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Although restricted-use pesticides are not generally available to home-owners, oc casionally do-it-yourselfers need to apply toxic substances. Whether you are spraying trees for pests, roadsides for weeds, or your home for unwanted insects, you need to know what to do with the protec tive clothes you’ve worn. After using pesticides, remove all clothes you’ve worn and im mediately place them in a plastic container. Don’t throw them over the back of a chair or dump them into the family laundry pile. Put them in a bag with a tie closing, or in a bucket with a lid, until you are ‘Trademark Shell Chemical Company ready to launder them. Take a shower, shampoo, and scrub well. As soon as you are ready to wash the toxic clothes wash them separately. It is important that they do not come in contact with other clothes because pesticide residue may be redeposited on other garments. Always check the pesticide label and garment label for specific laundering and han dling instructions. 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If the plug is loose in the receptacle, it may fall or be bumped out without anyone noticing. Replace loose plugs. Some hardware stores sell clips that clamp the plug in by means of the screw that holds the receptacle plate onto the outlet. Check your freezer at least once every day. If the freezer has a power signal light, check that. A door lock on your freezer will help prevent accidental unlatching of the door. Freezer owners should know where the closest commercial freezer locker or source of dry ice is, in case of an extensive power failure. Check your home freezer after thunderstorms causing power failures since freezers have been known to be damaged when power drops or surges. Mechanical devices do oc casionally fail, and freezer owners should make plans for such emergencies. Preventive main tenance will help reduce the likelihood of such failures.
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