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Be Victim Of Self-Made
Don’t
Farm
And Home Tragedies
A farmer recently was re-
Ailing his tractor with gasoline.
He had left the motor run
ning as he had often done,
when a spark ignited the gaso
line fumes, causing a terrible
explosion that resulted in his
death.
RAIN INTERRUPTED A
BACK-YARD barbecue that
parents were giving for their
son and a dozen of his friends.
They m'ved the portable bar
becue Ills along with the
guests ;r.. > the garage. Be
cause o" t':e hard rains and
high w nds they closed the
over-head doors. In a short
while several of the youngsters
were simultaneous overcome
with carbon monoxide and bad
to be rushed to the hospital
A MOTHER RECENTLY
CLEANED the upholstery of
two living I*oool chairs with
a full cup of carbon tetrach
loride, That afternoon, her 5-
year-old son sat on one of the
chairs wh le watching his
favorite television, program.
Afterwards he became so vio
lently ill that he was rushed to
a hospital and it took an expert
medical team and an artificial
kidney to save the lad’s life.
THE POTENTIAL HAZ
ARDS IN AND AROUND
most households are over
whelming And countless per
sons are innocent victims sim
ply because they are not
aware of dangers that may
exist. Such was the case in
the three examples mentioned.
The farmer had refilled the
gasoline tank on his tractor
many times with the motor
running, and perhaps he nev
er realized the dangers in
volved. The parents were un
aware that burning charcoal
releases deadly carbon monox
ide and should never be
used except in a weE-ventit
ated area And certainly the
mother didn’t know that car
bon tetrachloride vapors were
so extremely dangerous or
that they could be given off
for such a long period of
time after they were used.
THE UTMOST CAUTION
SHOULD ALWAYS BE USED
when pouring gasoline from
one container into another
sine© there is always danger
that escaping vapors when
mixed with air may igmte
When it is necessary to pour
gasoline, by all means, do it
away from open flames, elec
tric switches, heat, and away
from engines or motors while
they are running or any other
possible sources of ignition,
Another dangerous source
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used for gasoline and kero
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of ignition is through static
electricity, which can be gener
ated through gasoline in sev
eral ways It may be gener
ated by pouring gasoline from
one container into another
without having a metallic con
nection between the two con
tainers or by filtering gaso
line through a chamois.
THE LATTER PRACTICE
SHOULD ALWAYS BE
AVOIDED. In pouring gasoline
front one container into an
other, a simple precaution to
follow is to use a funnel which
is put in contact with both
containers; or, if you are using
a hose, the metal nozzle should
be kept in contact with the
container being filled. Stor
age of kerosene or gasoline
on a farm must be done with
the utmost caution. It is un
wise to keep them in the
house. Never store or handle
in glass containers as they are
too easily broken. Storage cans
should be of the proper type,
painted red, if possible and
labeled clearly. Different
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DO NOT BURN CHARCOAL
FOR COOKING or heating
purposes indoors or in any en
closed area. When charcoal
burns, it produces carbon
monoxide, a deadly gas. This
gas is invisible, odorless and
colorless and it can. overcome
a person without warniing.
Many cases of carbon monox
ide poisoning have occurred
from cooking with Japanese
style hibachds indoors; from
using grills in basements en
closed porches, garages and
living rooms during rainy days
or cold weather; and from
trying to heat tents, cabins
and automobiles with charcoal
briquets and unventilated kero
sene stoves.
EXPERTS SUGGEST THAT
YOU DO NOT USE tetrachlo
ride in your home. It is true
that it is a common, readily
available household chemical.
It is also true that carbon
tetraichloride is extremely
hazardous. Some people re
gard it as a “safe” cleaning
fluid merely because it is non
flammable. Yet, in truth, it is
one of the most toxic house
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hold substances known. their dangers. Also avoid pur-
CARBON TET’S MOST VICI
OUS HAZARD is its vapor, to jnak* fure carbon lei is
which is far more poisonous not contained in them.
than chloroform. And the vie- FARM and HOME ACCl
tim usually has no warning at DENTS ARE ON THE RISE,
the time that he is being poi- In the U. 5. alone, according
soned. Acute carbon tet poi- to the National Safety ’Council,
h,™ the statistical average is a
soning, causes kidney failure minutes and an
(hat is often fatal Repeated iltjury every eight seconds,
and. prolonged exposure can The Council on Rural Health
cause destruction of the liver. of American Medical As-
It is a wise precaution to sociation continually cautions
check all cleaning fluids, funu- »u to be eternally vigilant* so
gants, insecticides, paints and that ftrm and home aeddaota
fire extinguishers on the pre- may kept down to the
raises for the ingredient carbon i owes t possible,
tetrachloride and remove any
wMoh contains it to a place UNFORTUNATELY, ACCl
where they can (be locked and DENTS. NEVER TAKE A
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