EPA to consider requiring closed pesticide systems
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NEWARK, Del - The
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency is con
sidering the desirability of
requiring closed systems for
mixing pesticides and rin
sing their containers.
These systems, which are
now required in California,
remove the concentrated
pesticide from the original
container, rinse the empty
container, and transfer the
pesticide and rinse solution
to a close mixing tank
witnout exposing any person
to the pesticide.
This is certainly a good
idea, says Delaware ex
tension agricultural
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chemical specialist John
McDaniel. With a closed
mixing system, it should not
be necessary to wear
protective clothing when
mixing pesticides, since a
system which performs as
intended prevents exposure
But unfortunately, these
systems haven’t always
performed as intended.
Some have failed, often
seriously exposing the
operator to concentrated
pesticide-the very problem
the system was supposed to
prevent.
The problem seems to be
one of design, McDaniel
explains
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Closed systems use a
probe to withdraw the
concentrated pesticide from
its container. Due to the
variety of sizes and shapes of
containers and of the designs
of their closures, one probe
will not fit all containers. So,
the operator must buy
probes of several sizes, as
well as adapters and at
tachments to fit the various
containers
As a result, the system
becomes cumbersome,
costly, and often poorly
fitting. Leaks occur, posing a
distinct < hazard to the
operator.
The Environmental
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Protection Agency has in
vestigated the problem and
has suggested that stan
dardization of closures and
container sizes might be the
answer Another answer
might be to require that each
container have a built-in
probe. Built-in probes might
eliminate the need for
standardized containers.
Finding safe methods of
handling hazardous con
centrated pesticides is one of
the many problems faced by
the Environmental
Protection Agency The
agency requests comments
and information in these
cases, then publishes rules
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valuable suggestions
LANCASTER - On
Wednesday, November 5,
members of the Twin Valley
FFA competed in the
Lancaster - Lebanon - Berks
County Wildlife contest at
the Middle Creek Wildlife
Management Area.
This contest, held in
conjunction with the Penn
sylvania Game Commission,
requires students to: 1) take
a written test on wildlife
management and laws, 2)
evaluate a habitat for
wildlife, 3) identify at least
10 wildlife signs, 4) identify
ten Pennsylvania mammals,
5) identify ten Pennsylvania
birds, 6) identify ten Penn
syvlania fish, 7) identify ten
Pennsylvania reptiles and
amphibians, 8) identify ten
wildlife foods, 3) identify ten
bird calls and 10) identify ten
bird or mammal tracks.
In Berks county com
petition, Twin Valley
members swept the top nine
positions, with three Twin
Valley students finishing in
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the top ten overall (from all
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Capturing first place in the
county was Wade Bernard,
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2 Elverson. Eric Timm, 14
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Pam Trestle, 15 year old
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Wade finished second, four
points behind John Sweigart
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finishing fifth, and Pam
eighth. In team competition,
Twin Valley finished first,
Northern Lebanon second,
and Garden Spot third.
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