  beans,
 tomatoes  and pie  melon did exhibit symptoms
 of damage similar to phenoxy herbicide dam-
 age  such  as  deformed leaves,  parallel  leaf
 venation,  and epinasty.  None of  these plants
 were dead and no dead  soots were observed en
 any  of  their  leaves.   The  owner  was quite
 certain that the damage to his  crop  was a
result  of  spray dnft from  an  application to
 pastureland  to the northeast of  his  property.
It should  be noted that the distance between
 his  potato field and this pasture is 2 miles at
the  nearest  point.   The owner  of  a  flying
service stated that he did  treat  the pasture
 area  with 2,4-0  amine on  4/23/74  and that
 winds  were  northeast at  0-4 knots.  Weather
service reports indicate that  winds  were  net
 more than 10 knots that  day.  There was no
visible  evidence  of actual  phenoxy  herbicide
damage to the potato plants in  any  of  the
fields   observed.    According  to  available
inform ation, the potato plant is mcrs resistant
to 2,4-0 herbicide than  the average

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                                herbaceous  plant;  for  damage  which  would
                                have  been   significant  enough  to  give  a
                                reduction in crop yield, the plants should have
                                exhibited some  symptoms of damage as that
                                observed on the more susceptible plants in the
                                area.  The only  exception to the above which
                                could have had  an effect on the yield would
                                have been for the herbicide to have reached
                                the plants when they  were in full  bloom.   A
                                state representative stated that the potatoes
                                were in bloom on 5/14 when he inspected them;
                                the potato farmer  was not questioned  on this
                                point.  The 100 acres of  potatoes were  planted
                                3/10 -  20/74.   The land  was  fertilized in
                                February with  100 pounds  per acre  0-0-50
                                (potash)  and  at  planting  wtth 500  pounds per
                                acre 5-10-5; it. was top-dressed on  5/3 cr 5/4
                                with  150  pounds  per   acre  335  nftrcgen
                                fertilizer.  Other  chemical applications  were
                                made on  5/2  and  consisted  of  1H  pint/acre
                                captafol fungicide and   1 pint/acre diazinon
                                insecticide.   A state investigator had  walked
                                the entire distance between the two locations
                                and what appeared to  be indications of 2,4-0
                                damage  were  noted on  plants for  the  enrire
                                distance, although this damage was  extremely
                                obscure  in  most  instances.   Eighteen  days
                                elapsed  from  the  time  2,4-0  was  applied to
                                the  pastureland  until  the  first   report  of
                                damage.  In  the   meantime,  another  aerial
                                applicator had applied  fungicide and insecti-
                                cide to  the potato  crop  on 5/2.   It would be
                                difficult to rule  out the possibility cf herbicide
                                contamination from this source.  Damage was
                              ,  first reported to state officials  on  5/8.   The
                                report of a plant diagnostic lab indicated that
                                three different plant diseases caused by fungi
                                were identified from  five of the plant saeci-
                              .  m ens submitted by state inspectors,  namely
                                stem rot, Fusarium wilt (plants  showed  vas
                                cular  discoloration  and  early  blignt  (plant
                                showed a browning  cf leaves).  A  pesticide lab
                                failed  to recover  any  residues  of phencxy
                                herbicides, picloram and dicamba from  potato
                                plant samples collected.


WA        Crop damaged         2,4-0 (ester)
          (20 acres grapes)
                                In  an unspecified agricultural incident a grace
                                crop was damaged  by long range spray drift of
                                an aerially applied  high volatile ester.

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 05/22/74
 HA        Crop damaged
           (30 acres grapes)
                      2,4-0 (ester)

                      In an  agricultural incident a grape crop  was
                      damaged by drift due to w.ind conditions.
«5/22/74
WA        Crop dam aged
           (grapes)
                     2,4-0

                     A grape crop was moderately damaged due to
                     ortft/voiatnization of 2,4-0.
05/23/74
OH
Soil con-
taminated
2,4-0
Chlcrpyrifos
Oicamba

In a transportation incident a truck spitted its
200 gallons  of chemical  mixture.  Most of the
chemical  soaked into  the soil.  A local  fire
department hosed down the area.   No  water
was thought to be contaminated.
OS/23/7*
OH        Water contaminated
          fish affected
                     2,4-0 (amine)

                     A  fish-hatchery  was oversprayed  with  pesti-
                     cide.  It  was a careless  application.  No fish
                     were killed.
OS/24/74
ID
Crop damaged
(25 acres peas)
2,4-0 (amine)

In an  agricultural incident  a  pea crop  was
damaged by a nearty aoplication of pesticide.
Epinasty  was  readily  observed in the  peas
extending from the western  edge of the field
to approximately one-half the wioth (E-W) of
the field in the southern section and across the
full  width of  ttie northern  section.   Total
acreage of the field was <*4 acres, of which an
estimated  25  -  30  acres  apoeared  to  be
damaged.  Samples were collected, taxing the
entire  plant  at  approximately  50-foot  in-
tervals.   The results  indicated that  2,4-0
(add) was present at  the rate of 2.3 ppm. On
5/24 the grain  field west of the pea crop  was
Sprayed  aerially  using  2,4-0  (amine), 4  1b
acid/gal.    The   licensed  aerial   applicator
covered a 50-foot swath marked with an auto-
matic flagger  and he flew 3 feet above  the
ground   when  applying  chemicals.     Spray
nozzles were of both T-jet  and fan type,

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                                                     spaced 12 inches apart,  and the boom pressure
                                                     was 14 pounds for this job.  The pilot indicated
                                                     that at  the time of application the wind was
                                                     from the west at 8  mph.- Records  at the FA A
                                                     office recorded  the wind at  10 raph from the
                                                     north at 8 a.m. and 8 mph from the  northwest
                                                     at 9 a,ffl.   Spraying of the  grain  field was
                                                     completed  at  10 a.m.   on  the  24th.   The
                                                     temperature at the time was 78 F.  The pilot
                                                     stated that he did not at any time turn or fly
                                                     over the pea field.  On  the 24th he completed
                                                     an but 200  feet on the eastern  edge of the
                                                     grain adjacent  to  the peas.   He  sprayed the
                                                     200 feet on the 25th  when the  winds  were
                                                     reported to be calm.  The pilot attributed the
                                                     situation to the hot weather and volatilization
                                                     of the chemical.
 OS/24/74
OR
Soil contaminated
2,4-0
In  a  transportation  incident   a   helicopter
crashed and  spilled its  2,4-0  contents on  a
wheat field.  There were no human injuries.
OS/2 4,74
MN        Crop damaged
           (80 acres alfalfa)
                     2,4-0

                     In  an agricultural  incident the aerial applica-
                     tor sprayed the wrong  field.   A reduction in
                     yield was expected.
US/25/74
W A        Crop dam aged
           (35 acres grapes)
                     2,4-0 (ester)

                     In  this  agricultural incident the problem  re-
                     sulted from chronic long range drtft of high
                     volatile ester formulations.
 '5/28/74
MN        Crops, flowers
           dam aged (cress,
          tomatoes)
                     2,4-0 (amine)
                                                    In an undescribed agricultural incident a small
                                                    garden  was  slightly  damaged  by pesticides,
                                                    Some replanting had to  be done.
25/28/74
WA       Crop damaged
          (grapes)
                     2,4-0

                     Damage to this vineyard due to drrfVvolatfH-
                     zation was strongly indicated.

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OS/29/74
M 0        Plants dam aged
           (6 to nt atoes, 5
           cucumbers, 20 beans)
3,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-T

Drift occurred when the herbicides were  ap-
plied to brush along  a property line by  an
individual   who  did   not   read  the  label
thrnrniiahlv.
0!f/29/74
W A        Trees dam aged
          (pears, apples)
2,4-0
Oicamba
Due to aerial drift and possible inversion, pear
and apple trees in the orchard were damaged.
05/29/74
W A       Crop damaged
          (grapes)
2,4-0 (amine)
2,4,5-T (araine)
Drift from a ground spray application resulted
in widespread dam age to a grape vineyard.
C5/29/74
WA       Crop damaged
          (6 acres grapes)
2,4-0 (ester)

In  an agricultural  incident dam age to a grape
crop was due to chronic long range movement
of  high  volatile  ester  which  was  applied
aerially.
                    ID
          Crop damaged
          (20 acres sugar
          beets)
2,4-0 (amine)
                                                    A sugar  beet  crop  was damaged by  chemical
                                                    drift from  a nearby  application.   The  sugar
                                                    beets nearest  the sprayed area showed severs
                                                    damage  with  an  85 S  loss.   Damage  was  a
                                                    slight to none at an on the rest of the field.
                                                    The beets showed malformation of  leaves  and
                                                    stems and enlarged crowns on the bests.   The
                                                    spray pilot called the owner of the sugar beets
                                                   . before the application to check the  wind  and
                                                    was told it was calm, but on the first pass he
                                                    could tell  the wind  had come up  from  the
                                                    south-southwest.    The  pilot's  airplane   was
                                                    examined and found to be in violation fcr using
                                                    a fan nozzle when the state required a foam
                                                    nozzle or Akesson nozzle.   The drift problem
                                                    could have  been  minimized with the  proper
                                                    equipment.

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05/31/74     OR
      Crop damaged
      (20-25 acres
      alfalfa, pasture
      crass), trees dam-
      (2 apple, 2 pear,"
      1 peach-plum, 2
      willow), ornamentals
      damaged (lilacs,,
      spirea, flowers)
      2,4-0
'21/74
MN   Crop damaged
     (5.5 acres
     alfalfa)
 In  an  agricultural  incident an alfalfa Crop,
 ornamentals  and  some fruit trees  were damaged
 by  drift from a  nearby application.  The trees,
 flowers  and  some alfalfa plants exhibited
 partial  to complete wilting,  abnormal cell
 development,  and twisting-curling of stems
 and petioles.  Five  fruit trees showed some
 exposure .to a growth regulator herbicide which
 was most evident on the west  side of the trees.
 The yield loss was  restricted to  the west portion
 of  the fruit  trees  and they did not  die. Fruit
 bud set  for  the  1975 crop was not adversely  affec-
 ted by the 2,4-0 exposure.  Minor  injury symptoms
 were noted on  two willow trees, lilac bushes,
 and a spirea  bush.  Several  flower species exhibited
 minor symptoms.  A 15-year-old grass-alfalfa  field
 located  west  of  the highway showed 2,4-0
 symptoms. It was estimated that approximately
 20-25 acres of the  alfalfa-grass  pasture
 exhibited these  symptoms.   Those  plants growing
 near the south fence were yellow  and  exhibited a
 twisting and  curling of the stems. No new
 growth was observed on alfalfa plants.  Possible
 death of some of the alfalfa  plants was expected
 to  occur within  50 feet of the south dence.
 Death of the  plants was  expected  to  be directly
 related  to 2,4-0 exposure,  climatic  conditions
 and  carrying  capacity of the  pasture.   A newly
 planted  alfalfa-grass  field east  of  the highway
was  examined and no appreciable injury  symptoms
were noted.

2,4-0
Dicamba

An alfalfa crop was  damaged by aerial  spray
drift from a nearby application.  The  alfalfa
appeared under stress  and  slight yield  reduc-
tion was expected.

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06/00/74
M N        Crop dam aged
           09 acres soy-
           beans)
                     2,4-0 (ester)
                     2,4-0 (amine)
                     Oicamba (amine)
                     A  drift problem caused  the plant  leaves  to
                     have a curled and cupped appearance.  There
                     was good regrowth.
06/00/74
ID
Tre«s (locust),
garden crops
damaged
2,4-0
                                                   A  home garden and some garden trees  were
                                                   reported damaged  by  an  aerial  spray drift.
                                                   The locust tress on the north side of the home,
                                                   50 yards from  the residence, showed burned
                                                   leaves and defoliation  on their north side.  A
                                                   strawberry patch also on the home's north side
                                                   showed no dead or distorted plants to indicate
                                                   2,4-0 damage.   In the vegetable  garden,  east
                                                   of the  home and  approximately  55' x 128'  in
                                                   size, the corn was somewhat stuntad; however,
                                                   there were  ears forming  on the plants in the
                                                   center of the garden.  Tomato plants near the
                                                   com  were  in  good  condition  except for one
                                                   plant that  had curled  leaves.   The potatoes
                                                   were completely eaten by insects and it was
                                                   impossible to determine if they had received
                                                   any damage. A  peach tree, which did not bear
                                                   fruit, had no 2,4-0 symptoms and the foliage
                                                   appeared normal.   The owners replanted  car-
                                                   rots and other vegetables; they did not germi-
                                                   nate  properly and  grow.   When  asked if the
                                                   garden  was checked for nematodes the re-
                                                   sponse  was negative.    Since  2 months had
                                                   elapsed from the time of the incident until the
                                                   inspection  of the  premises, ft  was impossible
                                                   to evaluate any damage symptoms other  than
                                                   on the locust trees.
C6/OQ/74
OR
Ornamental
shrubs, trees,
fruit-trees dam-
aged (privet, roses,
corkscrew willows,
plum), grass killed
2,4-0
                                                   In a home incident, 2,4-0  applied by an indivi-
                                                   dual caused damage to trees and  shrubs on  a
                                                   next door neighbor's property.  A 120-foot-long
                                                   privet hedge, 6 to 8 feet high, which served as

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                                                   the property boundary, was damaged and the
                                                   area adjacent to it was bare  and  lacked any
                                                   vegetative growth,  i.e_ grass or weeds.   At
                                                   least 78 Tinea] feet of the hedge  were  dying.
                                                   Loss of foliage together  with chlorosis  of
                                                   remaining foliage would indicate the chemical
                                                   applied was being taken up through the privet
                                                   root system-.   A plum tree, three  large rose
                                                   bushes,  and a  corkscrew  willow  tree  also
                                                   showed leaf symptoms  which indicated  they
                                                   were being affected  but  to  a lesser  degree
                                                   than the privet  hedge.  It was felt that the
                                                   chemical involved was  water soluable  or at
                                                   least  moved  with the surface  water,  as in
                                                   several locations the grass was killed where
                                                   surface  water  flowed  from  property  to
                                                   property.
 P/00/74
OR
Crops damaged
2,4-0
Twa  acres  of crops were  damaged by drift
from  an aerial application  to  a  nearby grain
field.
 5/00/74
OR
Crops damaged
 2,4-0

 One-half  acre of crops was damaged by drift
 from an aerial application to  a nearby grain
 field.
06/00/74
OR
Residence
contaminated,
crops dam aged
 2,4-0
                                                   An  acre  of unspecified crop  and a home resi-
                                                   dence  were damaged by drift from  a ground
                                                   spray application to a nearby  wheat field.
C5/00/74
OR
Crops damaged
-2,4-0

 A 15-acre crop  was damaged by  spray  drift
 from an  aerial  application to a nearby grain
 field.
06/OQ/74
OR
Crops damaged
(grain, others)
 2,4-0

 A 16-acre crop was damaged by direct spraying
 with 2,4-0.

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06/00/74
MN
Crop dam aged
(soybeans)
2,4-0
Olcamba
A soybean  crop was reportedly damaged by a
pesticide application; no injury from spray was
observed.  0 am age  was  attributed to lack of
moisture and frost.
06/02/74
MN       1 human
          hospitalized,
          trees dam aged
          (2 ash)
                     2,4-0
                     Oicamba
                                                    An  adult  suffered from eczema  which  was
                                                    irritated by an exposure to chemical drift; the
                                                    individual  was  hospitalized.   The  involved
                                                    trees were recovering.
06/03/74
SO
1 human
hospitalized
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-T (ester)
This episode involved development of chemical
pneuraonttis in  a  man  who sprayed the herbi-
cides onto his yard, buildings and ditch for a
5% hour period using no protective equipment.
He  was hospitalized-6 days.            ~
06/03/74
M N        Trees dara aged
           (75 willows)
                     2,4-0 (amine)

                     Many trees were damaged by  an  exposure to
                     an aerial spray drift of chemicals.  The trees
                     lost   many  leaves  but  were expected  to
                     recover.
06/03/74
WA        Crop dam aged
           (asparagus)
                     2,4-0

                     An asparagus crop  was damaged due to drift/-
                     volatilization of 2,4-0.
C5/1Q/74
OR
Numerous trees,
shrubs, flowers,
cm am entals dam aged
2,4-0
                                                   . Damage was due to drift from an aerial appli-
                                                    cation to a nearby pasture to control weeds.
                                                    Five  weeping  birch  trees,  numerous  birch
                                                    trees, two horse chestnuts, seven holly trees, a
                                                    weeping willow, a corkscrew willow, 30  haw-
                                                    thcmes,    maple   trees,    mulberry,   and
                                                    honeysuckle displayed  one  or  more  of the
                                                    following  symptoms:    partial  to  complete
                                                    defoliation, terminal dieback of branches,

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                                                    abnormal leaf development, and abnormal leaf
                                                    cell development.   The  1974  fruit crop  was
                                                    destroyed  in five  apple  trees, four cherries,
                                                    three pears, and several plums. The 1975 fruit
                                                    set was  questionable, especially for the  pears.
                                                    The survival  of a  number  of trees was in
                                                    doubt.


06/10/74             ID         Crop dam aged        2,4-0 (amine)
                               (10 acres sugar
                               beets}
                                                    A sugar beet crop  was damaged  by chemical
                                                    spray  drift  from  an  application to  nearby
                                                    fields.   Ten acres of 63  acres of sugar beets
                                                    were damaged.  Whole plants were taken as
                                                    samples  at  approximately  50-foot  intervals
                                                    along  a  northeast-southwest diagonal through
                                                    the damaged area.  These samples were found
                                                    to  contain  3.31 ppm 2,4-0.   The sugar beet
                                                    owner recalled  seeing  a  spray plane applying
                                                    chemical to the property directly east of the
                                                    beet field.  The two fields were separated by a
                                                    25-foot-wide dirt road.  The flying service was
                                                    contacted and said that  they  had used 2,4-0
                                                    (amine), 4 Ib acid/gal of material, at a rate of
                                                    2 pt/acre to spray grain  on 6/3 and 5/10.  The
                                                    area adjacent to the beet field was sprayed on
                                                    6/10.   The plane was equipped with automatic
                                                    flagger; the booms had 36 nozzles with  3-10
                                                    orifices  and the pressure at the nozzles  was
                                                    always 20 PSL  All nozzles had a check valve
                                                    diaphragm to prevent dripping. The tank truck
                                                    driver was instructed to  check for leaks each
                                                    time the plane was loaded with chemical.  The
                                                    pilot flew in east-west and  west-east swatns,
                                                    carrying  him  over the beet  field.  He flew
                                                    approximately 5 feet  above  the grain while
                                                    spraying but stated he  was 150 -200 feet above
                                                    the beet field.  Winds were calm  to 3 mph,
                                                    temperatures were 52  -  54°F. The pilot felt
                                                 •  he  had taken adequate precaution to prevent
                                                    any drift going onto the beet field.  On 6/24
                                                    the weeds between the  grain and   beet   field
                                                    were examined and appeared not to have been
                                                    'affected by 2,4-0.  On the north  side between
                                                    the beet field  and   a  40-acre  corn  field,
                                                    broadleaf weeds showed typical signs of 2,4-0
                                                    damage.  The owner  of  this  corn field  was
                                                    contacted and  he stated his  son had  used  a
                                                    puTJ-type spray rig on approximately 6/10 to
                                                    apply  2,4-0 to his corn crop.   He sprayed the
                                                    west portion of the field in the  morning and
                                                    the east in the late afternoon.  He used 2,4-0

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                                                    (araine),  4  Ib -acid/gal  material,  and  the
                                                    sprayer  was  pulled  at 5  mph  with  30  PSI
                                                    pressure.   The spray  booms were 32 Inches
                                                    above the ground and the son noticed no wind
                                                    while spraying.  From the damage pattern in
                                                    the beet field, it would appear that the drift
                                                    had come from the aerial  application of 2,4-0
                                                    to the grain,  but there was no visible damage
                                                    to broadleaf  plants  between the  two fields.
                                                    While damage to  broadleaf  plants  could be
                                                    followed from the com field to the border of
                                                    the beet field, the  pattern was atypical for
                                                    drift from this direction.  It was impossible to
                                                    determine the responsibility for the dam age.
06/10/74
ID
Crop damaged
CIO acres sugar
beets)
2,4-0 (amine)
                                                    Slight damage was  done to  a sugar beet crop
                                                    by spray drift from a nearby field* possibly due
                                                    to a hairline crack in  the pump of the aerial
                                                    spray apparatus.   The wind speed  was 3 -  5
                                                    mph.  Weeds in the fields did not show  damage
                                                    symptoms.
C6/T1/74
MN
Crop dam aged
(30 acres soybeans)
2,4-0

A soybean crop  was damaged by aerial spray
drift from  a nearby application.
06/11/74
MI
Air, water
contaminated
 2,4-0 * 41 others

 Arson was suspected when a fire destroyed a
 building  and its inventory of agn'cul tural
 chemicals;   the   loss   ws   estimated   at
 $1,000,000.00.   Approximately 150 families in
 nearby areas were evacuated as precautionary
 action to avoid  exposure  to potential toxic
 contaminants in the air; no  exposures  were
 reported.  A health department obtained swipe
 samples  from homes in  the  area  of suspected
•higher concentrations of spray and mist; tests
 showed no significant accumulation occurred.
 Fire run-off water was dam med, collected and
 transported to storage facilities after which a
 private  company  was  engaged to  treat  and
 dispose of the water. The disposal of the fire

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                                                   debris  and bottom  sludge from  the creek in
                                                   which run-off  was dammed  was  at a landfill.
                                                   The day after the fire, samples of downstream
                                                   river  water  showed  chemicals  other  than
                                                   2,4,5-T.
C6/T1/74
W A        Crop damaged
           (grapes)
                     2,4-0

                     A  grape crop  was damaged by  drift and/or
                     volatilization of 2,4-0 in an undescribed appli-
                     cation.
06/14/74
IA
Water
contaminated
2,4-0
Oicamba
Alachlor

A pesticide  mixture  was diluted to  1/3 normal
concentration and allowed  to siphon into a
well over a  2-week  period.   The  well water
showed 0.416 ppm 2,4-0 45 days later.  As of
7/31/74, the  farmer was allowed  to usa the
water for everything except hum an use.
06/14/74
W A        Crop damaged
           (4.5 acres grapes),
           air contaminated
                     2,4-0 (ester)
                                                   A  grape  crop  was  damaged as  a result  of
                                                   chronic long range drift of high volatile ester
                                                   formulations from aerial application.
05/15/74
KS
Crops damaged
(29 acres green
beans, squash,
tomatoes,corn and
m elons)
2,4-0
                                                    A variety of garden vegetables  were dam aged
                                                    by  aerial spray drift from  an  adjacent  corn
                                                    field  application of 2,4-0 at the rate of 1/3
                                                    Ib/acre.   The 2,4-0  was diluted  with  water.
                                                    Temperature at application  was 35  to 90  F
                                                    with wind at 2 - 8 mph out  of  the  southeast.
                                                    This com was located 150 - 200 yards from the
                                                    damaged field.  The  vegetables showed some
                                                    wilting of plants with more  damage to plants
                                                    along the east side of the fields.  Green beans
                                                    were sampled and  analysis revealed less than
                                                    .01 ppm 2,4-0 residue.

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                   SO
          1 human
          hospitalized
                     2,4-0 (ester)
                     2,4,5-T (ester)
                     This incident involved a hand injury sustained
                     by  a worker when a  bottle  of  the pesticide
                     (original  container) exploded in his  hand  as he
                     was shaking tL
                              Plants damaged
                              (home garden,
                              crops* trees)
                                2,4-0
                                                   An  aerial application of the herbicide resulted
                                                   in a drift.  It was suggested that the-pines and
                                                   willows affected would probably recover.  The
                                                   garden would have a reduced yield.
                   ID
           Crop damaged
           0 acre potatoes)
                     2,4-0 (ester)

                     In this incident the chemical was spilled while
                     loading an airplane.  It was thought  that the
                     material vaporized and drifted to the  potato
                     field adjacent to where the plane  was loaded.
                     The potatoes showed moderate damage: curl-
                     ing of leaves and stems and some defoliation.
                     The spraying occurred between 8 and  9  p.m.
                     The  wind   was  blowing  slightly   and  the
                     temperature was about 80 F.  The  container
                     used to  mix 2,4-0  (ester)  and  a  fertilizer
                     overfilled and spiTled onto the ground.  Before
                     the  material could be covered with  dirt, the
                     fumes had affected the potatoes. It was felt
                     that  the ground  crew  showed  neglect and
                     carelessness.
 i/20/74
WA
Crop affected
(Concord grapes)
 2,4-0 (ester)

 Unspecified effects  to   Concord  grapes re-
 sulted from long-range  drift from an  aerial
-application of herbicide.
5/21/74
WA        Crop affected
           (Mocrpark apricots)
                      2,4-0 (ester)

                      In an agricultural incident, effects to 3 acres
                      of Mocrpark apricots resulted from  suspected
                      long-range drift of  high-volatile 2,4-0 ester
                      from an aerial application.

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  8/22/74
HA        Ornamental
           plants damaged
           (forsythia, lilacs),
           house, yard
           contaminated
                     2,4-0
                                                    A  house  and  yard  were  contaminated  and
                                                    plants  were  damaged  as  a result of  aerial
                                                    application of herbicide to nearby agricultural
                                                    land. Recovery was reportedly good.  Samples
                                                    were taken  for laboratory analysis;  results
                                                    were not reported.
  5/24/74
MN
Crop damaged
(soybeans)
2,4-0 (amine)
Olcamba (sodium salt)

In an agricultural incident,  Zh acres of soy-
beans displayed elongation and cupping of the
leaves as a result of  drift from  a non-aerial
application of herbicide. No  reduction in  yield
was expected.
 36/24/74
OR
Soil contaminated    2,4-0
                                                    In an  undescribed transportation  incident, a
                                                    sm all am ount of  herbicide spilled at an inter-
                                                    section.   A  fire  department  neutralized the
                                                    spill with calcium oxide and flushed the area
                                                    with water.
 16/25/74
MN
Trees, flowers,
omanamental plants
damaged
2,4-0
                                                    In an  agricultural incident,  a variety of 30
                                                    plants were damaged as a result of drift from
                                                    an aerial application of herbicide.
05/28/74
MN        Crop damaged
           (soybeans)
                     2,4-0

                     One acre  of  soybeans was  damaged by drift
                     from  a non-aerial  application  of  herbicide
                     along  a state highway.   Good  regrowth was
                     noted  at the time of inspection; no reduction
                     in yield was expected.
W/QO/74
OR
Crop damaged
(10 acres filberts)
2,4-0
                                                    In  an  agricultural incident,  an  orchard  was
                                                    damaged by drift from  a herbicide application
                                                    to a nearby fence row.  A 4.5-acre orchard

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                                                   area  was   visually  inspected  for  damage.
                                                   Foliage  displayed  leaf  cupping  as  weT!  as
                                                   cutting and  twisting petioles,  which were con-
                                                   sidered  characteristic  symptoms  to  be  ex-
                                                   pected from exposure  to  2,4-0.   A  lack of
                                                   normal seed set  was reported to  be directly
                                                   related to the intensity of exposure to 2,4-0 in
                                                   a direction  away from the sprayed fence row.
                                                   Losses in yield  were expected for 1974  and
                                                   1975.
17/00/74
OR
Crops damaged
2,4-0
Ten acres of unspecified crops received drift
dam age from an aerial application of herbicide
to a grain field, which was not damaged.
17/00/74
OR
Crops dam aged
2,4-0
Ten acres of unspecified crops received drift
dam age from an aerial application of herbicide
to an alfalfa field, which was not damaged.
17/01/74
OR
Crop dam aged
(10 acres potatoes)
2,4-0

Ten acres of potatoes received drift damage
from  an aerial application of  herbicide to an
adjacent  alfalfa field.   In  an inspection on
9/4/74, no determination of the size and ex-
tent  of  injury could  be made as the potato
foliage and  vines  had been  dessicated  as a
result of either a frost or chemical treatment.
Inspection of potatoes from numerous hills dug
across the field revealed no variance in size or
quality of potatoes between the hills sampled.
S7/02/74
OR
2 humans received
medical attention
2,4-0 (amine)

-A. worn an  and  a  man  reported  that they
experienced a 'burning feeling  in  the  throat
and chest"  following treatment of their lawn
for  weed control  by  their landlord.    The
symptoms  persisted  through  7/5,  when   a
physician attributed the woman's  sore  throat
to  exposure  to  toxic  fumes.    The  couple
reported   that   their   throats   were   still
somewhat sore later when  a second physician
was consulted.  The landlord used a small baby
food jar full of 2,4-0 per 3 gallons of  water.
Analysis of a sample of the  material used

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                                                     indicated  the  contents were as labeled.   A
                                                     previous conflict existed between the landlord
                                                     and the tenants; the complaints of illness may
                                                     have been related to this  conflict rather than
                                                     to 2,4-0 exposure.
07/02/74
           1 human received
           m edical attention
                     2,4-0 (sodium salt)

                     A herbicide cartridge and a child under 5 years
                     of age were involved in an undescribed home-
                     related pesticide incident.
07/03/74
W A        Crop affected
           (5-10 acres
           Concord grapes)
                     2,4-0 (amine)
                                                     A  Concord grape  crop displayed evidence of
                                                     drift from  a  non-aerial herbicide application.
                                                     The  exact date of  application  was  not  de-
                                                     termined.
07/04/74
IL
3 humans received
medical attention
2,4-0 (sodium salt)

Herbicide cartridges in the original  container
were involved in a  home incident in which 3
children  under five years of age were exposed
to the pesticide.
07/05/74
IA
1 family involved
livestock involved,
water contaminated
2,4-0
                                                     An  agricultural spray  tank  containing  2,4-0
                                                     back-siphoned into a residence water supply.
                                                     After four hours of pumping, the water had 3
                                                     ppm 2,4-0.
07/07/74
M N        Crop dam aged
           (soybeans)
                      2,4-0 (ester)

                      A 40-acre soybean field  was damaged by drift
                      from  a non-aerial  application of  herbicide.
                      .Tht top tri-foliata  leaves displayed cupping
                      and curling.  Regrowth was noted to be good.
                      The field  had already been under stress  from
                      lack of moisture.

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                               Crop damaged
                               (soybeans)
                                2,4-0
                                Atrazine
                                Dicamba (sodium salt)

                                A  soybean  crop displayed  blistering  of the
                                upper leaves resulting fro'ra  drift from a non-
                                aerial herbicide application.
    37,74
MM
Crop damaged
(soybeans)
2,4-0 (araine)
Oicamba (amine)

An  18-acre soybean crop displayed drift dam-
age from a  non-aerial  herbicide application.
Regrowth and blossoming were observed in aTl
plants at the time of inspection.
   •08/74
           Crop dan aged
           (soybeans)
                      2,4-0
                      2,4-0 B

                      A 40-acre soybean crop displayed drift damage
                      from an aerial herbicide application.
  ,'08/74
           Crop affected
           (grapes)
                      2,4-0 (ester)

                      Long-range drift from an aerial application of
                      high-volatile  2,4-0  ester  was suspected of
                      having  affected  a ID-acre crop  of  Concord
                      grapes.
 7/C9/74
           Crop affected
           (alfalfa)
                      2,4-0

                      An  alfalfa  crop was affected  by an  aerial
                      application of herbicide.  No evidence of dam-
                      age was noted at the time of inspection.
                     W A       Crops affected
                               (cherries,
                               peaches, plums)
                                2,4-0
                                                   . A 3-acre plot set aside for plant csrtificaticn
                                                     at a plant quarantine station was  affected by
                                                     an agricultural application of herbicide. Cher-
                                                     ries, peaches  and plums  were affected in an
                                                     undescribed manner.
07/11/74
M N        Crop affected
           (63 acres sun-
           flowers)
                      2,4-0
                                                     A  63-acre sunflower crop  was affected *hen
                                                     an aerial  applicator inadvertently applied 2,4-
                                                     0 instead of insecticide.

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07/W74
WA        Crops affected
           (7 acres Campbell's,
           Concord grapes)
                     2,4-0
                                                    The  grapes  were  affected  as  a result of
                                                    contamination of the tank  and  boom  of an
                                                    applicator aircraft with 2,4-0.
07/12/74
OR
Crop damaged
(filbert trees)
2,4-0

Drift from an aerial application of herbicide
damaged 73 trees (2 rows) in a filbert orchard.
The  36 trees in  the  first row  along the south
side  of the orchard showed more severe symp-
toms including burned foliage and  defoliation
on the south side of the trees.  Some terminal
growth exhibited die-back.  Trees  in the sec-
ond  row  displayed marginal  chlorosis  of  the
leaves, cupping  of foliage, and  wilting.  Crop
yields for 1974 and 1975 were expected  to be
affected in these two rows.   Trees along the
east side  of the orchard displayed  only  minor
symptoms.
07/14,74
OH
225 hum ans affected;
4 hospitalized,
221 received medical
attention, 3 trees
affected, soil, air,
water contaminated
2,4-0
2,4,S-T
                                                             33 others
                                                    At 8:30 p.m. lightning struck a factory build-
                                                    ing  in which  pesticides  were  stored.   Two
                                                    ambulance  drivers  and  two  firemen  were
                                                    hospitalized.  Details of their treatment were
                                                    not reported.   A physician indicated that the
                                                    aftereffects in persons involved in smoke in-
                                                    halation  would not be "sinister."  Some symp-
                                                    toms of smoke inhalation  exhibited by firemen
                                                    were  sore throat, sore mouth and  diarrhea.
                                                    Air contamination tests were  done.   As  of  9
                                                    a.jn.,  7/18, 225 people had reported to a hos-
                                                    pital; 1 cc atropine sutfate was  administered to
                                                    many who exhibited symptoms.  A landfill  site
                                                    (30' fire clay) was  located  in an abandoned
                                                    strip  nine area.   Lime was applied to streets
                                                    and peat moss  was  used  as a  filter in  the
                                                    drains.   Several agencies cooperated in com-
                                                    bating contamination.

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                    10
           Crops damaged
           (42 acres pinto
           beans, 58 acres
           sugar bests)
                     2,4-0
                                                    Spray drift from an aerial" application of 2,4-0
                                                    damaged pinto  bean  and  sugar  beet  crops
                                                    which  were growing  across the road  to  the
                                                    northeast of the treated wheat field.  Little or
                                                    no wind was blowing during application; ft  was
                                                    thought that spray particles  must have been
                                                    drawn  along in the  vacuum  created by  the
                                                    plane as it flew east  and west.  The damage,
                                                    which  appeared 2 days after  spraying,  was
                                                    spotty with a 13Vacre sugar beet field east of
                                                    the  wheat  sustaining  the  most  damage.
                                                    Epinasty was noted throughout this field and in
                                                    an other fields, with the exception of a 5-acre
                                                    patch of beans ncrtn  of the grain.  The bean
                                                    and beet plants began to  wilt and the leaves
                                                    twisted indicating 2,4-0  damage.   Random
                                                    foliage samples were collected  at  30-foot in-
                                                    tervals through the   cents-  of  each  field;
                                                    laboratory   analysis  results  were  negative.
                                                    Since the incident  occurred early in the grow-
                                                    ing season, the crops were expected to out-
                                                    grow the damage.
 37/13/74
CA
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0
Propachlcr
Glyphcsata
An  agricultural  employee  was exposed to the
pesticides in an undescribed incident.
07/19/74
           Forest dam aged
           (birch, poplar)
                     2,4-0 (ester)

                     An unspecified number  of  birch and  poplar
                     trees were damaged by  drift from  an aerial
                     application of herbicide.  Affected traes dis-
                     .played dried and discolored leaves at the time
                     of inspection.
M/19/74
           Crop affected
           (russet potatoes)
                      2,4-0 (amine)
                      Dicamba(araine)
                      A russet potato  crop  was  affected  by drift
                      from an aerial application of herbicides.  In  a
                      typical drift pattern, the spray drifted across
                      two county roads, a four-lane highway, and  a
                      50-foot  right of  way before reaching the  po-
                      tatoes, it then continued for 150 -  200 feet
                      through  the potato field.  A 5  mph wind  was
                      blowing  at the tiro a of apch'cation.

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07/20/74
MN        Crop damaged
           (soybeans)
                     2,4-0
                     Dicamba
                     Drift from  a non-aerial application  of  herbi-
                     cides damaged 18 acres of soybeans.   Plants
                     exhibited good  new  growth  at the  time of
                     Inspection; no yield reduction  was expected.
07/27/74
           1 human received
           medical attention
                     2,4-0

                     A child  under 5 years  of age was exposed to
                     the pesticide in an undescribed incident.
07/29/74
H.
1 human received
medical attention
 2,4-0 (sodium salt)

 A child less than 5 years of age was exposed to
 the pesticide in an undescribed home incident
 involving herbicide cartridges in their original
.container.
07/30/74
CA
1 human received
medical attention
 2,4-0                 '   .
 Glyphosate
 Propachlor

 A  youth  5-  16-years-old  developed  contact
 dermatitis  as  a  result of  an  exposure  to
 pesticide in an undescribed incident.
07/31/74
n.
1 human received
medical attention
 2,4-0

 In  a home-related pesticide  incident, a 5- to
 15-year-old youth experienced an  exposure to
 the pesticide.
C7/31/74
 WV
Crops, trees
affected,
soil, water
contaminated
 2,4-0 (ester)
 2,4,5-T (ester)
                                                     An  electric  power  cooperative  arranged for
                                                    'right-cf-way spraying with an out-of-state air
                                                     service  which  used  a helicopter with a sta-
                                                     tionary  spray rig. The herbicide was apolied
                                                     at the rate of  2H gal/acre.  One of the small
                                                     organic  farm  owners (40  acres)  along  the
                                                     right-of-way was of  the opinion (8/6/74  phone
                                                     conversation) that herbicide  misuse  occurred
                                                     in the spraying.   He stated that his  pond as
                                                     well as  several others are the residents'  main
                                                     water supply, and he was fearful that spray

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                                                had  contaminated  the streams.   Laboratory
                                                tests of soil  and  vegetation  samples taken
                                                8/7/74 (7 days after spraying) from  under the
                                                power tine showed  2,4-0  and 2,4,5-T.  There
                                                was  no chemical  evidence of the herbicides in
                                                his pond.  The herbicides could not be detected
                                                chemically on the crops out the vegetation did
                                                show typical phenoxy-type damage.   During a
                                                visit to  the farms and through  the adjacent
                                                national forest, there was little, if any, sign of
                                                over-spray or deviation from the right-of-way.
                                                There was some minor wilting of trees, and
                                                crops  in the  area  appeared to  be  damaged.
                                                Further investigation  showed that the power
                                                fine   passed  through  cattle  grazing  area,
                                                streams crossed the right-of-way, and run-off
                                                would be  unavoidable in some  areas.   The
                                                spraying  operations  had   fae«n  performed
                                                competently;  it  was suggested that the farm
                                                owners and the power company discuss future
                                                maintenance practices to insure avoiding con-
                                                tamination of the streams and ponds (especial-
                                                ly  with  continued run-off) and  the grazing
                                                pastures and  ta  avoid severe drift damage.
                                                More than one method of clearing  the rigttt-
                                                of-way might have had to  be employed. It was
                                                concluded.that the product should not be ap-
                                                plied along areas of the rights-way  which
                                                were doss to grazing pastures or streams.
IV74
LA
Trees, ornamentals,
grass damaged
(pines, oaks, gum,
maple, dogwoods,
azaleas, clover,
flowering shrubs),
soil contaminated
3,4-0 '
2,4,5-T
Piclcram
                                                Following  the  aerial application of  herbicides
                                                to a power line right-of-way, a property owner
                                                reported  damage from  drift  to the  various
                                                plants. According to the owner, drift from the
                                                spray killed or damaged trees as far as 30 feet
                                                inside the  property.  The area  was maintained
                                                by th* property owner in park-like condition
                                                (trees did not exceed 3').   Clover  had  been
                                                pjantad for grazing and & drainage  swale was
                                                planted  with centipede grass.   Investigation
                                                showed there was no misuse of the herbicides.
                                                The property owner was awarded $200.00 by
                                                the power company for damages in response to
                                                his claim of $356.00 in dam ages.

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08/00/74
OR
Crop damaged
2,4-0
In an agricultural incident, 2  acres  of crops
were  damaged  by aerial spray drift  from  an
application to a nearby grain crop.
08/00/74
OR
Crop damaged
(4.S acres)
2,4-0

Crops were damaged by drift due to a farmers
application of chemicals along a fence row.
08/01/74
WA       Crop damaged
          (136  acres
          grapes), air
          contaminated
                     2,4-0 (ester)
                                                   In  an  undescribed  agricultural  incident,  a
                                                   grape  crop was  allegedly  damaged by  long
                                                   range drift due to the  volatility of the product
                                                   applied.  The application was aerial.
08/01/74
MN        Crop damaged
           (85 acres corn)
                     2,4-0 (ester)

                     Drought  and  early  frost  severely damaged
                     corn. Chemicals had little if any effect.
08/02/74
PA
08/05/74
PA
2 humans received
medical attention,
water contaminated
3 humans affected;
1 received  m edical
attention, water
contaminated
2,4-0 (amine)
 During the week of 7/27/74, pesticide applica-
tions to the roadside vegetation were made to
control  weeds.    The  pesticide residue  was
conducted by  rainwater to  an  unprotected
spring which was the source of domestic water
supply for a family.  The impact on the family
 members was not reported,

2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-T (amine)
"MSMA

•A  girl  became   iTI,  exhibiting  non-specific
symptoms referable  entirely  to  the  gastro-
intestinal tract, after a railroad right-of-way
 near her  home was sprayed for weed control.
It  was determined  that the  family's  water-
supply had been contaminated  with the  herbi-
 cide. The water supply was a totally unpro-

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                                                 tected source  receiving  water from  a small
                                                 drainage area along the railroad tracks,  tf atasr
                                                 samples  analyzed  by a chemical company and
                                                 a  health department  {8/12/74  and  8/13/74)
                                                 showed similar results:  O.QI  ppm 2,4-0  and
                                                 less than 0.01  pptn  2,4,5-T, respectively.   A
                                                 sample taken on 8/8/74  and  analyzed by the
                                                 chemical company showed concentrations of
                                                 2,4-0  and 2,4,5-T at 0.9  ppm  and 1.9  ppra (no
                                                 mention   of  arsenic)  respectively.     Other
                                                 f*!rf!?  members  experienced no  symptoms.
                                                 The daughter also had eaten raspberries picked
                                                 from the sprayed area. Residue data on vege-
                                                 tation  was not available.  The possibility of
                                                 arsenic poisoning  could not be entirely  ruled
                                                 out.   The railroad  company  was  warned to
                                                 prevent  spray   materials  from  entering and
                                                 contaminating   any  bodies of  water  in the
                                                 future.
                            Water contaminated  2,4-0
                                                 In a home incident, a wan was filling a s?ray
                                                 tank  from  a wen  located  on  his  property.
                                                 Thirty-six  quarts  of 2,4-0  arrived in a truck
                                                 tank. The well pressure was low, resulting in a
                                                 back-siphon.  The weft  was pumped out  suc-
                                                 cessfully and the watar was usable again.
fll/71
SO
1 human
hospitalized
2,4-0 (a mine)
2,4-0 (ester)
In an agricultural incident, 417- to 65-year-old
individual was exposed to pesticide when wind
blew fumes in his direction during a hand spray
application.  He inhaled enough to affect his
breathing  and lungs.    X-rays of the lungs
showed some Irritation.
                  MO
            ater contaminated   2,4-0 (asiine)
                                                 In an industrial incident, 16,550 gallons of 2*4-
                                                 0 were  spilled into  a  major river  during the
                                                 period from  8/13 - 16/74. The 2,4-Q escaped
                                                 from  a  30,000-gallon  tank  in  a  chemical
                                                 co'mpany formulating  plant.  The  tank  con-
                                                 tained  4  pounds  per  gallon  2,4-0  (amine)
                                                 formulation.  The tank had a 1-inch drain pipe
                                                 with a pressure  relief  valve  Incorporated  in
                                                 the  discharge service.   Someone attached  a
                                                 hose to this  pipe,  which was in an obscure
                                                 area, and the  pressure rtttef valve malfunc-

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                                                   tioned, allowing the material to drain from the
                                                   tank.   The  floor  drains  in  the plant  were
                                                   designed  to  require  a  manual release  of
                                                   accumulated fluids  as  a safety factor.   The
                                                   floor drain  involved  in this, accident was not
                                                   properly closed, allowing the chemical to flow
                                                   into the sanitary sewer and from there to the
                                                   sewer plant and a major river.   Samples  were
                                                   taken at the plant, the river, and downstream
                                                   as wen. No 2,4-0  was found in any of the 20
                                                   samples taken.  It  was felt, by a chemical
                                                   company  representative, that the  movement
                                                   of the chemical through the sewer would have
                                                   the effect of  lowering the percent  of active
                                                   ingredients  since 2,4-0  is affected  materially
                                                   very quickly by bacterial action, plus the fact
                                                   that much of the material would be removed
                                                   with the sludge which 1s retained in  the sludge
                                                   pit.
                   n.
          1 human
          hospitalized
                     2,4-0 (amine)

                     A  5- to  16-year-old youth experienced pesti-
                     cide  exposure  in  a  home-related  incident
                     which was not detailed.
                   n.
          1 human received
          medical attention
                     2,4-0 (amine)

                     In a home incident, a child  under 5 years  of
                     age was poisoned by chemical.
 a/27/74
WA
Crop damaged
(12 acres), air
contaminated
2,4-0
                                                  'An  asparagus  crop  was  damaged  by  aerial
                                                   spray drift "under wind conditions."  A viola-
                                                   tion was served.
68/27/74
ME       Humans affected;
          fish kffl (6,000
          dead, 90 X salmon,
          eel, sucker,
          shiner, dace,
          pout, pickerel,
          bass, sunfish,
          chub), water,
          pipes, pump
          contaminated
                     2,4-0
                     2,4,5-T
                                                   The fish kit! resulted when a custom applicator
                                                   applying  the herbicide  mixture to a railroad
                                                   right-of-way inadvertently turned the wrong

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                                                   valve, causing spillage of 5 - 10 gallons of the
                                                   herbicides  The incident was reported by the
                                                   chief  engineer of the railroad company, who
                                                   had been notified by the foreman of the crew
                                                   involved.   The accident, occurred  when  the
                                                   crew  stopped  at a  lake  outlet  to take  on
                                                   Mater.   A fish  and game  department  was
                                                   notified.   By S p.«., the stream had turned
                                                   milky and .dying fish (young salmon} were in
                                                   evidence.  Some children waded in the stream
                                                   picking up  fish and thus were exposed to the
                                                   chemicals*  A water sample was taken  at 3
                                                   p.m. about 200  yards downstream  from  the
                                                   bridge on which the truck had stopped; labora-
                                                   tory analysis  of  the water showed 7.9 pptn
                                                   2,4-0 and 5.3 ppm 2,4,5-T.  The following day
                                                   at noon, fish and  water game personnel took a
                                                   water sample from a pool of cloudy  water in a
                                                   depression  in  the bottom of the stream under
                                                   the bridge.  In  collecting  the  samples, the
                                                   individuals  experienced  burning sensations on
                                                   their  skin  (thought  to be caused  by  the
                                                   emulsifier  residues).  Analysis of the sample
                                                   showed it  contained 245 ppfl 2,4-0  and 232
                                                   ppm 2,4,5-T.   At 6 p.m.  on the same day, an
                                                   agriculture department officer sampled watsr
                                                   30 feet  downstream and  50 feet  upstream
                                                   from  the  bridge;  the  downstream  sample
                                                   contained  0.79  ppm  2,4-0  and  0.39  ppm
                                                   2,4,5-T  and the upstream  contained 2.0 ppb
                                                   2,4-0  and  1.42 ppb  2,4,5-T.  The  fish  were
                                                   killed in the stretch of stream extending about
                                                   H mile downstream from the bridge.  Most of
                                                   the fish  were fingerlings.  The  stream  was
                                                   used as  a domestic water supply by two area
                                                   residents.  One of these pumped  contaminated
                                                   water through his  system  prior to  his being
                                                   made aware of the  spiTJ.  There existed the
                                                   possibility  that  afl  pipes  would have  to be
                                                   replaced.   A  licensing problem  related to the
                                                   crew foreman existed, and it was urged that  a
                                                  .hearing be  held to consider "faulty, careless or
                                                   negligent  application."  The analytical results
                                                   on the fish samples taken were not reported.
39/00/74    *          OR        Crop damaged        2,4-0
                                                   In an agricultural incident,  2 acres of crop
                                                   land (variety unspecified)  were damaged due
                                                   to aerial spray drift from a nearby application.
                                                   Srain was not damaged.

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09/05/74
NJ
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0

A truck driver  was unloading a truck of 2,4-0
(720 50-pound  bags)  and putting them  in a
warehouse  (no  bags were broken).  He  com-
plained of nausea and was taken to a hospital
where numerous tests and x-rays  were made.
An  expectorant was administered. The illness
could not be attributed to the pesticide.
09/22/74
OR
Numerous crops,
trees, flowers,
ornamentals, shrubs
dam aged (3 acres)
2,4-0
                                                    Crops  of 3 separate  claimants  were affected
                                                    by chemical drift,  AH 3  properties contained
                                                    crops,  trees  and  shrubs that  showed injury
                                                    symptoms  associated  with  exposure  to  a
                                                    growth regulator herbicide.  None of the vege-
                                                    tation  was expected to die.
10/11/74
CA
1 human
hospitalized
2,4-0
Bromacfl
Petroleum distillates
Pentachlorophenol
A city employes hand-sprayed weeds with pes-
ticide.  He was wearing street clothes  and the
wind drifted spray onto his clothes, face and
hands.  He later felt dizzy, experienced numb-
ness in his  hands and felt  nauseous.   It  was
recommended that the  work be done  when it
was not too windy  and that the sprayer should
have a longer nozzle.
Hl/25/74
AL
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0

An adult was involved in an undescribed pesti-
cide incident.
fi/OQ/74
CA
1 human received
n edical attention
r,4-Q (ester)
2,4,5-T (ester)
Dlcamba

A gardener developed a rash after working en
a lawn which had been treated with 2,4-0.

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                    FL
          Crop damaged
          (92 acres
          tomatoes),
          mixing tank
          contaminated
                     2,4-0
                     Unknown chemicals
                                                   A  tomato  crop  was  sprayed  aerially  with
                                                   chemicals.  The mixing tank was contaminated
                                                   with 2,4-0.
  l/OQ/74-75
VIA       1 hum an received
          medical attention
                     2,4-0

                     An individual claimed that he  was physically
                     impaired  following  a ground  application  of
                     herbicides to the roadside abutting his prop-
                     erty. Two physicians and  one hospital  did not
                     associate his illness with  the pesticide expo-
                     sure (inhalation).
 J/00/75
OR
3 humans received
medical attention
2,4-0

Several members  of  a family complained of
dizziness and nosebleeds, and one complained
of an irregular menstrual cycle. It  was their
opinion that  the described  problems  were
caused  by  a  2,4-0  exposure  from   a  forest
industry application.    No residues  of 2,4-0
were found in the three urine samples.
OQ/OC/7S
CA
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-D
Oicamba(amine)
A bucket of the herbicides spilled on the front
of a  mixer/loader in an  agriculture-related
incident.
                    MT        Crop dam aged
                              (winter wheat)
                               2,4-0
                               Picloram

                               A  farmer  discovered  some  short  wheat and
                               black spots on the heads, and attributed  these
                               symptoms to exposure to pesticide which had
                               been sprayed on the wheat in the spring by  a
                               non-certified  aerial  applicator.    Ho deter-
                               mination could be  made  as  to the cause of
                               damage.

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(2/00/75
AR
1 human
hospitalized
2,4-0

A  college student used a hatchet in  his work
applying 2,4-0.  He reported that the solution
splashed   as  it  Mas   applied.     He  was
hospitalized with symptoms of kidney damage,
blistered lips, weakness,  and headache.  The
results of cholinesterase and urine  tests were
not available.
02/18/75
CA
2 humans
received
sedical
attention
2,4-0.
Oalapon (sodium salt)
Oicamba
MCPP
Oalapon (magnesium salt)

Two agricultural employees  developed a rash
after mixing  a  weed killer  for  application.
One employee  became nauseous and  sneezed
while mixing.    He developed  extreme  nose
sensitivity,  a  rash on his hands, and "broke
out"  on  his   lips.;;    The  other  employee
experienced itching;
03/05/75
CA
1 human affected
2,4-0
A  41-year-old male  welder was struck on the
forehead by a drop of pesticide m atenal as he
was  attaching a spray tip onto a boom.   The
drop rolled into the inside corner of his eye; he
wore safety glasses.  The extent of- the re-
sulting  discomfort, if  any, was not reported.
The use of a face shield was recom mended.
03/10/75
OR
Soil, road
contaminated
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-T (ester)

Two drums containing the herbicides fen from
a flatbed truck and contaminated the roadside
area.  A stream 85 feet from  the spill was not
involved. The product was intended for use on
a lumber company's private forest land.  The
contaminated soil  was hauled  away  and  the
site was refilled  with clay.   There was  a
question  regarding  the  registration  of  the
product for the intended use.

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02/00/75
AR
1 human
hospitalized
2,4-0

A  college student used a hatchet in  his work
applying 2,4-0.  He reported that the solution
splashed  as  it  was   applied.     He  was
hospitalized with symptoms of kidney damage,
blistered lips, weakness,  and headache.  The
results of cholinesterase and urine  tests were
not available.
02/18/75
CA
2 humans
received
medical
attention
2,4-0
Dalapon (sodium salt)
Dicamba
MCPP
Dalapon (magnesium salt)
Two agricultural employees  developed  a rash
after  mixing  a  weed killer  for  application.
One employee  became nauseous and sneezed
while  mixing.    He developed  extreme  nose
sensitivity,  a  rash on his hands, and  "broke
out"  on  his   lips.    The  other  employee
experienced itching.
02/05/75
CA
1 human affected
2,4-0
A  4T-yearn3ld male  welder was struck on the
forehead by a drop of pesticide m aterial as he
was attaching a  spray tip onto a boom.   The
drop rolled into the inside corner of his eye; he
wore safety  glasses.  The extent of. the re-
sulting  discomfort, if  any, was not reported.
The use of a face shield was recom mended.
03/10/75
OR
Soil, road
contaminated
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-T (ester)
Two drums  containing the herbicides fell from
a flatbed truck and contaminated the roadside
area.  A stream 35 feet from  the spill was not
involved. The product was intended for use on
a  lumber company's private forest land.   The
contaminated soil  was hauled  away  and  the
•site was refilled  with  clay.  There was  a
question  regarding  the  registration  of  the
product for the intended use.

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                   n.
          1 human received
          m e
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     5/75
Fl
Crops, home gar-
dens dam aged (peas,
tomatoes, beans,
turnips, trees,
blackberries, weeds},
    contaminated
2,4-0 (arolne}
                                                    Grazing pastures at a dairy farm were aerially
                                                    sprayed with  herbicide on the morning of 4/5.
                                                    According to  the  dairy farm  supervisor,  a 10 -
                                                    12  mph wind was  blowing  from  the  west-
                                                    northwest when two planes sprayed herbicide
                                                    at a rate of  1 pint/10 or 20 gal  water/acre.
                                                    Measures  taken  to reduce the possibility  of
                                                    spray drift included an anti-drift additive  in
                                                    the  spray  mix and the  use  of  flagmen  to
                                                    indicate flight lines and  cut-off points;  pilots
                                                    were instructed to leave a 300-yard untreated
                                                    margin  within the farm  borders.     Three
                                                    farmers n'ving  adjacent  to the sprayed area
                                                    reported damage  to home  and  commercial
                                                    vegetable gardens beginning  1 - Z  weeks after
                                                    the spraying.   ATI three farmers reported that
                                                    the spray planes flew over their land  at times;
                                                    only in o'ne  case did the planes  fly  directly
                                                    over the areas which later displayed damage,
                                                    None of the farmers reported seeing  spray
                                                    released from  the  planes while  flying  over
                                                    their lands.   Plant damage included curling  or
                                                    drawing  up  of young leaves  and  shoots  of
                                                    vegetable  plants,  blackberries,  trees, and
                                                    weeds.   AH  three farmers  stated  that they
                                                    expected to lose  most of  the vegetables from
                                                    damaged  gardens  and fields.   Losses had
                                                    occurred the  previous year when  aerial  appli-
                                                    cators directly sprayed gardens and fields  on
                                                    the three farms while treating the same dairy
                                                    farw.  A state extension official examined pea
                                                    and  tomato samples submitted on  4/23, and
                                                    identified phenaxy herbicide  damage charac-
                                                    terized by strap leaves and parallel veins.  On
                                                    5/1, soil and plant samples were collected from
                                                    the three affected farms, along  with a  docu-
                                                    mentary sample of  the herbicide used on the
                                                    dairy farm.   Results of  analyses  were  not
                                                    reported.
M/1V75
CA
1 hum an received
medical attention
2,4-0 (amine)

A flagman developed a reaction to poison oak
in an agricultural incident.   Due to the fact
that  he  was working  around  pesticides,  his
physician filed a pesticide illness report.

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SA
Crop damaged
(cotton)
2,4-0

Damage  to  a 5-acre cotton crop  was attri-
buted to  the  aerial spraying of  herbicide on a
cornfield located 300 yards away.  The com-
plaint was later determined to be unjustified.
                                                                                ural
                                                                                am-
GA
Crop damaged
(7 acres cotton)
2,4-0


Damage to 7 acres of cotton was attributed to
the aerial spraying of herbicide on a cornfield
located approximately 400 yards  away.   The
complaint   was  later   determined   to   be
unjustified.
                                                                               iced
                                                                               ibed
OH
Trees, ornamental
plants affected
(6 buckeye trees,
6 flowers)
2,4-0 (amine)
                               Six buckeye trees and six undescribed flower-
                               ing ornamentals at a residence were affected
                               by a ground application of herbicide.
                                                                      way
                                                                     :ray
                                                                     !CCO
                                                                     . Of
OR
TX
Well water
contaminated
Ornamental plants,
trees (19 orna-
mentals, Arizona
ash, willows, mim-
osa, cotton wood,
peach, pear, roses),
home vegetable
garden dam aged
2,4-0

A  homeowner spilled 2,4-0 in his  well  while
mixing spray.  Analysis of the  well water indi-
cated 0.1 ppm 2,4-0. Since the man's wife was
pregnant, it was  recommended that the  well
be flushed  by  pumping and  that the  woman
drink bottled water for 3 - 4 weeks.
2,4-0
                               A  city made  a ground application of herbicide
                               to  a  drainage  area for  weed  control.  The
                               herbicide volatilized and damaged gardens and
                               trees  at a number of residences in the vicinity.
                                                                               hree
                                                                               d as
                                                                               e.
                                                                               It of
                                                                               icide
                                                                               iome

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                    MT
    11/75
MT
          Trees, ornament-
          als, home garden
          affected (approxi-
          mately 50 ash, 30
          poplar, IS &irch,
          30 pine and spruce,
          lilac bushes, ven-
          ous garden plants)
Ornamental trees,
home gardens
damaged
                    2,4-0 (ester)
                    2,4,5-TP (ester)
                    2,4,5-T (ester)
                                                   W arm weather and gusty breezes earned spray
                                                   drift throughout a section of a town causing 31
                                                   home owners  to  complain  of  plant  damage.
                                                   The  city paries and recreation  department of
                                                   the town ground-sprayed a butyl ester on park
                                                   trees and  the  drift   resulted.   A  licensed
                                                   applicator did the spraying.
2,4-0
                                                   Twenty-five property owners reported damage
                                                   to home gardens and trees as a result of dnft
                                                   from an application of herbicide by a licensed
                                                   aerial applicator.  M any plant and tree species
                                                   were involved. One property owner attributed
                                                   the incident to negligence, and reported dam-
                                                   age to  fruit  trees,  green  ash,  cotton wood,
                                                   American and  Siberian elm, and  blue spruce
                                                   trees.
 16/00/75
          Crop damaged
          (1-1% acres
          seed potatoes)
                     2,4-0
                     Picloram
                                                   A farmer noticed chemical  damage  on a 1- to
                                                   IH-acre seed potato crop shortly  after emer-
                                                   gence. Additional damage was noted through-
                                                   out the growing season and was attributed to
                                                   drift  from  an  application  of  2,4-0-pic lor am
                                                   mixture. Soil samples  and potato  plants were
                                                   analyzed by thin layer chromatography with a
                                                   sensitivity of less than LO ppm. Results were
                                                   negative for 2,4-0 and piclcram in the soil and
                                                   plants; the potatoes were not analyzed.
06/CO/75
WA
1 hum an received
m edical attention
2,4-0
Thiraffl
PMA

A 77-year-old  man  hand-applied a homemade
mixture of pesticide and fertilizer to his lawn.
He  developed severe toxicoderrnatttis.  Appar

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                                                   ently,  dust  from  the  mixture  fen  an the
                                                   Individual's hands and face. No thiram residue
                                                   Mas  detected in  a  urine sample submitted 10
                                                   days later. The man reportedly was making a
                                                   fun recovery.
06/00/75
AR
Crop damaged
(16 acres cotton)
2,4-0

A  farmer  experienced  a  reduction  in  yield
from his 16-acre cotton crop after nearby rice
growers applied herbicide  (ground  and aerial
'applications) to their crops. When  damage to
cotton  plants was first noted,  plants  were
inspected  by a county agent.   Both the agent
and the farmer expected  the  cotton  crop to
grow  out  of  the  damage. However,  only  H
bale/acre  was produced in  1375, in  contrast to
a  normal  yield  of 1  - 1%* bales/acre.  The
farmer  also reported that a similar situation
had occurred  after spraying in 1974,  when H
bale/acre  was produced.
06/01/75
CA
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)
Chlordane
In an agricultural incident, a 47-year-old m ale
pest  control  operator  inhaled  the chemical
while spraying crabgrass. He used hand equip-
ment and failed  to wear a  mask  which was
available to  him  but was not required safety
equipment.  The subject had worked  several
years as a gardener for the  company  and had
never been involved in any problem  of this
nature.
06/01/75
OH
Ornamental plants
damaged (taxus,
spruce)
2,4-0 (amine)
Oicamba


In a  home  incident, ornamental  plants were
affected by a ground application of herbicides.
C6/02/75-
OR.
Wen water
contaminated
2,4-0


A homeowner spiTled herbicide adjacent to his
well.  Water analysis indicated 0.1  ppm 2,4-0.
It  was recommended that  before using  the
water, it be pumped dry and allowed to refill.

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tf/05/75
SA         Crop affected
           (200 Better Soy
           tomato plants),
           ornaraental plants
           affected (300
           petunias, 200
           assorted house
           plants)
                     2,4-0 (ester)
                                                    A hand application  of  herbicide affected ap-
                                                    proximately  700   plants  at  a  commercial
                                                    nursery.
06/05/75
6A
Crop affected
(12 acres cotton)
2,4-0

Three cotton fields  of  3, 4 and 5  acres were
affected by an aerial application of herbicide.
06/05/75
GA
Crop damaged
(12 acres cotton)
2,4-0 (ester)

An  8-acre field was severely  affected  by an
aerial application of herbicide. A  4-acre field
displayed slight dam age at one end.
36/05/75
OH
Ornamental trees
(1 flowering al-
mond, 1 flowering
plum), turf affected
2,4-0 (amine)
MCPP
Oicamba

In a home incident, two ornamental trees and
turf were  affected  by a hand  application of
herbicide by a non-certified applicator.
Ut/06/75
OH
Home vegetable
garden, ornamental
plants affected
(flowers)
2,4-0 (amine)
2,4,5-T
                                                    This  incident involved effects to ornamental
                                                    and garden plants following  the  home use of
                                                    the herbicide (ground application).
06/08/75
OR
Ornamental trees
dam aged (313 Chi-
nese elm, 7 locust,
2 weeping willow)
2,4-0 (amine)
                                                    A  rye field was  aerially sprayed  for weed
                                                    control on a windy day using 4 Ib/gal herbicide
                                                    applied  at  a rate  of 1 pt/acre. Spray drift
                                                    damaged 321 ornamental trees planted along a

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06/10/75
OR
06/16/75
WY
Crop, trees
affected (l\ acres
alfalfa, 2 apricot
trees)
1 human
hospitalized,
crop affected (1/10
acre wheat), soil
contaminated
                                                   fence row and near the house on a neighbor's
                                                   ranch.  Most damage  was medium or  severe,
                                                   although some light damage was also noted.
2,4-0
Dicamba
                                                   In an agricultural incident, 2 apricot trees and
                                                   approximately 1% acres of  poor quality,  dry-
                                                   land  alfalfa  forage  were  affected  by drift
                                                   from  an  aerial  application  of  herbicide for
                                                   control of Mediterranean sage in a grain field.
2,4-0
                                                    An applicator aircraft crashed  with 65 gallons
                                                    of solution in the bulk tank; 500 gallons had
                                                    been mixed and transported. The crashed plane
                                                    was removed the same day. It is unknown if
                                                    the  pilot  was transporting  or  spraying when
                                                    the crash occurred. The pilot was hospitalized.
                                                    Soil and a wheat crop, presumably at the crash
                                                    site, were contaminated or  affected  as a re-
                                                    sult of the crash.
06/18/75
CO
Crop affected
(4% acres alfalfa),
home vegetable gar-
den affected (12 -
15 tomato plants,
12 -15 pepper
plants), ornamental
plants, trees
affected (20 - 25
Jewish artichokes,
3-4 Russian olives)
2,4-0
                                                    An 80-acre  wheat  field was  aerially sprayed
                                                    with  a herbicide  (believed to be  2,4-0) on  a
                                                    windy day, as reported by a resident on neigh-
                                                    boring land. Spray  drift  landed  on the neigh-
                                                    bor's crops, home vegetable garden, and orna-
                                                    mentals. The  neighbor stated that the pilot
                                                    flew  too close to  her house and was careless in
                                                    his application.

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 1/20/75
Ft
Crops dam aged
(3/4 acre peas,
corn, butterbeans,
okra, tomatoes,
water melon, cucum-
bers, Irish potatoes)
2,4-0 (ester)
Bromacil
Pentachlorophenol
Petroleum distillate
                                                  A  city agency hand-sprayed  a hedgerow (non-
                                                  certified applicator) located  approximately 10
                                                  yards north of  a  3/4-acre  vegetable garden.
                                                  The  affected crops were in  a low-lying area.
                                                  Due to a recent abundance of rain, a herbicide
                                                  wash was  considered  possible.   Some plants
                                                  were kitted; other details of  the damage were
                                                  not reported. The damaged crops  included 15
                                                  rows of corn, 5 rows of butterbeans, 4 rows of
                                                  okra, 4 rows of tomatoes,  3 rows  of  water-
                                                  melons, 2  rows  of cucumbers, and  2 rows of
                                                  Irish potatoes.  Samples were  collected  for
                                                  analysis; results  were unavailable.
B/21/75
           Crop damaged
           (alfalfa hay)
                     2,4-0


                     Growing alfalfa  hay  was  damaged  by drift
                     from  an aerial application  of herbicide to  a
                     neighbor's grain field. The affaffa owner stated
                     that  initially  the  damage  appeared  to  be
                     severe (in hot sunshine), but that after subse-
                     quent cool weather and considerable rain, it
                     appeared that  the  damage  would not be per-
                     manent. The owner expected some  yield  re-
                     duction on  the first  cutting. She stated  an
                     opinion that the aerial applicator had demon-
                     strated some 'negligence  or faulty judgement
                     regarding speed and direction of wind.
8/25/75
MM
Home garden
dam aged
2,4-0


Okra in  a  home garden was damaged by drift
from  an  agricultural (aerial) application  of
herbicide.
*/27/75'
CO
Ornamental trees  .
dam aged (elm, Rus-
sian olive, fruit
trees)
2,4-0
                                                  In an  agricultural incident, a wheat field 200
                                                  yards  north  and  adjacent  to  a  neighbor's
                                                  property  was aerially sprayed in "quite windy"
                                                  weather.  Herbicide drift landed  on  the neigh-
                                                  bor's ornamental trees, causing leaf dam age.

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 27/75
TX
Home vegetable
garden dam aged
(tomatoes), trees
dan aged (4 oak)
2,4-0
                                                 A woo an reported that agricultural herbicide
                                                 spraying was  killing hone gardens. Tomatoes
                                                 were the first plant to exhibit  damage; two
                                                 20-foot rows  were  reportedly affected. The
                                                 woman also  reported  that  owners of  grave
                                                 plots in a cemetery which she managed were
                                                 using herbicide to kill weeds on grave sites,
                                                 resulting  in  damage  to  nearby  trees.  Four
                                                 large oak trees were affected.
flJO/75
10
Crop dam aged
(70 acres potatoes),
trees damaged
2,4-0 (amine)
                                                 Aerial applicators sprayed grain fields on two
                                                 or three occasions for weed control  with 1H pt
                                                 2,4-0/acre, diluted with water (foam  was also
                                                 used).   The applicator's records indicated that
                                                 the  wind  was calm.  Label  instructions  were
                                                 reported to have been followed during applica-
                                                 tion. A neighbor reported that a slight breeze
                                                 caused spray to drift  across the road onto his
                                                 70-acre potato crop. He  stated that growth
                                                 ceased  and that leaves  turned yellow  and
                                                 curled; the crop rem ained in this condition for
                                                 approximately 3 weeks.  Due to the damage
                                                 and to a  "late spring," the fanner expected
                                                 total loss  of  yield.  The potato  field was In-
                                                 spected and/or plant samples were examined
                                                 by  several  agricultural  experts  during  the
                                                 period  of  7/14-2L.   Ortft  from  2,4-0  was
                                                 determined to have passed over the  affected
                                                 property, as evidenced by browning and dessi-
                                                 cation on the east side of several trees. Herbi-
                                                 cide symptoms were identified on  volunteer
                                                 potato plants  which  had  emerged from  thje
                                                 previous year's tubers; these effects were pre-
                                                 sumed to be due to a prior  herbicide applica-
                                                 tion in 1974. No 2,4-0 effects were  found on
                                                 1975-planted potatoes, although  all plants dis-
                                                 played damage. The damage was attributed to
                                                 a  stress  condition   involving   late  planting
                                                 weather conditions, lack of irrigation, lack of
                                                 nitrogen fertilizer, overgrowth of weeds,  and
                                                 failure to rotate crops.  A  60*  loss of yield
                                                 was predicted. Some  inspectors reported  hav-
                                                 ing seen  similar  symptoms in  other fields
                                                 throughout the area;  in these cases,  no cause
                                                 of  damage  could   be  determined  although

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                                                  herbicide exposure  was ruled out.  The owner
                                                  of the treated grain  fields stated that the
                                                  neighbor's potato plants, had not yet emerged
                                                  at the time of application; lack of herbicide
                                                  symptoms  on  the   1975  plants  seemed  to
                                                  support this statement.
7/01/75
LA
Pasture
damaged
2,4-0
2,4,5-r
Plcloram

A  property owner reported that  a helicopter
flew over his pasture  while spraying a power
line rignt-cf-way.  A hard rain was reported to
have fallen between the morning  of applica-
tion  (7/1) and the first  morning of investiga-
tion  (7/2). A  strip of dead  vegetation  about
130 yards long and averaging 3 yards wide was
found in an investigation on 7/7.   One of the
soil samples contained 111 ppb piclorara.  The
other sample was negative for the other pesti-
cides.   The  herbicide  was reported to  have
been  mixed  and applied according to  label
instructions.  The aerial  applicator stated that
a slight gust of wind could have  easily and
unavoidably caused spray drift into the  adja-
cent  pasture.  Contrary to the   applicatort
statement that  he flew  only within the right-
of-way area, the pasture owner stated that the
applicator flew a sw ath  11 - 12 yards inside of
his pasture fence, spraying as he did so.
7/02/75
OH
Crop affected
(soybeans)
2,4-0
Atrazine
Paraquat

Fifteen acres of soybeans were  affected by a
ground  application of herbicides to a railroad
rightHrf-way.
7/04/75
MT
Ornamental plants
(numerous trees,
shrubs, flowers),
ho* e gardens
daar aged
2,4-0
+ unknown insecticide
                                                  Hundreds of ornamental trees and  plants  in
                                                  home  gardens  were reported  to have  been
                                                  killed or damaged when a licensed aerial appli-
                                                  cator sprayed for mosquito control using spray
                                                  tanks  which had  not been cleaned after  prior
                                                  herbicide use.  The citizen  who made the re-
                                                  port attributed the incident to negligence.

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f/07/75
MT
Crop damaged
(sugar beets)
713/75
MT
Crop damaged
(wheat)
2,4-0

While spraying corn  with herbicide, a licensed
aerial applicator  m ade turns over an  adjacent
sugar beet field. A leaking nozzle caused dam-
age to narrow strips of beets over 4-6 acres.
A settlement was expected  to  be made  with
the owner at harvest time.

2,4-0

An  aerial applicator failed to get the proper
mix  when he diluted 2,4-0  emulsifiable  con-
centrate in 225 gallons of water in preparation
for a weed-control application to wheat fields.
As a result, the first passes made by the plane
contained almost  100 X  herbicide,  while the
later passes  contained almost none.  Approxi-
mately 300 acres of wheat displayed herbicide
damage. Areas of the field which remained
weedy because of too little herbicide  were
expected to yield less grain  than the dam aged
portions.
715/75
OH
716/75
OR
Fruit orchard,
ornamental trees
affected
Home garden, trees
damaged (1 pear, 2
locust, 3 willow
trees, 1/10 acre
comfrey, grapes)
2,4-0 (amine)
                                                 In a  home incident, shade trees and  a fruit
                                                 orchard were affected by a ground application
                                                 of herbicide emulsifiable concentrate.
2,4-0
                                                  Drift from  an aerial  application of  herbicide
                                                  to  barley  fields caused- slight  damage  to a
                                                  home garden.
'/23/7S
OH
Crops damaged
(alf atf a, clover)
2,4-0
2,4,5-T

TWs incident involved  unspecified damage to
an alfalfa crop following an aerial application
of the herbicide to an adjacent field for weed
control.  Spray drifted directly over  3-4
acres killing some of the plants.  Clover also
was  dam aged or killed.

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G7/28/75
ID
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0

A  spray rig operator  worked for  2 months
spraying roadsides  and farms  until a  rash
appeared first on one arm, then the other, and
then on part of his body; his right eye became
involved.  This  occurred  within  a  24-hour
period. Treatment details, if  any,  were not
reported.
07/23/75
ID
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0


A spray rig operator wore the same boots for a
year as he worked. His first  symptoms  were a
temperature and  a  headache  (7/28/75). In  3
days, he developed slight tremors, difficulty in
breathing and a rash.  He was examined by a
physician  (7/31)   who  prescribed   topical
ointments  and powder for  his feet.  At  last
contact he had discarded the boots and  was
working again.
G7/2S/75
OH
Soil contaminated
 2,4-0
 Dicamba
 MCPP
 Chlcrpyrifos'
 Soil contamination  resulted from a  highway
 accident in an undescribed transportation inci-
 dent.
23/13/75
OH
Ornamental trees
affected (ro aples)
 2,4-0 (amine)
 Atrazine

 Twenty-five maple  trees were affected by a
 ground application (agricultural) of herbicide.
28/19/75
CA
1 hum an received
medical attention
 2,4-0


 An industrial employee was spraying broadleaf
'weeds  with the  herbicide  when  the  wind
 changed and spray was blown into his face.
08/27/75
 UT
1 hum an received
m edical attention
 2,4-0


 A child between  5 and 16  years  of  age was
 orally exposed to herbicide  in an  undescribed
 incident.  A hospital emergency room called a
 poison  control  center.  When follow-up  at

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                                                  tempts  were  made,  no  documentation  of a
                                                  pesticide poisoning  could be found in hospital
                                                  records.
8/10/75
A2
1 human received
aedical attention
2,4-0

In a home-related incident, a hose failed dur-
ing spraying and the herbicide  was  sprayed
into a  maintenance worker's eyes  and onto his
face.
3123/75
CA
1 hum an received
medical attention
2,4-0


A 44-year-old m an got spray in his left eye as
he "spot sprayed"  morning  glories around  a
lemon  crop (ground application)  for 8 hours.
The  dilution rate  of the herbicide was  1/3
qt/100 gal. He did not wear a face shield or
respirator, which  were  provided,  but  not re-
quired by the product label. The  diagnosis of
the eye problem was mild chemical conjuncti-
vitis for which eye drops were administered.
0/06/75
CA
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0


A  parcel service clerk was working  in  the
damaged parcel area and was handling 2,4-0 in
undescribed circumstances when he developed
nausea,  wheezing,  and a  headache  after  he
inhaled 2,4-0 vapors.
a/17/75
OH
W ater, roadside
contaminated
2,4-0
MCPP
Oicamba

In a transportation incident,  a highway acci-
dent resulted in a herbicide spiT!. Heavy rain-
fall  and a  washdown of the  area  by a fire
department diluted the  spill  enough  that  no
obvious environmental damage resulted.
0/27/75
          1 hum an received
          medical attention
                     2,4-0 (amine)
                     Dicamba(amine)
                     MCPP

                     An  industrial  employee walked  through  wet
                     grass after he had sprayed it  with the chemi-
                     cals (ground application). His shoes and trouser
                     'egs became wet.   He developed red, raised

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                                                  and swollen  dermatitis involving  his right leg
                                                  and foot, and areas of his right thigh and both
                                                  hands.
1/29/75
MN
Building, water
contaminated
2,4-0
+ 15 others
A  pesticide storage warehouse was destroyed
by fire caused by an overheated stove. Some
of the products, including  300 gallons 2,4-0
from  an inventory total -of 500 gallons,  were
considered salvageable.  Plans were  m ade for
the orderly disposal of damaged pesticides and
of  Time   used  to  absorb  fire runoff  water
around the building. The total building inven-
tory included 16 pesticides and a foam spray
adjuvant.
J/00/76
ID
1 hum an received
medical attention
2,4-0


An individual worked 8-10 hours per day from
May through  August mixing  herbicides  and
fertilizers.  His estimated use was 300 - 900
gallons of mixed chemicals per day. After two
months,  the man  began  to experience chest
pains.  He requested  a cholinesterase test. Re-
sults of  the test (performed  by an  EPA pro-
ject) were not reported.  A serum  2,4-0  level
was also planned.
1/17/76
CA
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0


A country club gardener got 2,4-0 in  his eye
as  he was  hand-spraying.  A  physician  diag-
nosed the resulting  problem as mild infection
of the conjunctiva.
\inrn
CA
1 human received
medical attention,
water contaminated
2,4-0
2,4,5-T
Petroleum distillate

Two thousand gallons of the herbicide mixture
from  an overturned truck were spitted. "Some"
contamination  of a nearby river occurred,  to
which the Coast Guard  was  alerted.

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/27/7S
CA
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0
2,4,5-TP
Oicatnba
A  gardener Inhaled herbicide fumes  while  he
was hand-spraying. A  physician's diagnosis was
mild chlorinated hydrocarbons inhalation.
1/12/76
          3 humans affected,
          water contaminated
                     2,4-0
                     2,4,5-T
                     Oil
                     Three or  more  children experienced  gastro-
                     intestinal  problems on  an  Indian reservation
                     after a federal agency sprayed near the area.
                     A tribe representative stated the w ater supply
                     was contaminated when the herbicides were
                     sprayed  by helicopter over  lands  adjacent  to
                     the  stream.  Water samples were  analyzed and
                     14.0 ppb' 2,4,5-T  were  detected  in  two
                     samples.   Other samples showed no  greater
                     than 10.0 ppb.
IAS/75
OR
Roadway, vehicle
contaminated
2,4-0


Four 5-gaflon cans of liquid  herbicide leaked
while being transported  in a truck. One  addi-
tional can fell off the truck onto the roadway,
spilling its  contents.    Clean-up  operations
were uneventful.
5/02/76
MN
Soil, water
contaminated
2,4-0
Atrazine
Dicaraba
2,4-0 B
Bentazon
Chloramben

A fire at an agricultural  warehouse containing
herbicides resulted in suspected runoff  con-
tamination  of  a drainage ditch. The fire  area
.was cleaned; debris  was diked with lime and
covered with plastic.
3/05/75
OR
 Plants damaged,
 water, roadway,
 vehicle contam-
 inated
 2,4-0
 2,4,5-T
 on


 At 10/25 p.m. a tanker truck overturned on a
 highway and  a spill of 2,000  gallons of  the
 herbicide solution occurred near a river. The

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                                                Coast  Guard notified an EPA regional office.
                                                The herbicide  was to  be used  for  spraying
                                                forest  land  of  a paper  company.   Approxi
                                                mately 1 acre of creekside  growth (general
                                                broadleaf plant We} was affected.
  8/76
          Humans affected
                    2,4-0 (ester)
                    Mcnuron trichloroacetate
                    Petroleum distillate
                    Several adults Inhaled a herbicide  which con-
                    tained 2.4* 2,4-0 and 5S raonuron trichloro-
                    acetate. No symptoms or treatment were re-
                    ported for this undescribed incident.
 09/76
CA
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0


A  gotf  course gardener  took off a  sprayer
nozzle during his work to clear it of clogging
and the spray hit him in the face. An examina-
tion by a physician revealed no sign of eye
damage, slight irritation  of  his forehead and
cheek, slight pain and irritation of upper and
lower tips; heart and lungs were normal.  The
treatment   included   exam,   x-ray   and
Neospcrin.
02/76
NO
71 bee colonies
moderately
damaged
2,4-0
                                                 A herbicide application to weeds in an adjoin-
                                                 ing alfalfa field resulted in  moderate damage
                                                 to 71 bee colonies valued at $532.50.
A5/75
CA
1 hum an received
medical attention
2,4-0
2-Phenylethanol

A 41-year-old lemon grader developed atopic
dermatitis (generalized)  which she felt  was
caused by the chemicals  with  which the fruit
was treated. The  employer reported that afl
graders were required  to wear rubber gloves
"and did not come in direct contact with any
chemical  materials. An  injection  of  ACT A
406, and Aristocort 40 were administered.
                  CA
          1 human received
          medical attention
                     2,4-0
                                                 A  bystander was  exposed to  drift from  an
                                                 industrial  site. He was  taken to  a hospital
                                                 emergency room,  examined, advised and re-
                                                 leased.

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3/19/76
TX
Crop damaged
(tomatoes)
2,4-0

A  35-acre tomato crop was  affected by drift
from an undescribed 2,4-0 application. A plant
pathologist noted  herbicide symptoms  on  the
plants; damage was not expected to be  per*
manerrL
3/25/76
TX
Soil, water
contaminated
2,4-0 (amine)
HCPP
Olcamba (amine)
A  pest control operator drove into  a restaur-
ant parking lot while off duty. A hose broke on
a  spray  tank, releasing herbicide  onto  the
parking lot; the chemical  was washed intc a
culvert which flowed into a nearby creek.  The
flow was stopped. As the herbicide was heavily
diluted, no adverse effects resulted from  the
spill.
B/2Q/76
CA
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0
Dicamba (amine)
                          •
A 20-year-old city maintenance employee was
spraying highway medians with a hand sprayer
(4-6 tsp/1,000  sq ft).  He  sprayed for
approximately   2   hours  wearing  protective
gear, including waterproof clothing and  a res-
pirator, which  were  not  required  by  the
product label.  The following  morning a slight
rash appeared on  his  cheek. The diagnosis of
the rash was chemical dermatitis and Mycolog
cream  was administered.  (Because of  em-
ployee  unions and compensation pressures and
possible litigation, this particular city  office
suspended all use of chemical spraying.)
'/OS/76
           4 humans affected,
           crash site
           contaminated
                     2,4-0 (ester)
                     2,4,5-TP (ester)

                     A  helicopter  became caught  in  brush as it
                     lifted, and the  pilot (a certified applicator),
                     who was experiencing his second  crash in the
                     season, dumped the load of 2,4,5-TP and 2,4-0
                     onto four people in the ground  crew.  No medi-
                     cal follow-up inform ation was reported.

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1/05/76
OR
2 humans affected
(fabrication)
2,4-0
2,4,5-T
on
Tree plantar  were working in a forest which
had been sprayed with the herbicide mixture.
One  man  developed  abdominal cramps  and
nausea.  The two  men ceased  working for the
timber company  which  had had the spraying
done. Grievances for both individuals  were
filed against the  company and complaints to a
state office and  the forestry service.  The
incident  was reported too late for samples to
be taken.  A  follow-up  investigation  deter-
mined that the incident was fabricated  by the
individuals "to vent their dissatisfaction."
V13/76
WA
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0

Drift from an aerial application of the techni-
cal chemical for a right-of-way was suspected
of resulting in a respiratory ailm ent.
V19/76
WA
Crop affected
(wheat)
2,4-0


Misapplication of herbicide  by  an  aerial appli-
cator affected 30 - 35 acres of  wheat.
W2/76
OR
6 humans affected,
water, vehicle
contaminated,
orchard affected
2,4-0 (amine)
2.4,5-T
                                                 A  mountainside area  of  private  homes  was
                                                 aerially sprayed for several  days during herbi-
                                                 cide applications for one property owner. One
                                                 woman and a number of children were  sprayed
                                                 while in  a car. A spring which supplies water
                                                 to several farm homes was contaminated by
                                                 spray drift as was the residential  and  orchard
                                                 area, Cherry trees and some forest  foliage
                                                 exhibited a  wilted appearance.  Maple  trees
                                                 Along the county road, well off the  sprayed
                                                 property, showed  definite  signs  of  phenoxy
                                                 herbicide damage.  Samples taken on  6/30/76
                                                 revealed  2,4-0 residue in  voh'age along the
                                                 spring at 0.22 ppra  and in the cherry foliage  at
                                                 0.11  pom. No  pesticide was  detected in the
                                                 water. Follow-up samples on 7/22/76  showed
                                                 2,4-0 present  in seven  out of eight foliage
                                                 samples from the area. Foliage 100 feet from

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                                              the  spring had  0.5  ppm  and  leaves  directly
                                              over the spring showed 0.1  ppm  2,4-0, Noted
                                              was that no 2,4,5-T residual was found in any
                                              of the samples. There was "nothing to  indicate
                                              spraying directly  over the spring."  Enforce-
                                              ment of misuse was recommended as people
                                              were sprayed in the car  and drift contami-
                                              nated private property.
                FL
          1 human
          hospitalized
                    2,4-0
                    Cartaryl
                    A  mixer/loader-ground  spray rig  operator
                    developed   an   unspecified   illness   which
                    involved dermal contact with the pesticides in
                    an unidentified m anner.
               IL
          1 hum an received
          m edical attention
                    2,4-0
                                        i
                    An  18-month-old girl  ingested  an  unknown
                    amount of a weed killer.  She was successfully
                    treated  with  ipecac  syrup.  She  remained
                    asymptomatic, the  location of the incident
                    was not reported.
                CA
          1 hum an received
          a edical attention
                     2,4-0 (ester)
                     Bromacfi
                     PCP
                     Petroleum distillate

                     A maintenance worker'was exposed  to  weed
                     killer which had been sprayed on roots and the
                     ground  about the trees. His specific job was to
                     pull roots and  toss them  into a  truck. He  did
                     not  wear gloves and used his hands to wipe his
                     back. Within 24 hours he developed an itching
                     on the back of his neck which was diagnosed as
                     derm atitis venenata.
3/76
MM
Weft water
contaminated
2,4-0


In an undescribed  agricultural incident, a pri-
vate wen was contaminated with herbicide  by
back-siphoning.

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 OS/76
TX
Crop damaged
(250 acres cotton)
                                                 2,4-0

                                                 A cotton crop displayed sKgnt phenoxy herbi-
                                                 cide effects over  the  entire  field  after  a
                                                 pasture 3H  miles away was aeriaTly treated.
 10/76
WA
Crop damaged
(sugar beets)
                                                 2,4-0

                                                 A sugar  beet  crop  was damaged  by herbicide
                                                 when an  adjoining   wheat field  was aerially
                                                 sprayed.  An insurance settlement was made.
ifIfl/76
WA
Ornamental plants,
flowers dam aged
                                                 2,4-0

                                                 In an agricultural incident, aerial  spraying  of
                                                 herbicide took place during an inversion. Spray
                                                 drift  damaged   unspecified  ornamentals.  A
                                                 warning letter was sent to the applicator.
11/75
                  CA
           1 human received
           medical attention
                     2,4-0 (amine)

                     A  construction  maintenance  worker's  eyes
                     were exposed to the pesticide  while he was
                     spraying a drainage canal.
/U/76
WA
Crop affected
(sugar beets)
                                                 2,4-0


                                                 Spray drift from  an aerial application of herbi-
                                                 cide affected a sugar beet crop.
12/76
 WA
Crop affected
(beets)
                                                 2,4-0


                                                 Spray drift from  an aerial application of herbi-
                                                 cide affected a best crop.
13,76
 WA
 Crop affected
 (grapes)
                                                 2,4-0


                                                 Spray drift from an aerial application of herbi-
                                                 cide affected a grape crop.

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1/03/76
NV
1 human affected,
crop damaged
(alfalfa hay),
rangeland affected
(sagebrush, grease-
wood, Russian
thistle), water
contaminated
2,4-0 (ester)
                                                  During an aerial  application of 2,4-0  ester on
                                                 barley, the hose running from the plane's hop-
                                                 per to the  pump became  loose, spilling the
                                                 herbicide. The hopper contained approximately
                                                 150 gallons of liquid of which  10 gallons was
                                                 2,4-0. The  pilot  hit  the  dump  lever  and
                                                 climbed to an elevation of 500 feet while the
                                                 hopper emptied out. The plane  was  flying in a
                                                 north-south direction.  Wind speed  was 2 - 3
                                                  miles per hour out of the east. Part of the
                                                 dump took place over  a 15-year-old  stand of
                                                 affalfa hay and an  irrigation  ditch.  Approxi-
                                                  mately 1% acres  of alfalfa hay to the im medi-
                                                 ate east and  west of the  plane's flight path
                                                 exhibited herbicide damage. The owner stated
                                                 that he planned to plow the alfalfa  under. The
                                                 irrigation ditch flowed eastward into a wheat
                                                 field and a pasture; neither of these fields was
                                                 damaged by the  hertricide.  The remainder of
                                                 the  load  was  dumped  on  rangeland, which
                                                 exhibited no damage. A human was reportedly
                                                  affected; no  details  of the   exposure  were
                                                 reported.
s/QS/75
WA
Ornamental plants
affected
2,4-0


Spray drift from an aerial application of herbi-
cide on an agricultural site affected unspeci-
fied ornamental plants in a private residential
yard.
s/OS/76
TX
Crop dam aged
(350 pecan trees)
2,4-0 (amine)


In an agricultural incident,  pecan trees were
affected by an aerial  application of herbicide
on  a nearby area.  Severe effects were noted
on 150 trees closest to the treated area.

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(17/76
WA
Crop affected
(lentils)
2,4-0
MCPA
HC PA (ester)
Bromoxynil
An aerial application service sprayed a wheat
field with a herbicide mixture and an adjacent
field of lentils was damaged.
/18/7S
UT
1 human
hospitalized
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)

In a home-related incident, a  4-year-old boy
drank  an unknown volume of  a liquid  weed
killer containing the chemical. Standard labor-
atory tests showed normal. The clinical diag-
nosis was exposure to the pesticide.
18/76
WA
Y ard plants
damaged
2,4-0 (amine)
MCPA (ester)
Broraoxynil
Plants in a residential yard  displayed wilting
and curling as a result of a neighbor's applica-
tion of herbicide.
'21/75
WA
Y ard, trees
dam aged
                   WA
           Crop damaged
           (grape)
2,4-0


Spray drift from an aerial application of herbi-
cide damaged a residential yard and trees.
         sJ

2,4-0


A vineyard was severely  damaged by a herbi-
cide drift from  an aerial application.
'25/76
WA
Y ard plants
affected
 2,4-0


 A residential yard  was affected by  herbicide
.drift from an undescribed application.
                   WA
           Y ard affected
                      2,4-0

                      In   an   agricultural  incident,   a  yard  was
                      affected by  herbicide  drift  from  an  unde-
                      scribed application.

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                 WA
          Ornamental
          plants dam aged
                     2,4-0

                     Hertricide  spray  from  a  ground application
                     drifted into a cemetery,  damaging ornamental
                     plants. The  applicator  was cautioned  about
                     drift.
ff/76
MI
1 human
hospitalized
2.4-0
2,4,5-TP
A 59-year-old man hand-sprayed his lawn with
the herbicide over a 2-day  period.  He devel
oped numbness of the  mouth and tongue fol-
lowed by  extreme  soreness  with difficulty in
swallowing. He consulted his physician 4 days
after the  last spraying  and was hospitalized 6
days later. The tongue was coated with a thick
membrane and the pharynx had a thick coating
of dried mucoid  material. While hospitalized,
he was treated with antibiotics  in view of the
presence  of  coagulase positive  staphylococci
in a culture.  The reaction  of the  tongue and
floor of the  mouth proceeded to the point of
necrosis involving  the anterior one-third  to
one-half  of  the  tongue.  A  medical  history
revealed  an  intensive  course  of  radiation
therapy to the oral cavity (cobalt - 60 therapy
for a carcinoma of the tonsiTIar area), phar-
ynx, and throat in 1972, after  which the man
had  also   experienced  significant  reactions
necessitating  hospttalization.   It  was impos-
sible to  determine the  extent of  pesticide
involvem ent in this episode.
31/76
          7 humans.affected;
          2 received
          medical attention,
          home gardens
          dam aged (14  100'
          rows bush beans,
          strawberries, corn;
          0.75 acre unspeci-
          fied plants)
                     2,4-0
                                                 Five families,  16  people,  had  conflicting
                                                 stories  of the incident.  An  aerial applicator
                                                 was said to be the cause of  reported damage
                                                 to  plant Itfe  in  gardens. Results of tests of
                                                 water and garden samples were negative for
                                                 pesticides.  The  time span  between  date of
                                                 application and  date  of sampling  was  con-

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                                                  sidered a possible reason for the negative test
                                                  results. The symptoms of the humans involved
                                                  were not described.
1/01/76
WA
Crop damaged
(clover seed)
2,4-0

Herbicide mistakenly  was aerially  applied to
cloverseed in an agricultural Incident.
i/Ol/76
WA
Crops damaged
(wheat, atfatfa,
hay)
2,4-0
                                                  A wheat field was aerially sprayed with herbi-
                                                  cide.   Spray  drift produced symptoms in a
                                                  nearby alfalfa hay field.
5/01/76
WA
Plants affected
(crnam entals)
2,4-0 (amine)


In an undescn'bed agricultural incident, herbi-
cide was  applied in a hazardous manner,  re-
sulting  in  plant  damage.  The applicator was
sent a letter of w aming.
1/01/76
WA
Yard plants
damaged
2,4-0


Yard plants in  an  unspecified location were
slightly damaged  by herbicide drift from  an
aerial application.
5/04/76
UT
1 human affected
2,4-0
2,4,5-TP

In a home incident, a child between 5  and 16
years of age remained asymptom atic after the
ingestion of part of a dandelion  treated  with
herbicide.
5/04/76
WA        Crop affected
          (atfatfa)
                     2,4-0


                     A   governmental   agency  ground-sprayed   a
                     drainage  ditch  with  herbicide.  Spray  drift
                     affected a nearby  alfalfa crop.

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3/05/76
OK
Crop damaged
(165 acres
mung beans)
2,4-0
                                                  Growth regulator herbicide symptoms in mung
                                                  bean fields were suspected to have  resulted
                                                  from spray drift from an aerial application to
                                                  adjacent fields.  Administrative action involv-
                                                  ing regulatory violations was instituted.
3/05/75
           Crop damaged
           (11 acres alfalfa)
                     2,4-0


                     Drift from  an aerial application  of herbicide
                     to an adjacent field was suspected of resulting
                     in   hormone-type   herbicide   symptoms   in
                     alfalfa.
2/06/76
OK
Crop damaged
(mung beans)
2,4-0


An aerial application of herbicide to a nearby
field was suspected of causing growth regula-
tor herbicide symptoms in mung beans. Admin-
istrative action involving regulatory violations
was initiated.
 S/07/76
UT
1 human affected
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)

In an  undescrlbed  home-related incident,  an
adult was derm ally  exposed to the chemical.
The subject rem ained asym ptom atic.
                  UT
           1 human affected
                     2,4-0
                     Qicamba
                     • A child less than  5 years  old experienced
                     dermal exposure in a home-related pesticide
                     incident.  The circumstances  of the exposure
                     were not detailed.

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39/75
OK
03/76
MT
Pasture damaged
(35 acres), home
garden damaged (H
acre blackberries,
1 acre vegetables),
trees dam aged (1
apple, 1 English
walnut)
Ornamental trees
dam aged (ash,
caragana)
2,4-0
                                                Drift from  an aerial application to a neighbor's
                                                property was suspected  of  causing  hormone-
                                                like herbicide symptoms  on  home garden, ber-
                                                ry, and  pasture forage plants as  well  as fruit
                                                and nut trees. Administrative action involving
                                                regulatory violations was initiated.
2,4-0
                                                In an  agricultural  incident, ft could not be
                                                determined  whether slight  damage  to  orna-
                                                mental  trees  was caused by  herbicide  or by
                                                leaf roller insects.
10/76
WA
Crop damaged
(seed peas)
2,4-0


Herbicide drift damaged a seed pea crop in an
undescrifaed agricultural incident.
10/75
MT
 Home vegetable
gardens affected
2,4-0


Home  vegetable  gardens were affected when
an  aerial  applicator shut  off  the herbicide
spray and  turned in flight  over  a small town
while spraying a strip  directly  south  of  the
town.
12/76
OR
1 human affected,
ornamentals,
trees affected
2,4-0
2,4,5-T


Approximately 948  feet  of  rose hedge  and
apple  trees  were  damaged  along  a  private
driveway to a residence. The driveway is adja-
cent to a tree farm to which the herbicide was
applied by ground rig.  The home owner  also
complained of sore  nostrils.  She stated that
she handled blooms before realizing they had
been sprayed.

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15/76
TX
Home garden
dam aged (*s acre,
okra, tomatoes,
beans, peas, sweet
potatoes, coHards,
corn)
15/75
AR
Ornamental tree
damaged (tulip
tree), soil
contaminated
2,4-0
                                                The herbicide  was aerially  applied to a pas-
                                                ture.   ATI  the plants  in a  home vegetable
                                                garden  showed slight effects. It was not defi-
                                                nite the dam age was due to herbicides.
2,4-0
2.4,S-T
                                                 While  the  owner  was  on  vacation,  it  was
                                                 believed a tulip tree was maliciously poisoned.
                                                 When the owner  returned, the  tree shed its
                                                 leaves and died within 2 weeks; no surrounding
                                                 vegetation  was affected.  Soil analysis of the
                                                 area around the tree  indicated  a  strong  con-
                                                 centration of the two pesticides. (The tree was
                                                 located where it blocked a neighbor's view  of a
                                                 lake.
'15/75
TX
30 Hereford
cattle affected;
15 dead, pasture
contaminated
2,4-0
                                                .A cattle owner reported that 30  cows were
                                                 affected  and  15  expired  as  a  result  of  a
                                                 herbicide  application  to  an  adjacsnt maize
                                                 field.  According  to  a veterinary report  on
                                                 6/17,  a "fair  amount*  of  wind  was blowing,
                                                 carrying spray drift onto a  field in  which  over
                                                 100 cattle were  pastured.  Noxious  weeds in
                                                 the pasture  included  fireweed,  silver  leaf
                                                 nightshade, and cocklebur  (the latter two in
                                                 the thorny stage). Three cows expired on 6/15,
                                                 one on 6/16,  and one on 6/17. At the time of
                                                 the veterinary report, 20 cattle were reported
                                                .to be stiTI affected with emaciation, dyspnea,
                                                 diarrhea,  and  pronounced   cyanosis.  A  field
                                                 diagnosis of acute nitrate  toxicfty was made.
                                                 A quantttatived nitrate test was requested. A
                                                 level of 3,560 ppm nitrates in fire weeds grow-
                                                 ing near the farmhouse was reported on 5/18;
                                                 this was considered a "dangerous* level. Pas-
                                                 ture  vegetation contained  730 ppm. On  the
                                                 basis of a negative ONP (Diphenylamine  blue)
                                                 test  on ocular fluid from  a cow,  it  was con

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                                                 sidered unlikely that the arrim al died of nitrate
                                                 poisoning.   A necropsy on  the cow indicated
                                                 lesions  and  changes not indicative  of any par-
                                                 ticular  condition; pulmonary emphysema  was
                                                 present, suggesting the possibility  of  solanum
                                                 (nightshade)  poisoning.  Nitrate  tests  results
                                                 reported on 5/22 revealed 540  ppm  and  820
                                                 ppra in rumen contents of two cows, 3,390 ppm
                                                 in pasture  weeds,  and 31,760  ppm in  weeds
                                                 near the farmhouse.  Three  more cattle were
                                                 reported dead by 6/18. Necropsy on a second
                                                 animal  yielded results similar to the  previous
                                                 necropsy. Solanum poisoning  was  suspected,
                                                 and  it  was  also stated that the lung lesions
                                                 could possibly be due  to inhalation of a noxious
                                                 substance. It could not be determined  if pesti-
                                                 cide was the cause of death.
/IS/76
          Crop dam aged
          (grapes)
717/75
WA
Crop damaged
(90 acres grapes)
2,4-0


During  an  undescribed herbicide application,
loose spray hose connections resulted in severe
dam age to a grape crop.

2,4-0


In an undescribed agricultural incident, herbicide
symptoms were noted on 90 acres of grapes.
717/76
          Crop damaged
          (grapes)
                     2,4-0


                     In  an  undescribed  agricultural incident,  100
                     acres of grapes displayed herbicide damage.
/IS/76
UT
1 human affected
2,4-0
2,4,5-TP

A child less than 5 years old remained asymp-
tomatic  after an  oral exposure  to  the herbi-
cide in a home-related incident.
719/76-
          Crop damaged
          (cotton)
                     2,4-0


                     Herbicide symptoms in 9.6  acres  of cotton
                     were suspected to have resulted from an aerial
                     application   of   herbicide   to  a  neighbor's
                     property. Administrative action involving  reg-
                     ulatory violations was initiated.

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g/23/76
MN
Unspecified
2,4-0
Trffluralin
+ 2 others
In an undescribed agricultural incident, a fire
occurred involving pesticides.
fi/25/76
MI
Crop affected
(grapes)
2,4-0 (amine)

Drift from a ground application of herbicide to
corn affected plants in an adjacent vineyard to
varying degrees.
6/29/76
WA
Crop damaged
(grapes)
2,4-0

Drift from  an aerial  application of herbicide
dam aged 25 acres of grapes.
fi/30/76
           Crop affected
           (buckwheat)
                     2,4-0 (ester)

                     Drift from  an aerial application of herbicide
                     to a pasture was suspected of affecting  a 10-
                     acre  buckwheat crop.  Evidence was  insuffi-
                     cient to support  a claim  of  misuse  by  the
                     applicator.
7/00/75
10
Crop damaged
(grapes)
 2,4-0


 A  vineyard  was  severely damaged by  drift
 and/or volatilization  of  herbicide  which  was
 aerially applied to grain fields in the area. A
 local  newspaper  article reported  that  grape
 leaves were distorted with dry, blistered  sur-
 faces; damage was light in some grape  varie-
 ties and severe in others.
7/06/75
CA
1 hum an received
m edical attention
 2,4-0
 Bromacfl
 Pentachlorophenol
 Petroleum distillate
 A  40-year-old  sanitation plant  gardener was
 unfamiliar  with a sprayer and was sprayed in
 the  eyes  during  a  hand  application.  The
 sprayer had no nozzle when pressure was ap-
 plied.

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(10/76
HE
Fish IriTl (brook
trout), water
contaminated
  2,4-0
  Azinphos methyl

  Immediately following a ground application  of
  pesticides on  oats, the  spray  equipment was
  cleaned near a $ok.  Runoff from heavy rains
  washed the sprayer rinse water into the brook.
  Fishermen reported that brook trout up to  10
  Inches in length  were  killed.   Because the
  brook was heavily  silted  at the time of inspec-
  tion, no estimate of the size and extent of the
  kill could be m ade.
'12/76
HI
1 human received
medical attention
02/76
HA
1 human
hospitalized
  2,4-0
  2,4,5-T

  An adult  male developed a back  pain  2 days
  after being in contact with the pesticide solu-
  tion at work.  He sought advice from a poison
  Inform atlon center.

  2,4-0 (sodium salt)


  A 31-year-old fern ale, who  had been drinking,
  placed 3 - 4 tsp of dry chemical (granular) in a
  glass  of  beer and  drank  it. Her attending
  physician   reported   that   the  woman   was
  brought to the hospital emergency room  within
  an  hour of the  incident. No  symptoms were
  evident when she arrived at the hospital. She
  was given ipecac followed by  activated char-
  coal.  Mo further problems developed from the
  ingestion.  The herbicide had besn  stored on a
  shelf in the home for some time prior to the
  suicide attempt.
05/75
WA
 Ornamental plants
 affected
. 2,4-0


  Drift from  an aerial application  of  herbicide
  affected ornamental  plants in an undescribed
 • agricultural incident.
                  CA
          1 human received
          medical attention
                     2,4-0
                     Petroleum distillate
                     Pentachlorophenol
                     Bromacfl

                     In an  agricultural incident,  a  disconnected
                     hose caused a 15-year-cld spray rig operator
                     to be sprayed 1n the face and eyes with the
                     herbicide. The youth had worked for 3 hours

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                                                 with the pesticide and  wore gloves; no safety
                                                 equipment was required by the product label.
                                                 He was treated for contact dermatitis of the
                                                 face and eyes with Vasocon ophthalmic drops,
                                                 60  gm  K analog cream  0.025,  and  a third
                                                 ra etflcation (unspecified).
r/22/76
FL
1 human
hospitalized
2,4-0 famine)
MSMA
Oil
A 39-year-old white m ale spray rig operator at
a recreational facility  developed nausea  and
dizziness after spraying all day with a mixture
of 1% gallon 51J.9S  MSMA,  1H quart 51.1 X
2,4-0 (amine),  and 3  gallons of  oil in  300
gallons  water. He was taken to  a  hospital
where he  was noted  to have  non-constrictive
pupils, blood pressure 120/90, and a pulse of
120.  Some heart palpitations and fibrillation
were noted in  an examination.  An  electro-
cardiogram  revealed  atricular fibrillation, oc-
casional premature junctional  beat, and super-
ventricular  tachycardia. The  worker reported
chest discomfort.  His  heart  rate remained
elevated on 7/23; at 10:15 p.m. on that date
his heart rate was 150,  lasting for 45 minutes.
The worker received QJ  mg  digoxin at 10:30
p.m.  on  7/22,  and 0.25 mg  at  10  a.ra.  the
following  morning. He  was much improved by
the afternoon.  Cholinesterase levels  were 0.3
jjH/hr in RBC and 0.9  jjH/hr in plasma, both
within normal limits.
f/27/76
ID
1 human affected,
locust trees
affected
2,4-0
                                                  Residents  of  two homes reported respiratory
                                                  stress (1 person) and damage to trees in their
                                                  yard  after an  aerial applicator  sprayed the
                                                  herbicide on wheat fields (80 acres) across the
                                                  road from  one residence on 7/27/76, between 3
                                                  and 9 a,m.  A  survey of the site on 8/2/76
                                                  determined that there was some type of herbi-
                                                  cide damage to the trees in the yard and to
                                                  the trees in a neighbor's yard. Srapes in a yard
                                                  were not affected. The  applicator stated that
                                                  the application  was made at a rate of 1/2 to
                                                  3/4 pt/acre.  The field  was very  weedy and
                                                  there  was no evidence of herbicide damage to
                                                  the weeds in the wheat field.

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S/ll/76
UT
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)
In a home incident, a child under 5 years old
spiTIed  a  2,4-0  herbicide on  his  skin  and
developed some  irritation. A poison control
center was called for information.
1/13/75
WA       Crop damaged
          (potatoes)
                     2,4-0


                     Damage to a potato crop was presumed to be
                     due to drift from a herbicide application.
1/16/76
IX
Crop damaged
(cotton)
2,4-0


Slight   to   severe  hormonal-type  herbicide
effects on a 390-acre  cotton  crop were  sus-
pected  to have resulted from  an aerial appli-
cation (certified applicator) to  mflo.
1/17/75
TX
Crop damaged
(cotton)
1/17/75
WA
Raspberries
dam aged
2,4-5


Slight  to  severe  hormonal-type  herbicide
effects on a 100-acre  cotton  crop were  sus-
pected  ta have resulted from  an aerial treat-
ment (certified  applicator) of  mflo  1  mile
distant.

2,4-0
2,4,5-T

An individual reported that an  application (un-
described) of  the herbicide had damaged  her
raspberries. The  woman  was  referred to  a
county  agent.
1/20/76
WA        Crop dam aged
           Dentils)
                     2,4-0
                                                  Damage to 3QS of a lentil field was caused by
                                                  herbicide    drift   from     an   unspecified
                                                  application.
^5/75
WA
Crop damaged
(grapes)
 2,4-0


 The  source of  herbicide  which  damaged  a
 vineyard could not be determined.

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 /28/7S
WA
Crop damaged
(mint)
2,4-0
              /
A  mint crop which was to be aerially sprayed
with kelthane  was  mistakenly sprayed  with
2,4-0.
B/02/76
« A       Crop affected
          (90 acres lentils)
                     2,4-0

                     Drift from  an aerial  application of herbicide
                     to a neighbor's pasture affected a lentil crop.
5/03/76
W A       Crop affected
          (beets)
                     2,4-0

                     Herbicide spray drift affected 3 acres of a 10-
                     acre beet field.
1/05/76
WA
Crop damaged
(pears)
2,4-0
                                                  Phenoxy-type herbicide dam age to a pear crop
                                                  was suspected to be due to 2,4-0. The damage
                                                  included  twisted  stems  and  wrinkling  of
                                                  leaves.
1/05/76
UT
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)

In a home incident, a 2-year-old boy was left
unattended for a moment  while  herbicide was
being  mixed. The  child then  was found  with
herbicide on his hands and  face;  whether he
consumed  any was undetermined.   A  poison
control center advised the parents to observe
the   child  for   symptoms;   no  symptoms
developed.
J/05/75
TX
 Crop damaged
 (82 acres cotton)
 2,4-0


 Slight to severe hormonal-type herbicide dam-
 age to cotton  was suspected to have resulted
 from  an aerial treatment of mile by a certi-
 fied applicator.
1/03/76
10
 1 human
 hospitalized
 2,4-0


 In a home suicide attempt, a young man inten-
 tionally ingested 2,4-0; he did not die.

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                  UT
/C8/76
WA
          1 human received
          medical attention
Water supply
contaminated
2,4-0

In a  home  incident, a  2-year-old  child was
suspected of  ingesting  herbicide  which had
been  mixed  for  weed  control.  The  parents
called a  poison control  center for  advice. No
treatment  was given and  the child remained
asymptomatic.


2,4-0

In an agricultural incident, helicopters conta-
minated  an  individual's  water  supply  while
spraying  herbicide on timber.
/IS/76
SC
Trees damaged (3
pecan, 5 pine, 3
live oak), home
gardens dam aged
(field peas, sugar
cane, sweet potatoes)
2,4-0
2,4-0 (ester)
                                                A  certified  aerial applicator applied herbicide
                                                to.com. Wind drift and high  humidity resulted
                                                in  damage  to   trees  and  home  vegetable
                                                gardens. Pecans  from  damaged  trees  were
                                                reported to  have an  "off*  taste, pine trees
                                                displayed   yellow  needles,  and   leaf   kiTI
                                                occurred on Tive  oak trees. Approximately 200
                                                feet of a row of field peas was damaged along
                                                with 100-foot lengths of sugar cane and sweet
                                                potatoes (killed).
19/76
HI
1 hum an affected
2,4-0 (amine)
2,4,5-TP (aroine)
MSMA
Oicamba (amine)

An adult  male inhaled the herbicides while he
was applying them in his yard. He reported he
did 'not feel right;" he felt lightheaded and
"woozy."
                  WA       Water
                            contaminated
                               2,4-0 (diethanolamine)
                               2,4-0 (ester)
                               Oiuron
                               Amitrole
                               Coppersutfate
                               Diquat dibromide
                               2,4,5-T (ester)
                               2,4,5-T

                               A  total of 8 applications  of  herbicides were
                               made throughout a 6-month period to a spring-
                               fed lake. The lake supplied drinking  water to

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j/04/76
          Trees damaged
          (2 pecan, 6 live
          oak, 8 shade)
1/14/76
CA
1 human
hospitalized
1/24/76
ID
1 human received
medical attention
20  -  30  people.   Samples  were taken; the
results were not reported.   That there were
several   violations  of  label  directions  was
noted.

2,4-0
2,4,5-T
Picloram
Herbicides  were  applied  by helicopter to
rangeland for brush control.  Symptoms were
severe on the pecan and live oak  trees and
slight on the shade trees.


2,4-0


An 18-month-cld  child  "mouthed"  a  cup  in
which 2,4-0 had been  mixed 1  to  2  months
prior to incident.   The  child's  stomach was
pumped and laboratory tests were planned.


2,4-0
Bromacfl
PCP
+ other (unspecified)

At 10:30  a.m.  a  correctional   officer (non-
certified applicator)  was sprayed in the face
and eyes when a sprayer handle came apart as
he was checking and adjusting the equipment.
His eyes were flushed within 2-3 minutes.
Within  H  hour  he  developed cramps  and  a
headache. He went to an  emergency room at 1
p.m.,  where  his  eyes  were washed   again.
Staining  of the  eyes  revealed  no  further
damage.   No treatment was  administered for
the cramps or headache, and no one asked to
look  at  the pesticide label which  the  officer
brought  with  him to the hospital.   The man
was much improved by 5  p.m. and was  able to
return to work the following day.
2/04/75
TX
1 human received
B edical attention
 2,4-0
. 2,4,5-TP
 In a home incident, a 2-year-old male ingested
 an unknown amount  of the herbicide. "There
 were no symptoms or treatment.
3/00/77
           W ater contaminated   2,4-0
                               Two 5-gaTlon herbicide solution cans  were
                               found in an old water-fined gravel pit within a
                               park.  Divers  removed the  cans  and  other
                               debris.

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3/00/77
CA
2 humans received
medical attention,
building
contaminated
2,4-0
2,4,5-TP
2,4,5-T

In a home incident, two individuals became 1TI
the day after a helicopter applied pesticides to
a nearby  field.  Symptoms  included  fatigue,
sore throat, and difficulty in breathing.
1/00/77
10
3 cattle dead,
hay contaminated
 2,4-0

 Three cows  expired in a pasture near a field
 which had been  aerially sprayed  with  herbi-
 cide- A  blood  sample was  negative for 2,4-D
 ester. Results of screening  for nitrates, heavy
 metals,   and  other   pesticides   were   not
 reported. Hay was reported contaminated.
i/27/77
           W ater contaminated
                     2,4-0
                     2,4,5-T

                     A spring-fed tributary was contaminated sig-
                     nificantly when a ground application for weed
                     control  was  made along a roadside right-cf-
                     way by  a county  public works  agency. It was
                     reported that spraying in, over, and  around
                     flowing  water was a gross violation of  applica-
                     tion. Pictures and samples were taken by  an
                     ecology department.
1/28/77
WA
Vegetation, berry
bushes affected,
water contaminated
 2,4-0  (ester)
 2,4,5-T (ester)

 A road crew  ground-sprayed along a right-of-
 way; three citizens complained of the spray on
 property  bordering the  road.  Positive  levels
 were  found in vegetation and  water samples.
 2,4,5-T  was  found in drainage  water  which
 flowed into a lake (500 yards away). The spray
 zone  extended  across  the  30-foot highway
.roadside ease sent and onto the adjoining  pri-
 vate properties. An oily, smelly  material  was
 evident on the roadside vegetation during an
 examination and an oily  residue was visible in
 the constant run-off  which dripped down the
 sides  of the roadway into the drainage ditch.
 Blackberries  along the  road  were  contami-
 nated. There were  no  known poisonings or
 major damage; the issue  in the forefront was
 the  spraying  of  private  property  without

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                                                 authorization. Results of laboratory analysis
                                                 for 2,4-0  and 2,4,5-T in  three vegetation and
                                                 one water sample were (a) 146 ppm 2,4-0 and
                                                 119 ppm 2,4,5-T, (b) 118 ppm 2,4-D  and 93
                                                 ppm  2,4,5-T, (c)  123 ppm  2,4-0  and 90 ppm
                                                 2,4,5-T, and  (d) 2JL ppb 2,4-0 and 0.36 ppb
                                                 2,4,5-T (water sample).
2/11/77
OR
Water contaminated
2,4-0
2,4,5-T
A  fiber  company  aerially sprayed  about 4
hours on  the morning of the incident. During
this operation a watershed for 25+ homes and
some private property was sprayed, Investiga-
tion  of the claim was planned, and soil, water
and vegetation samples were,  to  be analyzed.
Results were not reported.
2/28/77
WA
Highway
contaminated
2,4-0

A truck load shifted  while in transit, spilling
ninety-two 5-gallon drums and  one 30-gaflon
drum  of liquid  herbicide onto the highway. A
road crew quickly absorbed the sniTl with sand,
preventing ft from escaping  into  a  drainage
ditch along the  roadway.  No  contamination of
ground water  was  expected  as  the chemical
was biodegradable.
3/19/77
CA
1 hum an received
medical attention
2,4-0

In an agricultural incident, a gardener working
with 2,4-0 got some in  his eye. Diagnosis was
chemical irritation.
3/22/77
MN
Unspecified
2,4-0
Oicamba
Bromoxyrril
Barb an
C arton tetrachloride
C arton disulfide
Ethylene dichloride
Ethylene dibromide
HCPA

Ho impact  was reported for  an  agricultural
ffre involving six products.

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J4/00/77
OH
1 hum an received
medical attention
2,4-0 (amine)
Oicamba (araine
Bensullde
A lawn  service company (certified applicator)
ground-sprayed a lawn with herbicide. A child
less  than 5 years old with  known  allergies
played on the  lawn after the  spray had  dried.
The  child 'experienced  undescribed  effects
which a physician  could not identify  as  pesti-
cide-related.
|4/ll/77
UT
1 hum an received
in edical attention
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)
The  parents of a male child (under 5 years of
age)   hand-treated  their   lawn   with   a
fertilizer/herbicide-  Approximately  2 hours
later the child  was playing in the yard  and
subsequently became "swollen and red."  He
was  suspected of having rubbed herbicide Into
his  eye. The   local  poison  control  center
advised irrigation  wtth  water and  was later
informed that the symptoms had cleared.  The
actual cause of the irritation  was not deter-
mined.
H/18/77
NJ
1 hum an received
medical attention
2,4-D (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)
In a home incident, a  child under 5 years of
age ingested an unknown amount of the herbi-
cidal  solution.   The child was treated  in the
poison  control center emergency  room;  no
symptoms or toxic effects were observed.
fyla/77
           1 human received
           medical attention
                     2,4-0 (ester)
                     2,4,5-TP (ester)
                     An adult male (homeowner) applied the herbi-
                     cides in  a hand-spray operation  and experi-
                     enced skin exposure  when  the wind  shifted,
                     blowing spray back onto him.  Approximately
                     10-12 hours after exposure, he began voratt-
                     ing and had a slight fever;  he sought medical
                     help. The  attending  physician  reported  that
                     the vomiting  continued after 8 hours, and felt
                     that  a viral  infection  was the cause of the
                     distress as the symptoms were not consistent
                     with the exposure described.

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34/20/77
WA       Crop affected
          (alfalfa)
                     2,4-0

                     Drift from an aerial  application of herbicide
                     affected  alfalfa  which  was  to be  used  as
                     livestock feed.
04/21/77
CA
1 hum an received
n edical attention
2,4-0
2.4,5-T
A  man "Hying in a forest area became iTI after
an   aerial  pesticide   application  (low-level
spraying)  was  made. Pesticide poisoning was
suspected.
04/23/77
UT
1 human affected
04/23/77
UT
1 hum an affected
2,4-0 (amine)
2,4,5-TP (ester)
A 3-year-old child ingested a small amount of
the herbicide while playing at home. He devel-
oped no  illness or symptoms  of pesticide poi-
soning.

2,4-0 (amine)
2,4,5-TP (ester)
A  child  (over 5 years  of age)  played on a
recently hand-treated lawn. Her feet became
red  and irritated but cleared  after  she was
washed  with water.
[04/25/77
UT
1 hum an affected
2,4-0 (amine)
2,4,5-TP (ester)
In a ho m e incident, a m other found her  sir all
son (under 5 years of age) with the pesticide
on his hands and in his  hair. It was suspected
he might have ingested a small amount. He did
not develop  any illness or symptoms of pesti-
cide poisoning.
P4/25/77
UT
1 human affected
2,4-D (amine)
2,4,5-TP (ester)
A child under  5 years of age developed swol-
len, red eyes  and a rash  on  her  legs after
playing on  the front lawn  of the  apartment
building in  which  she lived.  The landlord  had
hand-treated the  lawn the  previous day with
the chemical. The mother washed the girl  and
irrigated  her eyes. The symptoms  eventually
disappeared. It was  possible that  either  the
fertilizer or the  herbicide could have  caused
the discomfort.

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04/26/77
CA
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4-OP (ester)
A  21-year-old  male  ground applicator was
spraying  brush  In  a  park  and  accidentally
sprayed the caff of his leg. The doctor was not
able  to determine  whether the observed skin
inflammation reaction was from the herbicide
or poison oak.
34/27/77
IN
Pavement
contaminated
2,4-0 (amine)

In a transportation incident, a 55-gaHon drum
of herbicide fell off a  truck, resulting  in  a
spiTI.  Since the area adjacent to the spill  was
strip mined, no environmental  damage was ex-
pected. The nearest residence was located  h
mile from the spiTI. It appeared  that most of
the herbicide soaked into the pavement.
34/28/77
UT
3 humans received
m edical attention
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)

A  woman who allowed her three grandchildren
(less than 5 years old) to play on her lawn was
unaware that the trailer court had been hand-
sprayed with herbicide.  When the- woman found
out about the  application, she bathed the chil-
dren and called a poison control  center. The
children re m ained asy m pto m atic.
J4/30/77
           1 dog treated
                     2,4,-Q (amine)
                     Qicamba (amine)
                     MCPP (amine)
                     After a certified  commercial  applicator made
                     a ground application  of  herbicide to  a home
                     lawn, a pet dog (Great Dane) displayed abdom-
                     inal pain, shaking, and emesis. A veterinarian
                     administered atropine and  BAL. The  dog re-
                     covered  with few or  no  aftereffects. The
                     exact cause of illness could  not be determined.
                     The dog's owner felt that the dog had not been
                     poisoned by  any  other  means as It had  been
                     confined to the yard.
54/30/77
 UT
1 hum an received
m edical attention
2,4-0 (amine)
2,4,5-TP (ester)

A  boy was  helping to  apply (by hand)  the
herbicide in a field  when he was hit in the eye
with a  pellet  of the  granular  formulation.

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                                                 Several hours later the eye became irritated
                                                 and red and the boys vision was blurred.  The
                                                 eye was Irrigated  and antibiotics administered
                                                 at an emergency room of a local hospital.   No
                                                 further problems developed after discharge.
 5/01/77
UT
I human affected
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)
A  2-year-old splashed some of the herbicide
into his eye at home. The eye was irrigated for
several minutes but stiTI  became slightly  red
and irritated.  The eye was irrigated  later in
the evening and the eye eventually returned to
norm al.
5/01/77
TX
Crop dam aged
(cotton)
2,4-0


Herbicide was ground-applied along a  fence
row  by the owner of an 31-acre cotton crop.
Phenoxy  herbicide symptoms were most severe
adjacent to the treated fence  row, and less
severe aw ay front the fence.
5/02/77
UT
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)

In a home incident, a 16-month-old girl spitted
the pesticide from  its can. Ingestion  was not
determined.  The child was given ipecac (ad-
vised  by a pesticide  control  center);  she
vomited, and showed no ill effects.
                   UT
          1 human received
          medical attention
                     2,4-0


                     A 3-year-old girl developed a  high fever and
                     rash after having been in a home garden  being
                     sprayed (non-certified applicator) the day be-
                     fore. Exposure was not certain. A poison con-
                     trol  center  referred  the  parents  to  their
                     family physician.
5/04/77
UT
1 human affected
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)

An 18-month-old girl was suspected of putting
a treated plant leaf into her mouth at home.
Later  in  the  day she developed a fever. Be-
cause she had had prior cold symptoms, it was
judged  unlikely  that  the  pesticide  was the
cause.

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WA
                             Crop damaged
                    2,4-0 (amine)
                    Dicamba (amine)
                    Herbicides were the suspected cause of dam-
                    age to a  pea field. Plants were  curling and
                    sa aH plants dying.
5/04/77
WA       Crops damaged
          (grapes)
                    2,4-0

                    The  source of herbicide damage  to  a  50-acre
                    vineyard could not be determined. Terminal
                    leaves appeared to have been hit recently.
5/06/77
MA       Ornamental, fruit
          trees, bushes
          dam aged
                    2,4-0
                                                 In  an agricultural  incident, ornamental frees,
                                                 fruit trees, and surrounding neighbors' bushes
                                                 were  damaged  in  an undescrifaed  manner by
                                                 herbicide.
5/07/77
UT
1 hum an affected
2,4-0 (amine)
A  woman was squirted in the eye as she was
spraying  the herbicide by hand.  The eye be-
came slightly irritated.  There were no  other
symptoms.
5/08/77
          1 human received
          medical attention
                    2,4-0 (sodium salt)


                    A 6-year-old»girl claimed  that  she  had poi-
                    soned  herself accidentally  with  a 2,4-0  car-
                    tridge when her grandmother left her unat-
                    tended for a moment during a lawn application
                    (hand). A  poison control  center advised that
                    she be washed and given milk and clear fluids.
                    No symptoms or problems developed.
'/09/77
          1 hum an received
          m edical attention
                     2,4-0 (ester)
                     2,4,5-T

                     A 27-month-old  child  put the  contaminated
                     nozzle of a spray bottle (attached to a garden
                     hose) in  her  mouth. She  later  developed a
                     bloody nose and her temperature rose to 102 .
                     At a hospital emergency  room, ipecac  was
                     administered  with  good results.  A  physician
                     indicated later that the child had a sinus/ear
                     infection which caused the symptoms.

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                            1 hum an received
                            medical attention
                              2,4-0

                              An aoult apparently inhaled the herbicide dur-
                              ing a ground application around a home area.
                              The applicator was not certified.
                  WA
          Crop dam aged
          (alfalfa)
                    2,4-0 (amine)
                    Dicamba (amine)
                    Drift from  an  aerial application of herbicide
                    damaged 3 acres of alfalfa.
/19/77
MN
1 dog affected
2,4-0
A pet dog was orally exposed to the herbicide
in an undescribed home incident.
i/19/77
MO
Ornamental trees
killed (1 golden
rain), damaged (1
catalpa, 6 walnut,
Chinese elms,
spruce)shrubbery,
home gardens
damaged, crops
dam aged (com,
wheat)
2,4-0
                                                 A property owner reported that on the morn-
                                                 ing  of 5/19 (7 - 8  a.m.)  a cur Lined aerial
                                                 applicator sprayed 2,4-0  at a rate  of 1 Ib/acre
                                                 on a neighbor's pasture located across the road
                                                 to the south. The target pest  was musk thistle.
                                                 According to the property  owner,  wind  was
                                                 blowing from the southeast at 5  mph at 7 a.m.
                                                 and had increased to 10 mph by noon, resulting
                                                 in "considerable* drift damage to walnut, elm,
                                                 spruce trees,  garden  crops, shrubbery,  and
                                                 field  crops such as com and wheat.  He  also
                                                 stated that the applicator  had continued  to
                                                 spray while making turns over his  yard. Based
                                                 upon  the opinion of  a local  extension agent,
                                                 the property owner  expected  that the corn
                                                 would recover  (if it  did not break off), and
                                                 that some of  the garden  plants,  shrubs and
                                                 shade trees would die. An investigation identi-
                                                 fied  damage  on most  of the  trees  in the
                                                 property owner's yard. A golden rain tree was
                                                 dead;  a  cat alp a and six  walnut  trees were
                                                 severely injured. Somerefoliation  was evident,
                                                 with new growth appearing around the bases of
                                                 dead  branches. Several other neighbors incur-

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                                                red  tree  damage as a result of spraying, in-
                                                cluding damage to Chinese elms and walnuts.
                                                One neighbor  reported  that  the spray  plane
                                                was flying too high (200 feet) during applica-
                                                tion. The outcome of the investigation was not
                                                reported.
flQ/77
NJ
4 humans involved,
bird
2,4-0
2,4,5-T (ester)
A  resident near  a  power company's right-of-
way area reported several dead birds following
a herbicide application to the area. The spray
contained 2 Ib 2,4-0/2 lb 2,4,5-T/gal. Approxi-
mately 50 gallons were used per day on 3 to 6
running  acres, The  application  was  a  spot
treatment to  brush vegetation  with  a back-
pack sprayer.  A strong odor which lasted sev-
eral hours was apparent in the  complainant's
home. The resident was advised  to  wash  chil-
drerrs toys exposed in the application 50 to 60
feet from the play area.   A family dog  was
seen catching  and injuring two birds. A  follow-
up investigation confirmed  a negative impact,
Children were playing  near the area  but did
not appear affected.
                  UT
          1 human affected
/23/T7
           Crop damaged
           (cotton)
£4/77.
WA
Crop damaged
(carrot seed)
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)
A 10-month-old girl sucked on a green apricot
that "may"  have been  exposed to the  herbi-
cide. About 5 hours later, she began vomiting.
Because of the time lag and the low dosage, it
was felt that the pesticide  was not the causa-
tive agent.

2,4-0

A  36-acre  cotton  field  was damaged  by a
ground  application  of herbicide to a pasture.
Cotton  nearest  the treated pasture exhibited
in oderate to severe effects.

2,4-0
Oicamba(amTne)

An entire field  (1H acres) of carrot seeds was
damaged   by  an   aerial   application   of
herbicides.

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[0/24/77
UT
pS/01/77
TX
06/01/77
WA
P/02/77
FL
1 hum an received
medical attention
Crop damaged
(cotton)
Crop affected
(grapes)
Ornamental trees
dam aged (40 acres
oak), ornamental
bushes, garden
damaged
16/03/77
WA
1 human
hospitalized
2,4-0

A  child  played on  a lawn  previously  hand-
treated earlier in  the day with a pressurized
herbicide product.  He developed a rash  on his
face  and  legs, but  no  other  symptoms.  A
poison  control  center  advised  that  he  be
bathed thoroughly.


2,4-0 (ester)

Herbicide was  ground-applied to a fence row
adjacent to a neighbor's 20-acre cotton field.
Severe phenoxy herbicide effects were present
on 1/8  acre of the  cotton. The  person who
applied the herbicide also incurred an unspeci-
fied  amount of cotton damage on  his own
property.


2,4-0
Dicamba (aroine)

Drift from  an undescribed herbicide  applica-
tion  affected the terminal shoots of 30 acres
of Concord grapes.


2,4-0 (amine)
Monocrotophos
 When a  certified  aerial applicator sprayed a
 com  field, herbicide  drift  damaged 40  oak
 trees, a  garden,  and  ornamental  bushes  on
 adjacent property.

 2,4-0
 Dicamba
 An agricultural spray rig operator inhaled the
 chemical  for  approximately  1   hour  while
 spraying in a wind.  The exact time cr amount
 of exposure was not known.  The worker was
 hospitalized wtth a sore throat, sore face, and
 •newly developed cough, and  was  discharged
 after 10 days.  He was back at work at the last
 report (7/20).
16/03/77
 WA        Crop dam aged
           (alfalfa)
                     2,4-0


                     Orlft  from an undescribed  herbicide applica-
                     tion to a wheat field was suspected of damag-
                     ing  a  neighbor's  alfalfa  crop (3-4  acres).
                     Because  the  alfalfa  had  already been  har-
                     vested by the time the incident was reported,

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^04/77
UT
1 hum an affected
,'06/77
UT
1 human affected
                  UT
          1 human affected
/C7/77
UT
1 human received
medical attention
an  investigation  was  unable to  locate any
phenoxy-hcrmone herbicide  symptoms. It was
thought that the dam age might have been due
to heavy frosts which had occurred around 5/1.


2,4-0 (amine)
Dicamba (amine)
M C PP (amine)
A  3-year-old  male  licked  a  spoon that had
been  used  to  measure  the  pesticides in the
home. His mouth and face were washed and he
was given liquids. He was asymptomatic and
rem ained so on f oTlow-up (6/9/77).

2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)

A  27-year-old woman worked in a home garden
which had  been treated  2  days earlier. She
forgot to  wash her  hands and became nause-
ated and vomited some  time later.  On follow-
up, it was found that she had had the  flu"  at
the time.  Also, she  had been  wearing gloves;
they  had  small  holes.  Evidence of pesticide
exposure was minimal.

2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)

An 8-year-old male drank less than one  swal-
low" from  a container  of dilute pesticide  (1
tbs/gal). The container was empty except for a
few drops  of  residue when the  child gained
access to  it in a neighbor's garage. The child
reported that  he spit out most of the solution
and that his mouth and throat burned.  He was
given fluids and observed. No symptoms devel-
oped  on follow-up (5/10/77).


2,4-0


A 1-year-old male drank from a  cup which had
been  used  to  measure 63«  2,4-0  and to add
water to the solution. The child was asympto-
matic but a  poison control  center  advised
emesis  which was successful  15  -  30  minutes
'after the incident. The  child  was asymptoma-
tic on follow-up.
/08/77
UT
1 hum an affected
 2,4-0
 2,4,5-T

 A 24-year-old  man  got a  small  amount  of
 herbicide in his left eye  during a hand applica-
 tion in an unspecified location. He irrigated

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                                                  the eye  and experienced  mfld  "stinging and
                                                  blurred  vision." On 6/23/77  in  a  follow-up
                                                  phone caT!, it was determined that his eye was
                                                  in good condition and there had been no other
                                                  symptoms.
jlS/10/77
TX
Crop damaged
(cotton)
2,4-0


A ground  application  of herbicide to an adja-
cent corn field was suspected of causing slight
to severe hormonal-type effects in  a 50-acre
cotton crop.
                    UT
          1 human affected
                    2,4-0 (ester)
                    2,4,5-TP (ester)
                    A 2-year-old  male  child  was found spraying
                    the  herbicides from  a prepared  mix (dilute)
                    onto  a. lawn.  The aerosol mist contacted his
                    face  and lips and  he said  that it tasted
                    funny." The child was asymptomatic for any
                    poisoning and  he and his clothes were washed
                    thoroughly.  A follow-up telephone can deter-
                    mined that the  child  had no  fTl effects or
                    complaints.
N/U/77
WA
Home garden
affected
2,4-0


Drift from  an  aerial application of herbicide
affected  a  home garden  in an  undescribed
incident.
N/13/77
WA        Home garden
           damaged
                     2,4-0


                     Drift from  an aerial application  of  herbicide
                     (certified  applicator)  damaged  a  3/4-acre
                     home garden. Approximately 22 of the garden
                     was severely  damaged;  the  remaining 98X
                     recovered.
                    CA
           1 hum an received.
           m edical attention
                     2,4-0
                     Slyphcsate

                     A 21-year-old  male spray rig operator sprayed
                     weeds on  a farm with herbicides for 8 - 10
                     hours  per day throughout the  summer.  The
                     worker  wore  an reared  safety equipment,
                     including  coverans,  a  hat  and  gloves.  He

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                                                   developed nausea and a headache which he felt
                                                   might be related to pesticides.  The worker's
                                                   physician attributed  the symptoms to flu. The
                                                   worker lost no time from the job. and received
                                                   no treatm ent.
 P6/16/77
WA
1 human
hospitalized
2,4-0


A  woman was hospitalized on 6/13/77 follow-
ing drift of the  herbicide from a  neighbor's
yard (hand- spray  application on 6/16/77).  Her
doctor felt that her advanced  restrictive  and
obstructive   pulmonary   disease   had  been
worsened  by exposure to the  pesticide.  He
cautioned that she should avoid any exposure
to all noxious elements  to protect  her  lungs.
Follow-up  indicated  that her  condition  was
worsened  after the exposure.  The  physician
advised the woman to avoid further contact
with sprays and other  noxious elements  in the
air in order to prevent aggravation of her lung
disease.  No laboratory tests were conducted.
The  woman's  respiratory condition  worsened
after the incident although there  was no fur-
ther exposure.
•5/21/77
WA
1 human
hospitalized
2,4-0


A 41-year-old woman became iTI after a neigh-
bor hand-sprayed his yard with  2,4-0  (4 Ib/gal)
mixed at 2 tsp/gal in a liquid stream from a
window spray bottle. The woman had multiple
sclerosis  and severe allergies. Her  physician
felt that it  was an  allergic response to the
pesticide.  Her symptoms were numbness, loss
of speech coordination, and  muscle spasms to
such an extent that she had to be restrained by
the  responding  ambulance  attendants.  There
was no evidence of physical drift or infraction
of pesticide regulations.
•6/24/77
10
 Home vegetable
 garden affected,
 shrubs affected
 2;4-Q (ester)
                                                    Alleys were bang sprayed by a ground applica-
                                                    tor when the combination of the herbicide and
                                                    weather conditions caused  the chemicals  to

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  ffl
UT
                                                volatilize, resulting in plant damage to a 2-
                                                acre home vegetable garden and shrubs around
                                                the  house area. Samples  were taken  by an
                                                agricultural  department;  results  were  not
                                                available.
2 humans affected    2,4-0
                                                In  a home incident, two 6-year-old children
                                                ingested weeds which had been treated with
                                                herbicide earner in the day. The herbicide had
                                                been diluted at a rate of 4 tbs/gal water. Each
                                                child  consumed  4-6  "cheese weeds."  The
                                                children remained asymptomatic.
  777
WA
Ho me yard
affected
2,4-0

Herbicide drift from an undescribed applica-
tion was suspected of having affected a home
yard.
 ?/77
TX
Crop damaged
(cotton)
2,4-0


A  34-acre  cotton crop  displayed  slight  to
severe hormonal-type herbicide effects  which
were thought to have resulted from  a ground
treatm ent of an adjacent cornfield.
 Q/77
WA
1 human
hospitalized
2,4-0 (ester)
Bromacil
PC?
Petroleum distillate

An industrial grounds worker developed nausea
and vomiting  after hand-spraying a herbicide
product for 3 weeks. He was  hospitalized 3
days;  a physician  noted  that  his  clothes
smefled of herbicide.  The physician felt that
the worker was not poisoned by the herbicide
but that it may  have aggravated an  already-
existing ulcer.
30/77
MN
1 hum an affected
2,4-0
2,4,5-TP

In this undescribed home-related incident, a
female (5 to 16 years old)  was exposed to an
unknown amount of the herbicides.

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 7/00/77
ID
Crap damaged
(2S425 Idaho
Russet potato
plants)
2,4-0 (amine)
Oicaraba(amine)
                                                  Durfng the first part of July a county agency
                                                  ground-applied herbicides  to a  pasture  con-
                                                  taining thistles and along a fence row border-
                                                  ing a potato field. The field was just reaching
                                                  the bloo ming stage; plants along the fence and
                                                  75 rows (75 meters long) inward never devel-
                                                  oped beyond this stage. Affected plants were a
                                                  darker green than  normal wtth twisted growth
                                                  and curled, separated leaves.
17/01/77
ID
1 human
hospitalized
2,4-0

A  farmer  (non-certified  applicator) applied
herbicide to  weeds for 3 days by ground rig.
Two or 3  days after completing the job he
experienced  breathing  difficulty  and intense
chest pain. The first physician  he  consulted
recommended he avoid pesticides for awhile.
When pain  continued, a second physician hospi-
talized him for 1  wesk  whereby he improved
daily. The  worker, a heavy smoker, also  quit
smoking  during his hospitalization.  He  con-
tinued to  Improve  after  discharge  and  was
working (not with pesticide) at last report.
37/02/77
W A        Crop affected
           (grapes)
                     2,4-0
                     2,4-0 (amine)

                     Herbicide  symptoms,  but  no  damage,  were
                     observed on grapes after a ground application.
07/02/77
W A        Crop affected
           (grapes)
                     2,4-0


                     Herbicide symptoms,  but no  damage,  were
                     observed on  grapes  after a ground  application
                     of the pesticide.
fr/02/77
IN         Soil
           contaminated
                     2,4-0
                     2,4,5-TP
                     Oicamba

                     A tank truck containing the pesticide  mixture
                     overturned enroute  to service a  helicopter.
                     Approximately  400 • 500 gallons  of the  mix-
                     ture spilled into  a dry creek bed. The liquid
                     was retained by  a dike, pumped into  another

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                                                 truck,  and   later   applied   by   helicopter.
                                                 Environ mental problems  were judged  to  be
                                                 minimal and  were restricted to the im mediate
                                                 area.
 t32/77
TX
Crop damaged
(cotton}
2,4-0 (amine)

After herbicide was applied by ground rig to
adjacent milo, a 68-acre cotton crop displayed
slight to severe sym ptn ms«
 /04/77
MO
Crop damaged
(cotton)
2,4-0

A  cotton crop  was damaged  by a  herbicide
spray application to an adjoining soybean field.
VC5/77
CA
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0 (amine)


A   17-year-old   m ale  used  a  hand-sprayer
mounted  on a motorcycle to apply herbicide to
weeds in an agricultural incident. The applica-
ton rate was Ih pt/20  gal/acre. The worker
wore all  required safety equipment, including
gloves and coveralls, and had worked approxi-
mately 2 weeks. It was reported that no pesti-
cide came into direct contact with the worker.
While spraying, he developed painful eye irri-
tation.   The pain worsened  as  he continued
spraying  for the remainder  of  the  day.  By
evening,  the pain was extreme, and the worker
sought medical  attention.  A physician made
the diagnosis of  irritation and inflam m ation in
both  eyes,  and  injection of  the conjunctiva.
Treatment  included  irrigation  with  saline,
Oecadron  drops,  and an  eye patch. It  was
learned that the  worker had splashed gasoline
in  his eyes 2 days previously.    A violation
notice was  issued  for  use  of  2,4-0  on  an
expired permit.
7/06/77
UT
1 hum an affected
 2,4-0 (ester)
 2,4,3-TP (ester)

 A 2-year-old boy was found  with a container
 of the product. He had rubbed his eyes with his
 pesticide-contaminated   hands.   His  mother
 washed his eyes, which had become red. There
 were no indications that he had swallowed any
 or  had any  of  ft in his  mouth. The  mother

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                                                 continued eye irrigation and  observation. No
                                                 other symptoms were noted.
ft/08/77
CA
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0 (amine)
Oicaraba (araine)
MCPP (amine)
A .45-year-old  city gardener  drove a pickup
truck with a  50-gaT!on  bean  sprayer in the
back  while his partner  sprayed  a park  lawn
with a hand spray wand at the  end of a 25 - 30
foot hose. The driver, who had  worked  for 6
weeks with an  assortment of  pesticides,  wore
rubber  boots;  no  safety equipment  was re-
quired.  There was reportedly  Itttle or no wind
movement that day, and the- weather was not
hot. The primary route of exposure was inhala-
tion.  The driver began  to Itch  and became
nauseated, and also reported that he had pre-
viously  experienced  headaches while working
with this product. A physician m ade the  diag-
noses of chemical exposure and  contact der-
matitis,  and  administered  an  injection of 1.5
cc  Decadron.  There was no recurrence of
symptoms after the worker was  switched to
another job. It  was suspected the  driver had an
allergic reaction.
67/02/77
UT
1 human affected
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)

A 2-year-cld boy  was  watching his mother
spray weeds. When the sprayer was empty, his
mother laid  down the sprayer and  hose. The
child picked  up the sprayer and  proceeded  to
suck on the end of the tubing which goes into
the container.  The  child's mother  washed his
mouth, gave (rim  milk, and  kept  him  under
observation.      The     child     remained
asymptomatic.
(7/11/77
UA       Crop affected
          (alfalfa)
                    2,4-0 (amine)
                    .Olcamba (amine)

                    Drift from ah undescribed application of her-
                    bicide affected an atfalfa field.
P/15/77
ID
1 hum an received
m edical attention
 2,4-0
 2,4,5-T

 In an agricultural incident, a licensed chemical
 sprayer was  mixing the pesticides when some

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                               splashed onto him  and into a cut on his finger;
                               he washed immediately  after the  exposure.
                               During the afternoon  he developed a rash from
                               his waist to his knees. He was treated by  a
                               physician; the  rash lasted  approximately six
                               days.
                                                                     so on
                                                                     .The
                                                                     were
                                                                     nt of
                                                                     i  the
                                                                     2  en-
VA
Crop damaged
(grapes)
WA
1 human affected;
berry bushes
(1 row raspberries,
1 elderberry bush),
trees dam aged (con-
ifers, cherry)
2,4-D


Drift from  an undescribed application of her-
bicide dam aged one'row of grapes.
2,4-0
2,4,5-T
Oicaraba
                               A pipeline company with an easement through
                               private property had the right-of-way sprayed
                               with a ground spray rig* R aspberry, elderberry
                               and cherry tress  were showing minor damage.
                               A child returned from  picking berries itching
                               extensively. The itching was later determined
                               to  be caused by insects or other factors than
                               the herbicide. The residents of the area com-
                               plained of spray drift. Pnenoxy damage  was
                               observed  on a  five-fact-long  swath in  the
                               middle  of the row  of raspberries nearest the
                               fence at one residence*  Damage was evidenced
                               in  twisted  tips,  dead  leaves  and  curled
                               petioles.  The  bushes  were  recovering  and
                               would  probably be  normal the following year.
                               The damage was on the side of the row facing
                               the fence. Tips  and  branches  on conifers
                               farther down the right-of-way on  other resi-
                               dential property displayed herbicide effects. A
                               large elderberry  tree was severely damaged
                               Berries had been picked  and  made into jelly
                               before  and after spraying.  Whether the  dam-
                               age was caused by dicamba movement to the
                              'root zone or by direct physical drift could not
                               be judged. No action against the company was
                               recommended.
                                                                               >stion
                                                                                by a
                                                                                were
                                                                               Itural
                                                                               tified
                                                                     ed to
                                                                    appli-
                                                                    3f an
                                                                    round
                                                                    :o his
                                                                    which
                                                                    rtoms
                                                                    d the
IN
Water contaminated
2,4-0 (amine)
Water from  a reservoir was  mixed  with  9
gallons of 2,4-0 (amine) to make 1,200 gallons
of spray solution which was loaded onto a lawn
service truck. Two full SS-^aflon barrels of 4
                                                                    s was
                                                                    ipart-

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pu/00/78
TN
Home garden
affected, soil
contaminated
2,4-0
2,4,5-T •
Picloram
A  homeowner reported that a railroad right-
of-way spraying  was adversely affecting his
garden area.   Laboratory analysis  from soil
samples indicated that 2,4-0 and 2,4,5-T  were
present.
fe/25/73
CA
1 hum an received
medical attention
2,4-0 (amine)

While mixing and loading the chemical, a 29-
year-old  male Hispanic  mixer/loader  dropped
an  unlidded container  on its base,  and  the
material  squirted  out of the  spout over his
face shield. He was taken to a  hospital for
emergency treatment to  the  eye.  Chemical
burn in right eye  was the diagnosis. The em-
ployee used the required safety equip m ent.
fc/31/TS
CA
 W ater, soil
contaminated
2,4-0 (ester)


A spill occurred at a chemical plant some time
after the end of the  workday on  1/30/78 and
7:30  a.m.   on  1/31/78.  The plant had  been
transferring  10,444  gallons  of 68.3*  2,4-0
from  a rail car to an underground tank with a
capacity of 10,000  gallons. Either a valve on
the rail  car was left open  or it was opened
sometime during the night by parties unknown.
The plant supervisor stated that  there  were
two underground tanks with the same capacity
but only  one was being  used  at  the  time of
transfer. He also stated it took approximately
4-5  hours to complete  a  transfer.   The
supervisor further stated  that the watchman
had sworn he turned  off  and properly secured
aTl  the necessary valves  before  leaving the
area. The spilled herbicide  contaminated the
soil around the car  area and that from the
tank  car to  a  drainage  pipe. The pipe ran
approximately 250 feet  and emptied into  a
rock  and red rock base on the bank of a creek.
This resulted in the spilled herbicide contami-
nating the creek bank (approxim ately 400 gal-
lons of the material spifled). The chemical was
insoluble in .water and had a  specific gravity of
1.228 (at 20°C)  which made  it sink. The  water
level was lowered in the  canal by 2h feet to
 make it  easier to clean  up.  A  cleanup was
initiated  by the chemical plant.   The  Coast

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                                                 Guard, the state fish and game authorities and
                                                 the local water quality board became involved
                                                 and monitored  the  decontamination.  Between
                                                 1/31/78 and  2/6/78, the following  was accom-
                                                 plished: 1} pumped and mopped up in  the area
                                                 below the drainage  pipe; 2} removed  the con-
                                                 taminated  mud and  soil  in  area  of creek
                                                 bottom and 3} replaced base and rock  on creek
                                                 bank. A total of 560 cubic yards of rock, soil
                                                 and mud was removed. A total of 16,000 gallons
                                                 of  contaminated   water  was  pumped  and
                                                 removed.  The cost of the whole operation was
                                                 approximately $37,500. An  additional cost of
                                                 $6,200 was charged by the local county water
                                                 district for  water  lost to  replenish  their
                                                 aquifer.
p/17/78
W A       Trees, annual
          plants, grass
          affected, hay
          (baled), water
          contaminated.
2,4-0
                                                 Area residents were concerned that a herbi-
                                                 cide sprayed from  a helicopter over a nearby
                                                 state forest land may  have drifted onto their
                                                 properties. The chemical was used to kill  brush
                                                 and alders. The supervisor of the state depart-
                                                 ment of  natural resources indicated that the
                                                 spray helicopter seemed to have been on tar-
                                                 get and that  winds  were at 3  mph. He also
                                                 stated that it  appeared that the helicopter had
                                                 not come  any  closer than approximately  1,500
                                                 feet from the  private  lands  (they  tried  to
                                                 maintain  a L;500  - 1,800  feet  buffer zone
                                                 around the spray  area).  Residents  reported
                                                 smelling the diesel oil,  and some had heard the
                                                 helicopter.  Five  water  samples  from  five
                                                 different sites on one resident's property were
                                                 taken  for  analysis at  different  times   on
                                                 2/17/78.  The  following  results for  2,4-0  in
                                                 parts  per  billion  were obtained: a) sample
                                                 taken at approximately 3 p.m. from a stream
                                                 just on the edge of the spray  unit, 102 ppb; b)
                                                 at 9:30 a.m.  near a pump used for domestic
                                                 water, 36 ppb; c) at 10:30 a.m. near the same
                                                 pump,  32  ppb; d) at 1  p.m.  approximately 100
                                                 feet above  pump, 24  ppb;  and e) at 6 p.m.,
                                                 water from below pump, just below a bridge to
                                                 the resident's property,  13 ppb.   From  the
                                                 same resident's property, eight plant  samples
                                                 were  obtained and  the results  for 2,4-0  in
                                                 parts per  billion were:  a) rhododendron leaves,
                                                 37 ppfa (based  on weight of leaves); b) cedar

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1/08/78
CA
1 hum an received
medical attention
fe/28/73
OK
1 human received
medical attention
clippings, 50.8  ppfa;  c)  hay  (baled), near  a
pasture,  26.2 ppb; d)  "salal" clippings, 95  ppb
(estimated only); e) evergreen clippings from
fir tree,  80 ppb; f)  annual plants, 94.4 ppb; g)
grass (fine), 132 ppb and h) grass (coarse), 202
ppb. No  illness was reported.


2,4-0

A  62-year-old  male  gardener from  a public
school was  mixing the  material using a 2-
gaJlon hand sprayer when the solution splashed
into his eye. He experienced  a chemical  burn
which  was diagnosed  as  a mild conjunctiva!
chemosis. Protective  gear  was  provided  but
not used; ft  was not required on the product
label. The dilution rate was 59.71  2,4-0,  and
the  volume  per acre was  25  gallons.   The
employer stated that he  would continue to
stress the use of safety gear by employees.

2,4-0


A  2Vy«ar-old  boy drank  a  mouthful  of  the
chemical in an undescribed home incident.
 3/31/78
           Oog involved
                    2,4-0
                    2,4,5-T

                    A pet dog walked through the pesticides which
                    were on a floor. Other details of the exposure
                    were not reported.  The dog exhibited no symp-
                    toms and no treatment was reported.
 */02/78
           Water
           contaminated
                     2,4-0
                     2,4,5-T
                     Oalapon

                     Two  cases of  wettable  powder  dalapon  (6
                     packages/case), 2-3 cases of 2,4-0 (6 gal/-
                     case) and  2 -  3  cases of  2,4,5-T (6 gal/case)
                    'were consumed in a  warehouse fire.  Runoff
                     water entered the city sewer system.
 S/03/73
WA
 Water
 contaminated
 2,4-0


 A rancher reported  that  for  2  days his  well
 water had tasted and smeTled like 2,4-0. The
 area was predominantly  a wheat growing re-
 gion. The chemical had not been applied to his
 lands  this season. A  smaTI creek flowed ap-
 proximately 50 feet  from the well which was
 18 feet deep. The  well  was  hand dug.  The

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                                                rancher was advised to  pump  his well to ex-
                                                change the  water  within the holding area and
                                                flush his water Tines going into the house and
                                                in his home. The initial sample taken on 4/3/78
                                                contained 12.5 ppb 2,4-0 and samples obtained
                                                on 4/4/73 and 4/5/78, as well  as a  sample of
                                                creek water, contained no detectable residues.
                                                It was the first time the well had  been con-
                                                taminated.  The nearest ranch  was 1H  miles
                                                downstream.  There had been  some unusually
                                                high water in the  creek just prior to the taste
                                                and  odor problem, and the possibility  existed
                                                that  contaminated  creek  water  had  entered
                                                the  well;  no source for  the  contamination
                                                could be located and no illness was reported.
  5/7B
OK
1 hum an received
medical attention
2,4-0

A woman of unknown age developed swelling
eyes  and a rash  on her neck aftar  a light
derm si exposure to the herbicide which was
registered for  general use. She was given an
unspecified treatment at a physician's office.
 17/78
U A       Unspecified
          contamination
                    2,4-0    .


                    A helicopter carrying fertilizer  and a  low
                    volatile 2,4-0 for use on a wheat field hit a
                    power line and  crashed to  the ground at ap-
                    proximately 3:30 a.m.  There was no physical
                    injury, nor contamination to persons, animals
                    or plants.
02/78
CA
1 hum an received
m edical attention
 2,4-0 (ester)


 A male gardener of unknown age was spraying
 the chemical in a turf area to  control dande-
 lions. The material drifted into his face when
 he turned on the noxtle  of a  small Hudson-
 type sprayer (there was a light breeze at the
 time). The subject washed his face itn mediate-
*ly and went to a hospital. The volume used was
 3 pt/acre. A washing facility  was  available,
 and  the individual was wearing glasses  which
 protected his  eyes.  Allergic  nasopharyngttis
 was diagnosed.  A  prescription for cough syrup
 was not filled or needed.

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1/13/73
TX
1 hum an received
medical attention
2,4-0 (amine)

A  male of unknown  age underwent supportive
treatment at a hospital emergency room after
he experienced accidental skin contamination
while hand  applying  the chemical  in  a job-
related  incident. The herbicide  solution was
registered for general use.
1/14/78
WA       1 human affected,
          soil, aircraft
          contaminated
                    2,4-0  -
                    Bothers

                    An aerial applicator was  applying the herbi-
                    cide to wheat  when he  hit a power line  and
                    crashed.  Approximately 90-95  gallons  of
                    mixed spray  was on board at the time of the
                    crash. The   pilot,  who  received only  minor
                    bruises and  cuts,  was contaminated by  the
                    pesticide.  He was able to  walk away from the
                    crash  and  to decontaminate himself. There
                    'were  no   problems  associated   with   the
                    exposure. It was felt that contamination  of
                    ground under the aircraft did not appear to be
                    a-problem.
714/78
          1 hum an received
          m edical attention
                    2,4-0
                    Oicamba

                    In a  home-related incident, an  adult female
                    got a mouthful of the product.  It was unknown
                    whether she  ingested it.  The  subject  was
                    treated in  an emergency  room. No symptoms
                    developed.
                   CA
          1 human received
          medical attention
                    2,4-0 (ester)
                    Bro m acil
                    Pentachlcrophenol
                    Petroleum distillate

                    A male gardener of unknown age  was spraying
                    weeds along the  track of a  public building
                    using a  Hudson-type sprayer  when  the wind
                    blew  the spray into his eyes. He developed
                    conjunctival injection and lacrimation.  Bilat-
                    eral chemical conjunctivitis was the diagnosis.

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                 TX
          Ho me garden,
          ornamentals
          dam aged
                    2,4-0 (ester)
                                               A  ground rig application of the product to  an
                                               adjacent pasture damaged  147 home garden
                                               plants  and  3 ornamental  plants. The  damage
                                               was reported as: live oak  - severe, pecans -
                                               moderate, tomatoes - severe, peppers -mode-
                                               ate, squash - severe, 4 rows of beans and 2  of
                                               potatoes * severe*
 1/78
WA
Well contaminated
2,4-0
2,4,5-TP
Approximately 2 gallons of diluted spray mix
were emptied  on top of a wen cover. A  youth
who took care of the homeowner's lawn did not
realize  that the cement lid was a  well cap.
The home owner was concerned about contam-
ination  of the  well.   There  was no  unusual
taste or odor  to the  water from the well. A
sample  of the  well water was taken for analy-
sis one day  after  the incident. The results
revealed no trace  of the  chemicals in the
water.
 S/78
          1 dog affected
                    2,4-0 (ester)
                    2,4,5-TP (ester)
                    A pet Chihuahua exhibited symptoms of leth-
                    argy and pain after an accidental contamina-
                    tion  with  the product.  An unspecified treat-
                    ment was  administered by a veterinarian. The
                    insecticide emulsifiable concentrate was reg-
                    istered for general use.
13/73
CA
17 humans affected
 2,4-0 (ester)
 Pentachlorophenol
 Bromacil
 Petroleum  distillate
 The herbicide being  sprayed outside of  an
 industrial  plant was  inducted into the plant
'through  a  ventilation system.  Workers com-
 plained of headache  and nausea.   A foreman
 sent the employees home. The plant nurse was
 not notrfied about the incident until later. The
 next shift  which went to work 3-4 hours later
 experienced no 1T1 effects.

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fl/24/78
UT
I human affected
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)
A  father measured  the product (emulsifiable
concentrate) with a spoon  which he partially
rinsed and laid down.   His 18-month-old son
put the spoon into his  mouth.  The child was
observed; no symptoms  developed.
K/24/7S
UT
1 hum an affected
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)
A 30-month-old boy was found with a bottle of
the product concentrate. It appeared that the
child was trying to open the bottle  with  his
mouth;  the odor of the product  was on  his
hands  and face. The  child  was  washed and
placed  under  observation.  The  subject re-
in ained asym pto ra atic.
14/24/78
UT
1 hum an received
medical attention
2,4-0
MCPP
In a home incident, a 5-year-old boy played on
the  lawn that had  been fertilized  with the
product that day; it had not been watered. The
child developed a red rash and itchiness on his
face, arms, legs and chest. The parents called
a  local poison control  center and the family
physician.  The boy was  bathed  and  treated
with  an  unspecified lotion and  an antihista-
nine  for  the itching.  Mo  other  symptoms
developed. The rash disappeared in 36  hours. It
was believed that  the child experienced an
allergic reaction to the fertilizer.
24/24/78
TX
1 hum an received
medical attention
 2,4-0 (ester)
 2,4,5-TP (ester)

 In  a  home-relatad incident,  an 18-«ionth-old
 female ingested an  unknown amount of  the
 pressurized product.   She  was treated  with
 ipecac, lavage  and observation at a hospital
•emergency room. The  child remained asymp-
 tomatic.

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/2S/78
LA
Ornamentals, fruit,
nut tress dam aged,
pasture affected
2,4-0
                                                Heavy phenoxy-type herbicide damage in orna-
                                                mental plants and in a pasture was  observed
                                                after the  aerial application of the product to
                                                an adjacent field. The  following  plants were
                                                damaged:  one pecan tree,  five plum trees, 20
                                                ttgustrums, two cam elias- and 22 azaleas.
/Z5/78
TX
Ornamentals
damaged
2,4-0

Pear, sycamore and pecan trees along a major
river showed slight to severe effects of  hor-
monal-type  herbicide after  an aerial applica-
tion  of 2,4-0 to rangeland.
^27/78
WA
1 hum an received
medical attention
2.4-0

Ipecac was  administered  to  a 3-year-old boy
who was suspected of ingesting a portion of a
herbicide     cartridge.      He     remained
asymptomatic.
1/23/78
CA
1 hum an received
medical attention
2,4-0 (araine)


A 42-year-cld male construction  worker found
and picked up a 25-pound bag  of the product
along the freeway on  his way home from war*.
He loaded it into the cab of the truck and  until
he got  home (approximately  2  hours),  he
breathed the  fumes.   He  felt  "woozy*  and
thought it  was from  the fumes of the bag he
had picked up.   He  did hot see  a  physician.
The  subject   burned  his  clothes and  stayed
home from work for one day.

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1/28/78
Humans involved
(unspecified num-
ber), 9  affected,
1 received medical
attention, water,
debris* fish
contaminated
2,4-0
+ 27 others
                                                 Six people had symptoms including  headaches,
                                                 tiredness, nausea and  weakness  (alone  or in
                                                 combination) within 6 hours of their presence
                                                 at a fire at  a gardening  supply  store. Three
                                                 other people had  complaints 24 -  43  hours
                                                 later. Fire fighters, who  wore setf-contained
                                                 breathing apparatus and  skin covering, were
                                                 not affected; none  of  the affected persons
                                                 used respiratory protection, ATI but one  re-
                                                 covered completely within 24 hours. Cholines-
                                                 terase  levels were  normal.  No pesticide resi-
                                                 due was found in blood.  Of approximately  662
                                                 pounds of pesticide active ingredients in  the
                                                 store's  inventory, approximately 20%  had been
                                                 sold before the fire, leaving  approximately  530
                                                 pounds of active ingredients in the store at  the
                                                 tine of  the fire.  An estimated 9  pounds of
                                                 chlcrdane were unaccounted for after the fire,
                                                 and were presumed to have been consumed in
                                                 the fire or washed into a stream. A stream  and
                                                 lake adjacent to the store were contaminated
                                                 and some fish (suckers, pickerel, and others)
                                                 were kitted.  Samples of dead fish  (5/1) con-
                                                 tained  612 - U41 ppb chlcrdane and 460 -  746
                                                 ppfa  ttndane. Live fish  samples  (carp, brown
                                                 bullhead, golden  shiner,  black crappie, blueciTI
                                                 sunfish)  contained  concentrations  of 160  -
                                                 LJ.41 ppm  chlcrdane; these levels  generated
                                                 concern in view  of the  National  Cancer Insti-
                                                 tute's recommended minimum daily intake of 1
                                                 ug/kg/day chlcrdane for humans. No FOA  tol-
                                                 erance level  was available for chlordane at the
                                                .time  of the incident;  the  previous standard
                                                 (1974)  was 0.3 ppm. Lindane concentrations in
                                                 live  fish samples ranged from  11  - 746 ppb.
                                                 Lake sediment contained  more  than 50  ppb
                                                 chlordane, compared to  a  control  sample of
                                                 over 25  ppm taken  upstream.  The lake  was
                                                 closed to  fishing,  boating  and  swimming on
                                                 4/28/78. Further testing was scheduled. Test-
                                                 ing done at 11 -  11:30  a.m.  on 4/28/78 re-
                                                 vealed: 1) the fire  site at point  of  fire water
                                                 runoff - 4 ppb malathion, 9 ppb diazinon, 1,6
                                                 ppb lindane, 6 ppb chlordane; 2) upstream of
                                                 fire  water runoff -  3 ppb chlordane, no crgano-
                                                 phosphates  detected; 3) intersection of creek

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                                             and lake - 7  ppb chlordane, no organophos-
                                             phate detected; 4) cre«k to road intersection -
                                             11 ppb  chlcrdane,  no  crganophcsphates  de-
                                             tected. 4/29/78 results 8 a.m.  - 12 p.m.: 1)
                                             upstream - no chlorinated  hydrocarbons  de-
                                             tected, no organophasphates detected; 2) irri-
                                             gation pond • no chlorinated  hydrocarbons de-
                                             tected,  no  organophosphates  detected;  3}
                                             creek • 0.22 ppb diazinon, 0.56 ppb chlcrdane,
                                             0.11  ppb Tindane; 4) upper end of lower lake -
                                             23.0  ppb diazinon, 17.0 ppb maUthion, 6.1 PPb
                                             chlordane, 6.39 ppb tfndane.
73
UT
1 hum an affected
2,4-0 (butoxypropyl)
2,4,5-TP (butoxypropyl)
A 39-year-old female was spraying the product
when she got some  of  the product on  her
hands. Her hands and arms  began to  bum  and
some slight shaking occurred. She washed  her
hands and arms;  within an  hour  she  felt fine
and   finished spraying   wearing  disposable
gloves.
               TX
          Crop damaged
          (8 acres cotton)
                    2,4-0

                    Cotton  that  was  adjacent  to  a herbicide-
                    treated  pasture  had  moderate  to   severe
                    effects.  The product  had been  applied by  a
                    ground rig.
                         1 hum an received
                         medical attention
                              2,4-0

                              A 43-year-old  male was  using granular 2,4-0
                              without gloves; 2 weeks later he became ill. A
                              serum analysis revealed no 2,4-0.
                         Humans involved
                         (unspecified num-
                         ber), soil, vege-
                         tation contaminated
                              .2,4-0
                                              A number of  residents were  concerned about
                                              chemicals  applied  for weed  control  at the
                                              school their children attended. Investigation of
                                              the incident revealed that some excess, un-
                                              wanted floor finishing (wax) had been  applied
                                              to some weeds as a means of disposing of the
                                              compound.  The  school  custodians  had been

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                                                dissatisfied  with the wax,  and the company,
                                                not wanting to pay return freight charges on a
                                                35-gallon drum  of wax, suggested that it might
                                                prove effective in retarding  weed growth. In
                                                addition to the floor wax, the custodians, on or
                                                about 5/1/78, applied herbicides in  two areas
                                                on the school grounds; in one  location a ready-
                                                to-use  herbicide was used and  in  the other
                                                area  a concentrate  without dilution.   The
                                                containers  had  been  disposed of by  5/17/78,
                                                and  it  was  unknown  what  type of  herbicides
                                                had been applied. Vegetation  and soil samples
                                                were analyzed  obtaining the  following results
                                                (ppm 2,4-0): 1) kindergarten area, vegetation
                                                -  13.0  and  soil - 9.1;  2) parking lot  area,
                                                vegetation   -  120.0  and  soil  -   59.0  The
                                                suspected  2,4,5-T  was  not found   in  any
                                                samples.
                            1 hum an received
                            oedical attention
  3/78
          1 human affected
                              2,4-0
                              MCPP-
                              This was an undescn'bed ho m e-related incident
                              in which a child less than 5 years  of age was
                              orally exposed to the granular pesticide.
                    2,4-0 (amine)
                    Oisadiura methanearsonate
                    Heptachlor
                    Dimethyl tatrachlcroterephthaJate
                    «C?P(araine)
                    A 2-year-cld  boy went  outside to  play on a
                    freshly fertilized lawn. After playing for 30 -
                    60  minutes he developed  ah  itchy  skin (head
                    and ear). The  affected skin was red and there
                    appeared  to be a rash. After examining the
                    boy, the family physician  concluded that the
                    child had  four insect bttas. The fertilizer had
                    not affected the boy.
184/78
CA
1 hum an received
medical attention
2,4-0 (amine)
Qalapon (sodium salt)
0 alapon (m agnesiu m salt)

A 24-year-old male groundskeeper was helping
spray a weed  killer and some of the product
got in both eyes  and on his face. After the
application, he pulled in the hose. Symptoms
appeared some hours later  after  he got  home
from  work and took a shower.  After examin-
ing the subject, a physician concluded that the
worker had developed chemical conjunctivitis.
The visual  acuity  of  the  left  eye  without

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 S/78
LA
Orchard dam aged
(270 navel, 30
satsura a orange
trees)
correction  was 20/25; it  went down to 20/40
and returned to  20/25.  The  cornea  and the
"A/C*  were  clear;  the  conjunctiva was  in-
jected with papillary "ix." The subject was
treated with Necdecadron. The foreman stated.
that workers who did not come in contact with
any pesticides also developed similar but less
severe symptoms. These-, workers, including the
affected Individual,  had  been  hand  putting
weeds  during the day.

2,4-0 (amine)
Qicanba(amine)
                                               Drift from an aerial application of the product
                                               damaged orange  trees.  The  extent  of  the
                                               damage could not be determined.
 2,78
LA
120 citrus trees
dam aged
2,4-0 (amine)
Dicamba (amine)
The extent of damage by drift from an  aerial
application of herbicide was not determined.
B/7S
LA
Orchard dam aged
(190 orange trees,
lQOsatsumas,35
mixed variety
citrus)
 2,4-0 Camine)
 Qicaraba (amine)
                                               Drift from an aerial  application (6-7  miles
                                               away) caused  slight damage.  Phenoxy symp-
                                               toms were apparent in surrounding  vegetation
                                               and in some new  citrus growth.
QS/7S
LA
                 LA
Orchard damaged
(4,500 navel, sat-
suma orange trees)
           Orchard dam aged
           (1 tangerine, 1
           grapefruit, 13
           satsura as, 3 navel
           orange trees)
 2,4-0 (araine)
 Oicamba (amine)


 Herbicide  drift  from  an  aerial  application
 caused  undetermined damage to the surround-
 ing area.

 2,4-0 (amine)
 Dicamba (amine)
                                                The severity of the damage from  a pesticide
                                                aerial drift was not determined.

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5/73
LA
Hone garden,
orchards damaged
2,4-0 (asrine)
Qicamba (a mine)
A  herbicide drift from  an aerial  application
caused damage to  70 navel and 350 satsuma
orange plants  as well  as  to  a home garden.
Two rows (approximately  110 yards long)  of
tomatoes, beans, peppers  and eggplants were
affected.
5/78
LA
Orchard dan aged
(140 satsuma
orange plants)
2,4-0 (amine)
Dicamba(amine)


The  seventy of the damage  by a herbicide
drift from an aerial application  was undeter-
mined.
5/78
LA
Home garden,
orchard dam aged
2,4-0 (amine)
Oicanfaa (amine)       __...       .       -  .
A  herbicide drift froju -an -aerial  applications >
caused damage to  25G± navel'and 25 satsui»ac
orange "plants, 250 tonrato plants' «nd* 25$ T^jd*»
plants. The severity "of the damage was unde-
termined.
5/7S
LA
Crop damaged
{13,780 tomato
plants)
2,4-0 (am4ne)
Oicamba (amine)
                                             Slight  phenoxy-type
                                             noted after a pesticide
                                             aerial  application.  J&ensevcer&yTOfiedam age
                                             was not determined.
                                                                :£roro~:ai* -^i_
                LA
          Crop damaged
          (tomatoes)
          •-Crop, uruhard
          -dam aged (770 navel,
       	satsuma orange	;
      "-   'trees, LU573
     -•==£=•tomato plants)
                                              Oicamba (amine)      T
                                              The extent of the damage to tomatoes caused
                                              by a herbicide drift frao .-an aerial::^qtlication
                                              was not determined.
                                            -2,4^0 (amine)
                                             -Oicamba(aarine)
                                                 > I  W I'*-
                                              The severity  of  thenterage- of"  a.hertidde
                                              drift from an aerial apfsfezftticn was not deter-
                                              •ined.


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#73
LA
7/73
LA
7/78
LA
37/78
LA
Crop,orchard
dan aged (1,006
navel, satsuma
orange plants,
5^70 tomato
plants)
Orchard, home gar-
den dam aged (217
navel, 127 satsuna
orange plants, 12
grapefruit tress,
ISO tomato plants)
Orchard damaged
(250 navel, 250
satsuma orange
plants)
Orchard dam aged
(500 navel, 100
satsuma orange
plants)
2,4-0 (amine)
Olcamba (amine)
                                               This  incident resulted  from  a  herbicide drift
                                               after an aerial application in  which the severi-
                                               ty of the dam age was not determined.
2,4-0 (amine)
Oicamba(araine)
                                               This incident resulted from  a  herbicide drift
                                               after an aerial application in  which the seven-
                                               ty of the dam age was not determined.
2,4-0 (amine)
Dicamba (amine)
                                               This was  a  herbicide  drift after  an  aerial
                                               application in which the severity of the dam-
                                               age was not determined.
2,4-0 (amine)
Oicamba (amine)
                                               -This incident resulted from  a herbicide  drift
                                               from an aerial application in  which the seven-
                                               ty of the damage was not determined.
                 LA
           Home garden
           damaged
                     2,4-0 (araine)
                     Dicamba (amine)

                     Twenty-seven rows (approximately 1,000 feet)
                     of eggplants and tomatoes were damaged after
                     a herbicide drift occurred from an aerial ap-
                     plication. The extent of damage was undeter-
                     mined.

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1/08/78
LA
Crop dam aged
(2,467 tomato
plants)
2,4-0 (amine)
Dicamba (amine)


Slight  phencxy-type  herbicide  effects  were
noted on a tomato crop after a herbicide drift
occurred from  an aerial application. Severity
of the damage was undetermined.
 /OS/73
LA
Home garden
dam aged (2,582
peppers, corn,
peas, tomatoes,
cucumber plants)
2,4-0 (amine)
Dicamba (amine)
                                                 Twenty-two rows  (130 yards each,  approxi-
                                                 mately) of the plants  were  damaged  from a
                                                 herbicide drift after an aerial applicaton. The
                                                 seventy of the damage was undetermined.
 5/09/72
10
1 hum an received
medical attention
2,4-0
Bromacfl
A nrale of  unknown age  was wording  with  a
spray rig  and tractor  applying herbicides. As
the wind changed in direction, he was sprayed
with a fine  spray. He  was wearing protective
clothing  and  goggles. •  The  subject did  not
change clothing or shower until  evening. The
next  morning, he  did  not work  and called in
sick. He was examined by  a physician.
 i/09/78
 LA
 Home garden
 dam aged
 2,4-0 (araine)
 Oicamba (amine)

 Six rows  (approximately 300 yards) of okra,
 eggplants, tomatoes,  potatoes  and  peppers
 were damaged from a herbicide drift after an
 aerial application.  The extent of  damage  was
 undetermined.
 •/10/78-
 LA
 Orchard damaged
 (1434 citrus
.plants)
 2,4-0 (amine)
'Oicamba (amine)


 A herbicide drift from an  aerial application
 damaged  550   navel,  550  satsuma  orange
 plants, 17 grapefruit,  and 17 lemon trees. The
 severity of the damage was not determined.

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                    LA
          Crop, orchard
          damaged
                    2,4-0 (amine)
                    Dlcamba(amine)

                    Damage to 4,616 tomato plants, 225 navel, 275
                    satsuma  orange plants  was  observed  after
                    there was a drift from  an  aerial  application  of
                    herbicide. The severity of the damage was not
                    determined.
                              I human affected
                              2,4-0
                              2,3,6-Trichlorobenzoic acid
                              The  product was being  applied  to  grass  at  a
                              shopping mall and  a male  passerby came in
                              contact with the drift of the spray. The man
                              claimed he was not feeling well thereafter. An
                              Investigation did not  confirm  ifi effects from
                              the exposure.
                    TX
          1 hum an received
          IB edical attention
                    2,4-0


                    In a home-related incident, a 46-year-old male
                    of unknown occupation ingested the herbicide.
                    He was treated with milk, demulcents and was
                    observed at the local clinic;
                    LA
          Orchard damaged
          (235 navel, sat-
          sum a orange plants,
          2 fig trees, 3
          pear trees)
                    2,4-0 (amine)
                    Olcamba (amine)
                                                   Herbicide drift from  an aerial application af-
                                                  fected orchard plants and trees. The  severity
                                                   of the damage was not determined.
  /15/78
Aft
Crop damaged
(20 acres cotton)
 2,4-0 (amine)
•

 The chemical was  applied to a ditch bank  1/5
 of a mile from the  affected cotton. The symp-
 toms were described as severe.
Ma/78
y A       Family affected;  •
          2 received medical
          attention, soil,
          plants contaminated
                    2,4-0 (ester)
                    2,4-0 (salt)
                    2,4,5-T
                    Picloram (salt)

                    A family  found it necessary to  leave their
                    home overnight due to drift from  an applica-
                    tion of  the herbicides.  The  application was
                    made by a department of natural resources to

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 control brush. The family received a written
 notice on 5/15 that the application  would  be
 made 1n late May or early June; the applica-
 tion was wade on 5/18  (H to h  mile  from the
 house).  The applicator did not can  the resi-
 dents, post signs,  or in any  way  make the
 residents of the area aware that spraying was
 to be  done. The  drift formed visibly and set-
 tled in the valley. Relatively dry and warm  air
 in the evening of 5AS cooled off significantly
 after mixing with the chemical-wata* solution.
 With the additional downwash of a helicopter,
 3 substantial mass of air with spray  mist sank
 along a 20  to 50  slope to the bottom of the
 valley, which filled  completely to the entry
 road to  the residential  area. One  family  had
 house  windows  open and  fumes  entered  the
 house, making it  necessary for the entire fam-
 ily to leave the house at midnight.  A  physician
 found  that the mother had developed an irri-
 tated nasal mucous membrane and a red throat
 and  the father  had slight nasal  congestion
 after  the'exposure  to  the drift.  The major
 portion of the sprayed 40 acrts  was drained by
 a small stream which flowed (2 gal/sec in the
 wet  season)  eventually into  a  river.   The
 stream water was used for domestic purposes
 at various farms in the vaTJey%  Tests of water
 samples indicated there were  no  residues in
 the  water. The water and foliage samples  were
 analyzed by both the USD A  and  the Depart-
 ment  of  Natural  Resources;  samples  were
 taken  by the USD A on 5/2, by the D N R on 6/1.
 The results were as follows: L Area of spray
 application:  (a) land uphill (DNR) 813 ppb 2,4-
 D and 7.6  ppm 2,4,5-T; (USD A)  2.34 ppb 2,4-0
 and 1.98 ppm  2,4,5-T;  (b) maple  tree (DNR)
 147 ppm 2,4-0 and 2,4,5-T 207 ppm; (no USD A
 figures); (c) sword fern (QNR) 33.4 ppm 2,4-0
 and 282 ppm  2,4,5-T; (no USD A  figures). IL
 Vegetation  outside  the  spray   unit {vine,
 maple):  (ONR  7.18 ppm 2,4-0 and  13.8 ppm
*2,4»5-T; (no  USD A figures). HL 00  -  200 yards
 behind house: (no DNR figures); 107  ppb 2,4-0
 and 2,4,5-T, none detected. IV. Clearing near
 house (tree): (DNR) 2,4-D and 2,4,5-Tt  none
 detected:  (no USD A figures). V. 15' - 20' from
 house: (no ONR figures); (USD A) 50  ppb 2,4-0
 and 20 ppb 2,4,5-T.  VL Vegetation near house
 (DNR) 2,4-0  and 2,4,5-T,  none detected;  (no
 USD A figures).  The claim was settled out of
 court per attorney's wishes* It was  suggested
 that  the  brush  control  spray  method   be
 replaced.

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                 CA
          1 hum an received
          medical attention
                    2,4-0
                    Didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride
                    Hydrochloric acid
                    Broraacfl
                    A 43-year-old  male school custodian developed
                    red, Itchy eyes after getting the pesticides in
                    his eyes  while spraying weeds.  The  custodian
                    also had cleaned toilets with a cleaning agent,
                    and  in the  process his  eyes  again  became
                    irritated.  Apparently the  subject was never
                    given permission  nor  proper instructions  to
                    spray pesticides. The employer, a priest, was
                    willing to follow aft laws  and regulations;  he
                    was  not aware of  the need  to train the em-
                    ployee in the use of pesticides.  Rubber gloves
                    had been  provided and used. Conjunctivitis was
                    the diagnosis and antibiotic drops were admin-
                    istered.
  78
MS
Crop dam aged
(260 acres cotton)
2,4-0
ZA5-T
Oicaniba(anrine)
The  field owner  reported  that his  crop was
damaged by drift from  a ground application  of
2,4,5-T  and dicaaba and an aerial application
of 2,4-0 to  nearby pastureland.  Damage  by
these herbicides was not confirmed by chemi-
cal analysis.
 !/78
          Crop dam aged
          (204 acres cotton)
                    2,4-0
                    2,4,5-T
                    Oicamba(amine)

                    The cotton field owner reported that his fields
                    were damaged by drift from a ground applica-
                    tion  of  2,4,5-T  and dlcaroba  and  an aerial
                    application  of  2,4-0 to  nearby pastyreland.
                    "Damage  by the herbicides was  not  confirmed
                    by chemical analysis.
0/78
MS
Crop dam aged
(41 acres cotton}
2,4-0
2,4,5-T
Oicaoba
Cotton was damaged by drift from  a ground
application  of  2,4,5-T   and  dicamba and  an
aerial  application  of 2,4-0 to nearby pasture-
land. Damage by the herbicides  was not con-
firmed by chemical analysis*

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5/20/78
TX
Crop damaged
(50 acres cotton)
5/20/78
HA
1 hum an received
medical attention
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)
A cattle guard and a culvert were treated with
the pesticides.  Cotton in mediately  adjacent
to the treated area was severely affected.

2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)
A  S«year-old m ale rinsed out a herbicide con-
tainer and  then drank from ft.  His  parents
called a poison  control center for advice.  He
remained asymptomatic.  It was  advised that
the   child  be  observed  for  hyper activity,
muscle twitching and unusual behavior.
5/20/78
           Crop damaged
           (221 acres cotton)
                     2,4-0
                     2,4,5-T
                     Qicamba

                     The cotton  was  damaged  by  drfft from  a
                     ground application of 2,4,5-T and dicantba  and
                     an  aerial application of 2,4-0 to  nearby pas-
                     tureland. Damage by the herbicides was  not
                     confirmed by chemical analysis.
5/21/78
 MI
1 human affected
 2,4-0 (ester)
 2,4,5-T (ester)
 An Individual  who licked a spoon being used
 for measuring the herbicides remained asymp-
 tomatic.
5/22/78
 AR
 Crop dam aged
 (cotton)
 2,4-0 (amine)

 A drift from an aerial herbicide application to
 corn  (3*i  -  4  miles  distant)  caused  severe
 dam age to 45 - 50 acres of cotton.
5/23/78
 CA
 2 humans received
 medical attention
 2,4-0 (ester)
.2,4,5-TP (ester)

 This  was a home incident in which two girls
 (under 5 years of age) were found  playing wtth
 the pesticide solution. The oldest girl had put
 the material on the younger  girl's feet and
 back,  and on their chests.  A  poison control
 center advised the inquirer  that the two be
 cleansed  with alcohol and given a bath.  The
 children rem ained asym pto m atic.

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 /24/7S
OK
1 human
hospitalized
2,4-0
2,4,5-T
Dicamba
MCPP
An adult male drank one cup (240 g) of a weed
killer In  a suicide attempt. He developed no
illness  symptoms;  he was  treated  with  char-
coal  and stomach lavage was performed.
 /26/7S
MI
Water
contaminated
2,4-0
Oicaraba
Fifty gallons of the chemicals were Inadver-
tently  spilled into  a  lake.  Residue analysis
showed the  herbicides to  be present in barely
detectable quantities.
5/25/78
AR
Crop damaged
(75 acres cotton)
2,4-0 (amine)

Cotton showed severe symptoms after a drfft
from  an aerial herbicide application to a corn
field h mile distant.
5/2S/7S
          Crop dam aged
          (75 acres cotton)
                    2,4-0 (amine)

                    An apparent drift from a ground application to
                    pasture resulted in slight  to  severe phenoxy
                    herbicide symptoms in the top growth of cot-
                    ton.
5/26/78
AR
Crop damaged
(45 acres cotton)
2,4-0 (amine)

A  drift following  a herbicide ground  applica-
tion to corn 2H  miles distant caused severe
symptoms in cotton.
5/28/78
AR
 Home garden
 dam aged
2,4-0 (amine)

Seven rows of squash, lettuce, cucumber, Ken-
tucky Wonder beans, okra, peas  and  tomatoes
exhibited severe effects after a fertilizer con-
taining 2,4-0 was applied to a garden.

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 30/78
MI
1 dog affected
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,S-TP (ester)
A  pet dog reportedly ate  grass and  flowers
bordering  a yard which had  been sprayed wtth
the herbicides. The dog became ill three days
later.  A   veterinarian said the dog  had no
symptoms of pesticide poisoning.
(00/78
LA
Crop damaged
(350 acres cotton)
2,4-0 (amine)

This was an undescn'faed  agricultural incident
in which  an  aerial drift caused damage in  the
amount of $19,153.71 to cotton (the assess-
ment was made by inspectors).
/00/78
          Crop dam aged
          (66 acres cotton)
                    2,4-0


                    Six acres of cotton showed severe effects and
                    60 acres had slight to moderate effects from  a
                    hormonal-type herbicide. The probable source
                    was 2,4-0  applied by ground rig  to pasture-
                    land.
/CO/78
          Crop damaged
          (soybeans)
                    2,4-0 (amine)
                    Oicamba(amine)
                    Twenty-two acres of  soybeans  were  possibly
                    damaged by drift of the product being applied
                    (ground application) on a pasture  across the
                    road. The damage was  not confirmed by chem-
                    ical analysis.
KJO/78
 MS
 Crop damaged
 (soybeans)
 2,4-0 (araine)
 Oicaraba (amine)

 Four acres of soybeans were possibly damaged
 by drift of the  product  being  applied (ground
 application) on a pasture across the road. The
 damage was not confirmed by chemical  analy-
 sis.
fcl/78
 AR
 Crop dam aged
 (36 acres cotton)
 2,4-0 (amine)


 Drift of 2,4-0 following an aerial application
 to a corn field (h mile distant) caused severe
 symptoms  en the lower part of cotton plants.
 At the  time of inspection,  the plants had
 overco m e the da m age.

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                 AS
          Home garden,        2,4-0
          crnara entals dam aged
                                               Shade trees, tomatoes, and graces in % acre of
                                               a home garden were slightly damaged after an
                                               aerial application of 2.4-0 to a pasture (H mile
                                               distant).
                 IA
          Unspecified
          contamination
                    2,4- Q (iraine)
                    Dlcaraba(anrine)
                    A few  gallons of a 200-gaflon  mixture  (5 pt
                    dlcaraba/5  pt  2,4-0/200  gal  water)  were
                    spilled  about 10 feet from a  weft.  There was
                    an inquiry about preventing contamination of
                    the weft water.
                 CA
          1 hum an received
          a edical attention
                    2,4-0 (ester)
                    Oichlcroprop (ester)
                    A 57-year-old  male pest control operator de-
                    veloped chemical irritation of throat, mouth,
                    nose and lungs after spraying the  product for
                    approximately  2  weeks.  The employes  stated
                    that occasionally the wind would change direc-
                    tions and he would be  caught in the  drift, at
                    which time  he would  shut down the sprayer
                    until the wind changed to a safe direction.  He
                    had used a spray rig for  the roadside  spraying
                    and had worn  the required safety equipment
                    (hard  hat,   apron, face shield   and rubber
                    gloves). The employee  had followed  all the
                    precautions on label; he  seemed conscientious
                    in his work.
H/78
XY
1 hum an
hospitalized
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-T (ester)

A  26-year-old farm worker sprayed the liquid
herbicide  with  a tank sprayer  without  using
protective clothing.   Wind  drifted the  mist
toward him; his clothes  were saturated  with
the herbicides  when he returned home in the
evening. He changed clothes but did not bathe-
He began  vomiting  in the morning  and  was
taken to  the emergency  room.  Other symp-
toms included  dizziness, ataxia,  weakness,
nausea, and skin cold to  touch. Ke  appeared
drowsy  but responded to verbal and tactile
stimulation. His temperature was 94°, pulse 48
(regular   and  bounding),  respiration  20  and
blood pressure 130/80. IV 05W 1,000 with

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                                                "Intercath*  1n his left arm (slow  drip) was
                                                administered  and  he  became stable and slept
                                                weH  by evening. The following morning,  he
                                                stated  he  was  ready  to  go  home  and was
                                                released. The individual returned to the hospi-
                                                tal complaining of nausea,  vomiting and diz-
                                                ziness the following morning. His pulse was 70,
                                                respiration 24 and blood pressure  120/60.  He
                                                was readmitted, IV  fluids were administered,
                                                and he received general supportive  care  for
                                                three days.  He did not return after his second
                                                dismissal.
14/73             AR        Crop damaged        2,4-0 (amine)
                             (650 acres cotton)
                                                 Drift of 2,4-0 following a ground  application
                                                 to  milo  caused slight  to  moderate herbicide
                                                 symptoms to a cotton crop.


iW78             LA        Crop dam aged        2,4-0
                             (cotton, soybeans)
                                                 Drift from a ground rig application  of 2,4-0 to
                                                 sugar cane caused  slight to  moderate  damage
                                                 to 15 acres of cotton and 12 acres of soybeans.


/14/78             CO        7 cattle dead         2,4-0
                                                 The deaths of 7 cattle (Herefords) were first
                                                 diagnosed as suspected herbicide poisoning  be-
                                                 cause  the  cattle had  been feeding  in  an area
                                                 recently sprayed with  the product. A  further
;                                                 diagnostic  work indicated no pesticide involve-
                                                 ment. A final diagnosis of interstitial pneumo-
                                                 nia was made.


(15/78            • AR        Crop dam aged        2,4-0 (amine)
                             (75 acres cotton)
                                                 Drift from  a ground application of 2,4-0 to a
                                                 milo field caused moderate  to severe  damage
                                                 to cotton.
                                                 *

^5/78             LA        Home garden      .   2,4-0
                             affected
                                                 Drift from an  aerial application of  2,4-0 to an
                                                 adjacent rica field brought about light dam age
                                                 to three pepper plants and 2 rows (100 feet) cf
                                                 okra and snap beans.

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                    WA
          2 humans affected
          1 received IB edical
          attention
                    2,4-D
                                                  A  woman  was reported  to be  poisoned by
                                                  chemical drift after the  herbicide application
                                                  to a  neighbor's  barley crop.  Her symptoms
                                                  were dizziness, numbness and tingling, burning
                                                  Ups and tongue,  depression  and Tight-headed-
                                                  ness. The woman and her husband stated  that
                                                  they could  smell the odor of the pesticide 5
                                                  weeks-after the application.  The state agricul-
                                                  ture department  found  no  plant damage on
                                                  property.  Air samples taken for analysis were
                                                  negative for 2,4-0. The attending  physician
                                                  felt there were emotional problems involved.
     178
TX
Ornamentals
dam aged
2,4-0


Pasture adjacent to trees  was treated with the
herbicide.  Fifty-two rows of trees were dam-
aged. The smaller frees were dead; the larger
trees showed slight to severe effects.
    2/78
TX
Crop damaged
(51 acres cotton)
2,4-0 (amine)


Field cotton showed slight to severe hormonal-
type herbicide effects after  a ground applica-
tion of the chemical to a pasture.
  03/73
TX
Crop damaged
(1&5 acres cotton)
2,4-0


Cotton had  slight to severe symptoms of hor-
monal  herbicide-type  injury.   The  probable
source was  a ground  application of 2,4-0  to
pasture.
 i/10/73
AR
Crops damaged
(10 acres cotton)
2,4-0


'Cotton  showed severe  symptoms  after  the
ground  application of 2,4-0 to  a ditch  bank
(1/5 mile distant).
18/11/78
AR
Crop damaged
(114 acres cotton)
2,4-0 (amine)


Drift from  ground application of the product
to  a milo field caused moderate damage to
cotton.

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15/78
OK
Home garden
affected
2,4-0

A neighbor sprayed the product which alleged-
ly  drifted  to  the complainant's garden.  The
extent of damage was unknown.
tO/78
AR
Crap dam aged
(soybeans}
2,4-0 (amine)
2,4,5-T (anine)
There was drift from a rice field aerial appli-
cation of the  herbicide.  Phenoxy  symptoms
(fight to  severe)  appeared in  the  188-acre
soybean crop 20 to  30 yards away,  including
bent stalks, dead  plants, strapping  of leaves,
and knots and scars on the stems.
21/78
HA       2 humans received
          medical attention
                    2,4-0 (ester)
                    2,4,5-T (ester)
                    A 10-year-old boy  and an  11 *>j-year-old girl
                    applied herbicide for their grandfather. The
                    boy  developed  a rash the  day of the applica-
                    tion; it  lasted three to four days. The girl
                    developed  a rash the day following the appli-
                    cation; it lasted  two weeks.  A physician  pre-
                    scribed  medication  to relieve itching.  After
                    the  rash  cleared  there  were  no  further
                    problems.  The  physician felt the rash was an
                    allergic   reaction   rather   than   pesticide
                    poisoning*
(22/78
CA
Ornamentals dam-
aged, soil, ve-
hicle contaminated
AR
                            Crop dam aged
                            (24 acres cotton,
                            7 acres soybeans)
2,4-0 (amine)
                                                 A 5-gaJTon  drum of  2,4-0  fell from  a truck;
                                                 the container was struck and ruptured  by  an-
                                                 other  truck. The  contents  were  splattered
                                                -along the shoulder of a freeway (approximate-
                                                 ly % mile  long) by  ensuing traffic,  causing
                                                 some damage to roadside ornamentals (ice
                                                 plants, oleanders).
                     2,4-0 (amine)
                     2,4-0 (lithium salt)
                     Dicaraba (amine)

                     Herbicide symptoms (slight to moderate) were
                     determined to be present in cotton  and soy-
                     bean crops  after there was drift from a ground
                     application of the  chemicals  to pastureland
                     (120 - 250 feet distant).

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24/78
LA
Crop damaged
(cotton)
2,4-0 (salt)

A  damage  assessment of $3,946.94  was made
by an inspector after there was an aerial drift
of 2,4-0 to 269.6 acres of cotton.
24/78
AR
Home garden
damaged (1 acre;
peas, torn atoes, okra)
2,4-0 (amine)
                                                Moderate  herbicide symptoms  were observed
                                                after there was  drift from an  aerial applica-
                                                tion of the chemical to rice (h mile distant).
24/78
AR
Crop damaged
(cotton)
2,4-0


Slight herbicide symptoms were observed in a
20-acre cotton crop. Mo  source of contamina-
tion  was found. An adjacent field  showed  no
symptoms.
125/78
LA
Crop damaged
(140 acres cotton)
2,4-0 (amine)


A  damage assessment of $7,318.13  was made
by an inspector after there was drift following
an aerial application of the product to cotton.
J25/78
LA
Crop damaged
(60 acres cotton)
2,4-0 (amine)


An  aerial  drift of  the  product to  cotton
brought about a damage assessment (made by
an inspector) of  $3,015 J. 7.
125/73
LA
 Crop damaged
 (79.5 acres cotton)
2,4-0 (amine)


An aerial drift of the product to cotton caused
assessed damages amounting to $1,407.56.
26/78
AR
 Crop damaged
 (40 acres cotton)
2,4-0
2,4,5-T

After the herbicide was applied to a rice field
via helicopter, a storm occurred. It was uncer-
tain if the unspecified slight dam age was defi-
nitely caused by the herbicide.

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#26/78
IA
Soil contaminated
                               2,4-0
                               2,4,5-T (ester)
                               A 55-gaTIon drum of the herbicide was spilled
                               when the transporting truck of a  county spray
                               crew was involved in an accident  while travel-
                               ing to the spray site. The spiTI occurred about
                               500 to 700 yards  from  a creek from  which
                               dairy cattle drink.  The contaminated soil was
                               to be removed and replaced.
p/26/73
AR
Crop dam aged
(110 acres cotton)
2,4-0 (araine)

Slight herbicide symptoms on cotton were ob-
served after the alleged  drift from  a ground
application of 2,4-0 to a railo field.
tf/22/78
 NM        Crop dam aged
           (120 acres cotton)
                     2,4-0


                     The product was applied by air to a  milo field
                     adjacent to a cotton field on  6/6-7-26-28/78.
                     The "investigation conducted  by  an  inspector
                     from the  division  of  pesticide  management
                     revealed that on the dates of the  applications
                     the prevailing wdnds  were blowing toward the
                     cotton fields. The  extent of  the damage was
                     not reported.
5/28/78
 NM        Crop dam aged
           (100 acres cotton)
                     2,4-0


                     Four aerial applications  (6/6-7-27-28/73)  of
                     the chemical to a milo field caused damage to
                     an adjacent cotton crop.  An inspector from
                     the  division of  pesticide  management esti-
                     mated  that approximately  60S  of the boTls
                     were injured. It  was  also determined  that on
                     the  dates of the  applications the  prevailing
                     winds were blowing toward the cotton fields.
                    LA
           Crop damaged
           (210 acres cotton)
                    '2,4-0 (araine)


                     Damage to a cotton field from an  aerial drift
                     of the product was assessed to be $1,590.00

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                 AR
          Crop damaged
          (95 acres cotton)
                    2,4-0 (amine)
                    2,4,5-T (araine)
                    Spray drift from  an  aerial application to nee 1
                    mile away caused moderate phenoxy herbicide
                    symptoms to a  cotton crop. Leaf strapping
                    showed a new growth and leaves were crinkled
                    around  the edges.
                 LA
          Crop dam aged
          (120 acres cotton)
                    2,4-0 (araine)

                    Damage to the cotton crop (aerial drift of 2,4-
                    0) was assessed at 315,396.59.
   78
LA
Crop damaged
(105 acres cotton)
2,4-0 (amine)

Aerial  drift  of  2,4-0  caused  damages  of
$10,296.33 to a cotton crop.
  /78
TX
Home garden dam-
aged ft acre
tomatoes, peppers,
peas, beans)
2,4-0
2,4,5-T
                                                A fence row adjacent to the affected garden
                                                was treated with the  herbicides. Symptoms
                                                appeared  in the  garden plants  (leaf cupping,
                                                curling  of terminal growth). The severity was
                                                listed as "slight."
 17/78
LA
Crop damaged
(44 acres cotton)
2,4-0 (araine)


Aerial drift of the product caused damage of
$525.15 to a cotton crop.
37/78
AR
Crop dam aged
(watermelons)
2,4-0


A fungicide contaminated with 2,4-0 vras ap-
ptted aerially to 27.5  acres  of  watermelons
which  were  moderately damaged. The  plants
were laid down with the leaves twisted. There
was a little of the herbicide left in the mixing
barrel  of a spray tank  which supposedly had
been cleaned cut.

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                 TX
          1 human affected
                    2,4-0 (amine)
                    An  adult male of  unknown  age developed
                    symptoms of headache and  drowsiness  after
                    Inhaling fumes  from a  herbicide product. He
                    was advised to go to  an  emergency room  tf
                    symptoms became serious.   His  wife  was a
                    medical technician and was expected to recog-
                    nize symptoms of severe poisoning.
 5,78
AR
Crop damaged
(h acre okra,
beans, squash,
corn, tomatoes)
•2,4-0 (araine)
Picloram
                                                An aerial  application  of the product  caused
                                                dam age (slight to m oderata burned foliage) to
                                                a  crop. Snap  beans were the  most severely
                                                damaged.
 9/73
LA
Crop damaged
(40 acres cotton)
2,4-0 (araine)


An aerial drift of the chemical  caused dam-
ages of $312^2 to a cotton crop.
11/75
OH
1 human affected,
vegetation
contaminated
2,4-0 (amine)
Picloram (amine)


An aerial  applicator  oversprayed  a farmer's
property  while  spraying  a  private  right-cf-
way.  The state  agricultural  department  was
investigating the incident.
15/78
TN
Humans affected;
unspecified number
received medical
attention, soil,
water involved
 2,4-0
 2,4,5-T
                                                A 3,000-acre tract was aerially sprayed by a
                                                commercial  applicator; -drift occurred over a
                                                wide area. There were reports of coughs, skin
                                                rashes, and sore throats.  The symptoms were
                                                diagnosed as possible pesticide poisoning. Soil,
                                                water  and  forage  samples  were  taken  for
                                                analysis but  a state agency was unable to
                                                pinpoint a residue-  A heavy rain fell after the
                                                application  and before sampling.

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15/78
LA
Crop damaged
(99 acres cotton)
2,4-0 (amine)

Aerial drift of the product  to  cotton  caused
dam ages of $270.48.
15/78
          Orchards dam aged    2,4-0
17/78
AR
Home garden dam-
aged (tomatoes,
peas, okra, water-
melons, cantaloupe)
                                                Three rows (100 feet long) of grapes exhibited
                                                herbidde-ftke damage. It  was thought  that
                                                there was a possible drift from nearby fields,
                                                or possibly the grower  may have used a  con-
                                                taminated sprayer previously used for herbi-
                                                cide  application.  The farmer  felt  that  a
                                                neighbor may have  intentionally  sprayed his
                                                grapes.
2,4-0
2,4,5-T
                                                Symptoms  were slight in the garden produce.
                                                A ground application of the herbicide had been
                                                m ade to an unspecified area to control brush.
21/73
TN
Crop damaged
(tobacco)
2,4-0
2,4,5-T

Tobacco samples were analyzed for residues of
the pesticides, and the laboratory results indi
cated both were present on samples from two
farms. The incident was caused by spray orfft
during afield application.
'23/78
          1 hum an affected     2,4-0
                                                In a home incident, a child less than 5 years of
                                                'age remained asymptomatic after ingesting a
                                                small amount of the herbicide.
'31/78 -
 OH
Soil contaminated
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-T (ester)

A tank truck carrying 400 gallons of herbicide
mixture overturned  and an but 40 gallons was
spilled on the road.  An EPA agency supervised
removal of the contaminated top soil.

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02/78
OK
1 hum an received
nedical attention
2,4-0

In a home incident, an adult male  developed
symptoms of chest pain,  vomiting and  ctizri-
ness after oral and  dermal  exposure  to  an
undetermined amount of 2,4-0.
04/78
IA
I human affected
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)
Piperonyl butoxide
Pyrethrins
Petroleum distillate
N-Octyl bicycloheptene dicarboximide
A  12-year-old boy sprayed  pesticide onto his
fingers; the skin became white. He washed his
hands  several times.  The  subject remained
asymptomatic.
'06/78
          1 hum an affected
                    2,4-0
                    Nineteen  hours  after  a  neighbor  sprayed his
                    yard, an individual over 65 years of age devel-
                    oped nausea. The subject had been undergoing
                    radiation therapy for cancer.
'08/78
CA
2 humans received
medical attention
2,4-0


A male  and female, 24 to 30  years of age,
developed diarrhea, burning throat,  abdominal
swelling, cramps, muscle tenderness and stiff-
ness of their backs and extremities  after eat-
ing blackberries  that had been  sprayed with
the chemical. They visited a physician.
'08/78
 OH
Soil contamination
2,4-0
2,4-0 (amine)
MCPP (amine)

A 2.5-ton truck overturned at the junction of
an interstate expressway and a road, demolish-
ing the tractor and spilling 10 gallons of a 300-
gallon mixture of water containing 9 pints of
MCPP and 6 pints of 2,4-0 - 2,4-0 (amine). An
EPA  agency  supervised  decontamination  by
spreading cement over the contaminated area.

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J/08/78
IX
Home garden
damaged
2,4-0 (araine)

A  ground rig  application of  the  product to
pasture caused damage (slight to severe) to 2
acres of purple huTI peas, blackeyed beans and
cream peas.
1/17/78
SC
1 hum an received
medical attention
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)
A  16-year-old  male accidentally sprayed the
herbicides  into his eye. He reported that he
irrigated his eye with  water continuously for
five minutes. He  was  advised  by the  poison
control center to  continue the eye  irrigation
and to seek medical attention if burning con-
tinued or if other symptoms developed.
8/18/78
          1 human affected
                     2,4-0
                     An adult developed a burning sensation in the
                     mouth after the spray-drifted into the"face.
3/25/78
 MI
1 human affected     2,4-0
                                                  In a home incident, a child less than 5 years of
                                                  age remained asymptomatic  after  having  a
                                                  "taste" of diluted herbicide.
3/01/78
 MN        1 human involved,
           soil contaminated
                     2,4-0 (ester)


                     In  an  agriculture-related incident,  an aerial
                     applicator crashed in a com field spilling  ISO
                     gallons of  a mixture  of 3/4 o^  2,4-0/3  gal
                     water.
19/01/78
 MI
 1 human received
 medical attention
 2,4-0
 2,4,5-T

 A  housewife  reached  into  a  thicket  and
 touched stinging nettle; she developed a local
 irritation, blistering  and  swelling.  Her  con-
 tinued central nervous system reactions mere
 than  a  month  later led to  questioning  the
 possibility of pesticide involvement,  A high-
 way department crew had sprayed the area 2H
 months earlier. The  physicians who  were con-
 tacted  doubted the pesticide relationship. The
 individual was to undergo extensive testing for
 deep-seated neurological involvement. This in-
 cident was found not to be pesticide related.

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/IS/78
TX
1 human
hospitalized
2,4-0 (araine)
MSMA
A  51-year-old  male  crop duster  developed
emesis, muscle  weakness, blurred vision  and
nystagmus  after he experienced skin contami-
nation with the chemicals.  A hospital treat-
ment consisted of an  electrocardiogram, study
of  liver  and  renal  function  baselines,  30
minutes' central nervous  system observation
and  30  minutes of vital  signs readings. In a
follow-up the  next day, the subject was found
asymptomatic. He was hospitalized 2 days.
/IS/78
MM       1 hum an received
          medical attention
                    2,4-0 (ester)
                    2,4,5-TP (ester)
                    H alathion
                    An individual  who had been  spraying with the
                    pesticides  developed abdominal  cramps.  The
                    attending physician treated him  with atropine
                    (0.3'mg}, and he was discharged without symp-
                    toms.
1/20/78
OH
 H ater contaminated
2,4-0-(araine)
A truck  was  parked  partially  on  a bridge
sidewalk section of a creek while being filled.
After  the 1,200-gallon  tank  was  filled  with
water  plus 3 quarts of the product, the front
wheels of the truck broke through the sidewalk
spiTKng approximately 250 gallons of the mix-
ture into the creek. The truck  was removed
several hours later. An EPA agency supervised
the final disposition of this incident.
6/01/78
 HI
 1 human affected
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)
A 50-year-old  man was taken to a hospital for
treatment of difficulty in breathing following
the  use  of the product (emulsifiable concen-
trate) in his garden.  The subject had a medi-
cal  history of asthma.  A physician from the
hospital  inquired  about  the toxicrty  of the
chemicals. It was unknown whether the chemi-
cal precipitated the symptoms.
3/12/78
 NC
 1 hum an involved
 2,4-0
 2,4,5-T

 While  employed as a  sales representative in
 1974 and 1975,  a  man was  exposed to  both

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NM
                              chemicals.  He  had both dermal  and respira-
                              tory exposure while working in 20 states. The
                              individual became concerned as the date of his
                              marriage  approached about the possibility  of
                              genetic damage as  the result of his exposure.
                              He was reassured.
2 humans affected    2,4-0 (araine)
                              Two .boys, 1  and 2  years  of age, opened  a
                              pesticide container  (non-safety)  and  spilled
                              some of the product on their legs. They devel-
                              oped skin irritation. The area was decontami-
                              nated.
          1 hum an received
          medical attention
                    2,4-0 (ester)
                    2,4,5-TP (ester)
                    An  adult  male   accidentally  sprayed  the
                    product  into  his face and  eyes in  a  home
                    incident. A. physician washed the subject's eyes
                    and decontaminated the skin. The man's eyes
                    were inflamed for 2 days after the exposure. A
                    dermatologist treated additional symptoms of
                    skin blisters successfully.
TX
3-4,000 huraans
involved; unspeci-
fied number re-
ceived medical
attention, soil
contaminated •
2,4-0 (araine)
2,4»5-T
+ 12  others
                              A warehouse located  1  mfte out  of town and
                              owned and used by a chemical company burned
                              and caused the evacuation of a portion of the
                              city (3 - 4,000 people) when smoke from the
                              fire drifted over the town. The fire alarm had
                              sounded at 5:05  a.m.  Water had been used at
                              first and then changed to foam which was not
                              successful either. The firemen  wore self
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                                                nated soil and the ash. The plant manager was
                                                instructed to  put up warning signs and to rope
                                                off the ffre area.
                  CA
1 human received
medical attention
2,4-0
MCPP
In a home Incident, a woman was fertilizing
he* yard with the chemicals  when her 2-year-
old daughter got some of  the product in her
Bjouth. She removed the material and gave the
child milk. The m other called the poison con-
trol  center for advice.  The child remained
asymptomatic.
                  CA
1 hum an received
medical attention
2,4-0

This  was an  undeserved  home incident in
which a 12-year-old boy inhaled fumes of the
product,   the child developed chest pain (2<*
hours post exposure) and nausea (24 - 48 hours
post exposure). "Accidental agricultural child-
hood poisoning* was the diagnosis.
                            1 ha man received
                            medical attention
                    2,4-0
                    Sulfur
                    A  crop duster was dusting sulfur on the south
                    side of a sugar beet field when a breeze blew
                    the dust across the field to the north side and
                    into the eyes of  a 27-year-old  male who was
                    spraying 2,4-0  (ground  application)  on a drain
                    ditch. The subject's eyes started  burning and
                    became sore;  his  eyes were irrigated with
                    water on  the  site. Fluorescein stain  was  in-
                    stilled in  both  eyes and  examined wtth the
                    ultra-violet  light and  the  slit-lamp  micro-
                    scope; ft was found there were fine erosions on
                    the globes of both eyes  and some inflam mation
                    in the lower  parts of  both eye globes.  His
                    visual acuity wearing glasses was 20/20 in his
                    right eye  and 20/30 in his  left eye; his blood
                    pressure was 104/80 and a  urinalysis test was
                    negative for glucose  and protein.  The  man's
                    eyes  were irrigated wtth an unspecified solu-
                    tion and "Naphcon Forte* eyedrops.
00/79
1 hum an affected     2,4-0
                                                This  was  an  undescribed home  incident  in
                                                which a 3Vyear-old boy  was exposed  to the
                                                herbicide.  The child re m ained asy m pto m atic.

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                  MN
          1 dog treated
                   2,4-0
                   In a home incident, a pet dog exhibited  weak-
                   ness, ataxia, depression, myotonia and had an
                   elevated creatim'ne phosphokinase after  a "re-
                   peated" exposure to the herbicide sprayed on
                   dandelions in a lawn.
                  UT
          I hum an involved
                   2,4-0 (ester)
                   2,4,5-TP (ester)

                   The chemical was sprayed in a yard and there
                   was concern that  the fumes (drift) would in-
                   jure  a 1-year-old boy.  The child remained
                   asymptomatic.
    79
UT
1 human affected
2,4-0
Phosphorus
An adult male was spreading the product when
some blew into his eyes. Ten  rainutas  later his
wife called a  medical center for information.
The subject irrigated his eyes with water for
10 minutes. The man reported redness  of the
eyes and burning. The product was mixed with
a f ertflzer containing nitrogen, phosphorus and
potassium.
  5/79
UT
1 hum an affected
2,4-0 (amine)
Dicamba (amine}
A  2-year-old girl was found with a small can
of the product; she had one pellet  by her lip
which  was bleeding. The mother washed  off
the  contaminated skin; the  child  appeared
asymptomatic.  A  medical  centsr  was con-
tacted 5  minutes after the exposure.
 07/79
UT
3 humans affected
2,4-0
Oicamba
Three girls (4,  8  and 9 years of  age) ingested
hailstones from a lawn that had recently been
treated with  the product.  The  children re-
co'ained asy m pto m atic.
/12/79
UT
1 human affected
2,4-0 (amine)

A  2-year-old boy  was found  with  a bottle of
the product at  his lips. He may have ingested
the material; he remained asymptomatic.

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5/13/79
NM        1 human received
          medical attention
                    2,4-0

                    An adult male called the local poison center 1
                    hour after his exposure to the product. He had
                    been  spraying  his lawn  with the  material and
                    had a cut on his finger; he wanted to know  if
                    he could be contaminated with  the herbicides.
                    He experienced abdominal pain  which  may
                    have  been due to the  exposure. It was recom-
                    mended that he wash his hands  thoroughly and
                    observe  for signs  and  symptoms of toxictty
                    from  this herbicide.    A follow-up  was not
                    possible  because the subject declined to leave
                    his nam e or telephone  nu m ber.
15/13/79
NM       1 human received
          medical attention
                    2,4-0 (ester)   '
                    2,4,5-TP (ester)

                    A 12-month-old  boy  was found in a  shed  in
                    back of the house holding an opened bottle  qf
                    herbicides.  It was unknown whether the child
                    ingested  any  of  the  material.  The boy was
                    administered  ipecac  and  given  a  bath at  an
                    emergency room. The child remained asympto-
                    matic. In a 48-hour follow-up the  subject was
                    found unchanged in his condition.
15/13/79
UT
1 hum an affected
2,4-0

A  6-year-old girl  was found  with  the  spilled
product on her  hands. She remained asympto-
matic.
 :/13 - 15/79
 MS
1 human
hospitalized
2,4-0 (amine)
Oicamba(amine)
This 56-year-old ra ale farm er had been spray-
ing (ground application)  his  pasture  with the
chemicals when he developed chest pains and a
high fever.  He  was admitted to a  hospital
where he  was kept for observation for 4  days.
After his  condition improved he was released
and  told  not to return  to  work  until  fuTly
recovered. A diagnosis of "probable inhalation,
lung injury* was made.
 5/14/79
 UT
1 human affected
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)

A  2-year-old girl  was found with the product
spilled on  her  hands and a herbicide odor on
her breath. She re m ained asy m pto m atic.

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5/14/79
UT
1 human affected
2,4-0 (amine)
Dlcamba (amine)
MCPP(amine)
A 3-year-old boy ingested bread 1 hour after it
had been sprayed with the product. The  child
remained asymptomatic.
5/15/79
UT
1 hum an affected
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)
A 24-year-old man was trying to fix a sprayer
when the spray got into his eyes. He remained
asymptomatic.
5/16/79
UT
1 human affected
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)
A  2-year-old  boy opened a can  of the product
with his mouth, spat, and  put  the  can  down.
Some of the  material remained on  his hands.
The child remained asymptomatic.
5/15/79
UT
1 human affected     2,4-0 (ester)
                                                A 12-month-old boy spilled the herbicide onto
                                                his  clothes. The  child  was bathed  and  the
                                                clothes decontaminated.  He remained asymp-
                                                tomatic
B/18/79
 UT
1 human affected
 2,4-0
 MCPP
 Bothers
 A 6-year-old  girl ingested some snack food
 that had fallen on a  lawn treated with the
 product a few days before. The child remained
 asymptomatic.
5/13/79
 UT
 1 human affected
 2,4-0 (ester)
 2,4,5-TP (ester)

 An 18-month-old male was found with pesti-
 cide granules from  a lawn  around  his mouth,
 probably not more than h teaspoon. The child
 remained asymptomatic.
 >A9/79
 UT
 1 human affected
 2,4-0 (ester)
 2,4,5-TP (ester)

 A  2-year-old  girl  sucked  on the  side  of  a
 spnyer that  had been  in  a  bottle used for

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                                                holding a concentrate solution  of 1 tsp herbi-
                                                cides/1 at water. The bottle was empty at the
                                                time. The subject remained asymptom atic.
71/79
Unknown   1 human affected
                   2,4-0 (amine)
                   Oicamba (amine)
                   A 25-year-old female accidentally spilled the
                   herbicide on  herself (in hair, eyes and mouth).
                   She was slightly nauseated in the morning at
                   work.
'21/79
CA       1 hum an received
          medical attention
                   2,4-0 (C12 amine)
                   2,4-0 (C14 amine)

                   A 40-year-old female, public school teacher
                   carae in contact with a school lawn which had
                   been  sprayed with the herbicide.  She devel-
                   oped  dermatitis - welts on the skin which had
                   touched the  lawn itched  like  hives, lasted
                   several hours and  recurred the   next  day.
                   •Flcrone"  ointment  was administered for the
                   itching.
/24/79
UT
1 human affected
2,4-0

An  18-month-old female ingested 1%  table-
spoon of the product. She was given  milk. The
child re m ained asy m pto m atic.
/25m
 CA       8 hu mans received
          medical attention
                    2,4-0


                    Seven males (8 - 25 yean of age) and a 22-
                    year-old female were exposed to the herbicide
                    while  swim raing in  a contaminated lake; the
                    surrounding area had been  sprayed for  poison
                    oak. They exhibited symptoms  which included
                    rashes, nausea/vomiting, epistaxis,  dizziness,
                    generalized itching  and skin  bums.  The diag-
                    nosis was "exposure to 2,4-0 herbicide.1' Blood
                    and urine samples were submitted for analysis
                    (CBC,  lactic  dehydrogenise,  alkaline  phos-
                    phatase,  serum  glutamic  oxalacetic  trans-
                    aminase  and  myoglobin).   Results  of  these
                    tests were not reported.
i/26/79
 UT
1 human affected
2,4-0
2,4,5-TP

An individual of unknown age was  spraying a
lawn when he got some of the herbicide in the

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                                                eye.  The  eye  was rinsed,  and  the subject
                                                re ra ained asy m pto m atic.
                   UT
         1 hum an affected
                   2,4-0 (ester)
                   Four days after a pesticide application, a m ale
                   child chewed  on treated dandelion. He re-
                   in ained asy m pto m atic.
                   UT
         1 human affected     2,4-0
                                                A 3-year-old boy put water into the pesticide
                                                bottle cap  and drank from  tL  He  remained
                                                asymptomatic
                   CA
         1 hum an received
         medical attention
                   2,4-0
                   MCPP
                   A  2^-year-old boy  remained asymptomatic
                   after putting a mouthful of fertilizer into his
                   mouth  while playing  in his  home  yard.  The
                   mother  was fertilizing the lawn. The  woman
                   washed her son's mouth as soon as she noticed
                   and  called a poison control  center.   •Acci-
                   dental childhood poisoning' was the diagnosis.
                             1 cat dead
                             2,4-0
                             A cat was exposed to the herbicide which had
                             been applied to a  lawn. The  chemical  was
                             found in  the urine  and  body fat. The animal
                             was unable to walk,  rolled to one side, and had
                             dypsnea.
  JO/79
          1 dog treated
                   2,4-0

                   Two weeks  before  treatment, a pet dog was
                   exposed  to  the herbicide in an  undescribed
                   incident.  The  animal  had  vomited  and was
                   depressed,  had tremors  and  an  increased
                   muscle   tone.   Fluids,   corticosteroids  and
                   prophylactic antibiotics  were  administered.
                   The chemical was detected in the urine.
i/Q4/79
NV
Ihu m an affected     2,4-0
                                                 An adult  male remained asymptomatic after
                                                 having a very large amount of 2,4-0 spitted on
                                                 him  at a  ranch.  He was decontaminated  and
                                                 remained asymptomatic.

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                   UT
          1 human affected
                    2,4-0 (ester)
                    2,4,5-TP (ester)
                    A 3-year-old male ingested water from a lawn
                    that had  been fertilized with the  product 2
                    days earlier.  The lawn had been watered. The
                    boy rem ained asy m pto or atic.
                   UT
          1 human affected     2,4-0
                                                 A  2-year-old  male stuck his hands into the
                                                 herbicide  product and then  rubbed his  eyes
                                                 with his contaminated hands. The mother irri-
                                                 gated his eyes for 1 minute.  The child cried;
                                                 it  was suspected that he had put his hands into
                                                 his mouth.
                   LA
          1 hum an-affected
                    2,4-0 (ester)
                    2,4,5-T (ester)
                    A worn an of 55 - 56 years developed slight skin
                    burning  and an  unusual  taste in her  mouth
                    after  she  was accidentally  exposed  to the
                    herbicides.  She drank water  before calling  i
                    poison  center. She  was advised to contact  a
                    physician.if symptoms persisted. On a follow-
                    up, the  person reported feeling better "after
                    talking to som eone."
   /79
UT
1 human affected     2,4-0 (ester)
                                                 A  16-year-old, 115-pound female was splashed
                                                 on  the face  with a  dilute  solution  of the
                                                 herbicide.  She reported  watery eyes and burn-
                                                 ing in her nose. The subject rinsed her mouth
                                                 before calling a m edical center.
  >3/7S
CA
1 hum an received
medical attention
2,4-0 (araine)


A- 34-year-old male  mixer/loader splashed the
material into his eyes while opening a can of
liquid concentrate 2,4-0  with a screwdriver.
He  wore rubber gloves  and "outer clothing."
The subject received unspecified treatment at
an emergency room. Chemical conjunctivitis
was the diagnosis.
5/24/79
UT
                              1 human affected
                    2,4-0 (ester)

                    A  2-year-old  girl  remained  asymptomatic
                    after putting a spray in her mouth.

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06/25/79
          Water contaminated
                    2,4-0
                    MCPP
                    Niclofen
                    A truck carrying agricultural chemicals over-
                    turned  and spilled at  least 15  gallons  of  3
                    different chemicals into a road ditch. Some of
                    the herbicides may have washed into a nearty
                    slough. Cattle were moved  to another pasture
                    away from  the  contaminated area.  Later in-
                    vestigation  revealed  that  only  1  gallon  of
                    rrfclofen was spilled from the truck. No prob-
                    lems developed.
06/27/79
TX
Humans affected,     2,4-0
home garden,         2,4,5-T
ornamentals damaged
                                                  A .woman concerned  about  health effects and
                                                  whether crops from the  area were edible con-
                                                  tacted  (6/27/79) a state department of  agri-
                                                  culture to report a drift of the chemicals.  An
                                                  investigator was on the  scene on 6/29/79. Her
                                                  property had the most severe damage (defoli-
                                                  ated trees and loss of a home garden) of any of
                                                  the affected properties.  A  sample from  a
                                                  hibiscus tree was  collected and analyzed. Re-
                                                  sults were Ul  ppm 2,4-0 and 0.1 ppm  2,4,5-
                                                  T. An  agriculture inspector  could  detect no
                                                  drift pattern which would reveal the source of
                                                  the herbicides.  The woman alleged  that there
                                                  were three  sources of herbicides: (1) the city
                                                  herbicide applications, (2)  a  spray  tank kept
                                                  behind  the  city hall  and (3)  a disposal  site
                                                  behind  the  city  hall for the herbicides used in
                                                  1975. She stated  she lived in a  straight line
                                                  from the cfty haTI and that a city councilman
                                                  along with  her  had  detected  damage between
                                                  the city haTI and  her home. Accenting to the
                                                  woman, the neighbors had diarrhea  and nausea
                                                  during the summer. The woman's symptom was
                                                  a tightness  in her chest; she admitted she had
                                                  a heart problem.
 07/03/79
 UT
                               1 human affected
                    '2,4-0 (ester)

                    A 4-year-old male ingested herbicide from  an
                    empty can which was in  a garbage can. The
                    child  had the product on his hands and  around
                    his mouth. He remained asymptomatic.

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f/07/79
UT
1 hum an affected
2,4-0 (ester)
Phosphoric arid
A  2-year-old boy  was found playing with the
product and had some around his mouth.  The
subject rera ained asy m pto ra atic.
7/07/79
UT
2 humans affected
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)
Phosphoric acid
A  boy and a girl (1 year  of age) were found
tossing the product at one another and had the
material   on   themselves.  They  remained
asymptomatic.
7/07/79
NO
1 human affected     2,4-0
                                                 A 39-year-cld male sprayed 2,4-0 on his legs.
                                                 He  had experienced weakness,  dizziness  and
                                                 paresthesia, but was feeling better. As he  was
                                                 50 miles from the hospital, he was told to stay
                                                 home if he  was improving and to continue to
                                                 be alert to symptoms.
17/12/79
 TX
 1 human received
 medical attention
2,4-0 (amine)
H alathion

A female  college  student dropout reported
symptoms of low grade fever, headache, nau-
sea/vomiting, various aches  (ribs, back  and
arms),  blood  pressure 35/60,  elevated heart
rate  and blurred vision  whenever neighbors
applied malathion to pecans or 2,4-0 fcr weed
control. A  physician diagnosed  the subject's
condition as  a pesticide poisoning.  The woman
had  a  recent history  of hypersensttivtty to
chemicals.   First  symptoms  were noted in
February 1978  when she  was  a   student at
college and worked part-time in  a  flower shop
with  a  product containing unidentified chemi-
cals.   The college dormitory was  sprayed  for
insects while she was away on vacation.  She
•was  hospitalized in  February  and  March of
1979.    Extensive tests  showed   allergy to
phenols among others. Upon release she was
confined to  her home.  The subject now lives
in isolation at her parents' ranch.

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7/14/79
WA       1 hum an received
          » edlcal attention
                    2,4-0 (ester)


                    A 3-year-old  boy was found playing  with the
                    product and may have eaten some. The mother
                    followed poison control  center  advice and ad-
                    ministered an emetic. She kept the child under
                    observation at  home; he remained  asympto-
                    matic.
7/16/79
UT
1 human affected
2,4-0
A  4^-year-old  boy  found  his  grandfather's
sprayer containing the  chemical and  sprayed
the yard; next, he was  seen  to  be  spitting. It
was thought he had the  material in  his mouth.
The child remained asymptomatic.
7/17/73
          1 human
          hospitalized
                    2,4-0 (ester)
                    2,4,5-TP (ester)

                    A 78-year-old male was admitted to a hospital
                    after having ingested an unknown quantity of
                    the herbicide;  he had also slashed his throat.
                    Surgery was performed to repair his  carotid
                    arteries,  A follow-up 12 hours later found the
                    subject asymptomatic of any  pesticide poison-
                    Ing (no signs or symptoms developed). The man
                    was receiving  Cimetidine for gastrointestinal
                    irritation,  Kefzol  to  prevent infection and
                    Digitalis  and Lasix  for previous  chronic pul-
                    monary problems.   His urine output  was low
                    but the  Tfver  functions  were  normal.  On
                    7/20/79, he was transferred to another unit; he
                    was kept in the hospital only  for  treatment of
                    his throat and the pulmonary disease.
37/19/79
 HE       Water
          contaminated
                    2,4-0 (ester)
                    2,4-0 P (ester)

                    Spray  equipment fell into  a  small  pool  of
                    water  near  a  river;  3-4 gallons of  the
                    material (1 gal product/100 gal water)  were
                    spilled Into the pool. The pool was drained and
                    the water sprayed on vegetation nearby.
37/20/79
 UT
 1 hum an affected
 2,4-0 (ester)

 A lawn had  been sprayed with the product  2
 days earlier. A  woman watered the grass  and
 changed the sprinkler from  one hose to  an-
 other; the  hose may  or may not have  had

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07/23/79
UT
                                                  pesticide residue on ft.  The woman's daughter
                                                  (5  months  old)  touched  the hose  and  then
                                                  sucked on  her fingers. The child  remained
                                                  asymptomatic.
1 human affected     2,4-0 (amine)
                                                  A female child of unknown age stuck her hand
                                                  into the pesticide bag  and then touched  her
                                                  eye.  She complained of  mild  burning in  her
                                                  right eye.
07/24/79
MM       1 human affected,
          food contaminated
                    2,4-0
                    MCPP

                    A 2-year-old boy dropped his popsicle on the
                    lawn that had just  been treated (10 minutes
                    earlier)  with the product and, after picking ft
                    up,  he ate ft. The lawn  had  not been watered
                    and the  product was still in its powdered form.
                    The child was treated at home wfth  milk and
                    observed   for   24  hours;   he   remained
                    asymptomatic.
07/29/75
          1 hum an affected
                    2,4-0 (ester)
                    2,4,5-TP (ester)
                    A  5-year-old boy was playing in a neighbor's
                    garage and found an  empty and dry pesticide
                    plastic bottle.  The child filled the container
                    wfth water and drank from ft. Approximately
                    1H hours  later,  a neighbor discovered  the
                    child's action and called a poison control cen-
                    ter. The subject rem ained asyrapto m atic.  Milk
                    was given  to him to drink.
08/04/79
 UT
 1 human affected
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)

A  3-year-old boy rubbed the product into his
eyes. A medical center was contacted 1 hour
later. The  child's  eyes  were irrigated  wfth
•water; he  was stffl in pain.
 C8/06/79
 ID
 Crop damaged
 (104 acres hay)
2,4-0
Oieldrin
                                                   The chemical was aerially applied by accident
                                                   to a hay field. Hay samples were submitted by
                                                   an  agricultural extension service agent. The
                                                   following results were obtained: 2.S ppm 2,4-
                                                   0, 0.5 ppb dleldrin and 1 ppb p,p'-0 D E.

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08/13/79
LA
Huraans affected;
1 family received
aedical attention
2,4-0
Arinphos methyl

A  person  from  a physician's office  reported
that a woman had reported that her family and
other persons in her neighborhood had experi-
enced illnesses  which  were  believed  to  be
associated  with the  applications of agricul-
tural chemicals to sugar cane growing around
their homes. These events had been occurring
and recurring for more than a year and were
related  to  the  growing of the crop. The ill-
nesses were present during  three periods: (!)
at the time of application of the.chemicals, (2)
when the soil in the field was being turned and
(3) when the cane  was being burned prior to
harvest  (homes were downwind of the crops).
The latter  period seemed to produce the most
serious  effects.  The  woman remarked that
there   was  no  apparent   misuse  of  the
chemicals.  Her husband (a patholougist) agreed
and  believed that  the problem  was serious.
Illnesses reported  were  (1)  a swollen, sore
throat that lingered on, (2) persistent asthma-
like symptoms and (3)  cuts and scratches that
would not  heal.  None of these  maladies re-
sponded to antibiotics.  A  follow-up  call on
1/2/80 revealed that the woman  believed the
problem still existed but seemingly to a lesser
degree as her family did not react as seriously
as they had the previous  fan. The number of
people exposed or  affected had  not been de-
termined nor the number of people obtaining.
m edica] treatm ent.
 S/27/79
          2 dogs exposed
                    2,4-0 (amine)
                    Oicamba (amine)
                   ' 2,4-0 P (amine)

                    Approximately  1  hour after  a lawn had been
                    sprayed, two dogs were found in the yard—one
                    dog had rolled around in the wet grass and the
                    other was lying in the wet grass. On a 24-hour
                    follow-up,  neither  dog had  experienced any
                    problem. The animals remained asymptomatic.
  9/06/79
           i hum an received
           aedical attention
                    2,4-0 (ester)
                    2,4,5-TP (ester)

                    A 38-year-old  woman went  to  an emergency
                    room approximately 15 hours after a pesticide
                    inhalation  exposure.  She exhibited symptoms
                    of coughing, choking,  headache and cnest pain.

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                                                  A poison control canter advised the emergency
                                                 room  personnel to treat the symptoms. A  5-
                                                 hour follow-up found that the emergency room
                                                 staff  had concluded that the subject's symp-
                                                 toms  were related to  bronchitis and not to the
                                                 herbicide. She was then released.
09/11/79
UT
1 nun an affected
2,4-0 (amine)
2,4,5-TP (amine)
A  2-year-old female  was found  playing with
the product; she may have ingested some but
there was no evidence. A medical center was
called 1m m ediately after the  exposure.  The
mother washed the child's hands and face. The
subject rem ained asym ptom atic.
09/12/79
Unknown   1 human affected
                    2,4^0 (anrlne)
                    Oicamba (amine)
                    MCPP(amine)
                    A 5-year-old boy ran in  a  lawn and  nearby
                    field that had been treated 3 days earlier. The
                    child rem ained asy m pto m atic.
09/12/79
NM       1 hum an received
          medical attention
                    2,4-0 (ester)
                    Chlordane
                    Heptachlor
                    Xylene

                    A 32-year-old male city employee was working
                    with the  products for approximately 1 hour.
                    Thirty minutes post exposure, his wife called a
                    poison control center to report that her hus-
                    band  was  vomiting and  had a colorless com-
                    plexion. It was recora mended that the subject
                    shower thoroughly, get fresh air, and be ob-
                    served for signs  of  tcxicity related  to  the
                    pesticides.    On a 5-hour follow-up,  it  was
                    reported  that the  man  had  eaten  a bologna
                    sandwich  which may have been spoiled; he also
                    had a spider bite on  his  arm.  These factors
                    may have contributed to his symptoms.
 09,19/79
 UT
 1 human affected
 2,4-0 (amine)
 Oicamba (amine)

 A 3-year-old female  dropped a  sucker  on  a
 lawn  (sprayed  with the  product  1H hours be-
 fore), and, after picking it up, she licfced it a
 few times. The child remained asymptomatic.

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09/22/79
UT
1 human affectred
2,4-0 (ester)
2,4,5-TP (ester)
TWs was a home incident in which a 2-year-cld
boy sprayed a dilute herbicide into  his mouth.
The dilution rate was 0.09 mg 2,4-0 (ester)/cc
plus  0.044 mg 2,4,5-TP (ester)/cc. The  child
remained asymptomatic.
09/27/79
CA        1 hum an received
          m edical attention
                    2,4-0 (amine)
                    Oicaraba(araine)
                    A  44-year-old female  secretary  developed
                    conjunctivitis  after mist from  the application
                    got into  her eyes.  She was rounding a corner
                    of a school building in  which an applicator was
                    spraying  at the time. It was suggested that the
                    applicator should improve his  timing of appli-
                    cation and employ an  extra person to check
                    areas for  approaching  people.  It   was also
                    thought that  this was an  avoidable accident
                    and it occurred due to subject not observing
                    activity. The secretary's eyes  were washed at
                    a physiciairs office.
10/01/79
ID
3 humans affected;
1 received medical
attention
2,4-0
Qicamba
MCPP
Three office workers (a 28-year-old m ale and
two females, 23 and 26 years of  age)  were
exposed  to  the product when fumes  were
brought inside a building by the  duct system
during a ground application of the pesticide.
Symptoms included headache, body aches, diz-
ziness, breathing  difficulty,  skin  irritation,
nausea and eye  and throat irritation.  Serum
and urine   were submitted for  analysis; no
pesticide residues were detected.
 10/08/79
          1 dog treated
                    2,4-0
                    Qicamba

                    A veterinarian called a poison control  center
                    concerning a dog that was experiencing  saliva-
                    tion. The owners were unsure  when the inges-
                    tion occurred after a  ground  application was
                    made. On a follow-up, the veterinarian had
                    examined the dog  completely and  decided  to
                    discharge it from the clinic.

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10/12/79
UT
1 hum an affected
                                                  2,4-0    •
                                                  Ammonium sulfate
                                                  A 9-year-old, 80-pound boy was found playing
                                                  with  an unmarked sack  the  mother thought
                                                  contained weed killer and fertilizer. The child
                                                  was throwing the product Into a sand box. She
                                                  gave hi a a shower 1n mediately. The boy ate a
                                                  normal meal  and shortly afterward became
                                                  slightly sick with a  mild burning sensation in
                                                  his throat. His mother said that  much of the
                                                  product  was on the  ground, and  the bag was
                                                  almost fuT). A  little  Ingestlon  was  suspected.
                                                  This incident was  managed  at  home without
                                                  any further com plications.
12/11/79
to
1 hum an received
medical attention
2,4-0


A 55-year-old male farmer was admitted to a
hospital  exhibiting  symptoms  of  p'eripheral
neuropathy and acute renal failure, "A history
of use of 2,4-0 was evident.* Serum  and urine
samples were submitted for analysis; no 2,4-0,
chlorinated hydrocarbon or organophosphcrus
pesticide residues were detected.

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