WASHINGTON Hie National
Agricultural Chemicals
Association (NACA) today an
nounced a massive national
program to improve the efficiency
and professionalism of people on
the front line of handling farm
chemicals.
The comprehensive NACA un
dertaking will provide new tools to
assure safety in a broad-based two
part effort aimed at the nation’s
farm community.
The program is called “Farm
Chemical Safety Is In Your
Hands.” It focuses on com
municating a single principle and
only four simple elements, ac
cording to Dr. Earl C. Spurrier,
NACA’s vice president of
Regulatory Affairs.
“We hope to develop un
derstanding of the principle that
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risk equals toxicity multiplied by
exposure. By simply reducing
exposure, you reduce risk.”
“All it involves is the use of
rubber gloves, water, thorough
washing and following label in
structions for all protective
measures,” said Spurrier who
conceived the program.
One part of the program includes
a 12-minute videotape and a 12-
page booklet for training and
communicating the message.
The second part is multi-faceted
promotion of the “Rubber Glove
Zone” concept. It involves
distribution of educational packets
to 3,700 farm chemical dealers in
26 states.
NACA has distributed the scripts
and 10-, 30- and 60-second tapes
promoting the rubber glove con
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across the country which reach the
nation’s farmers. The program has
already been tested and accepted
overwhelmingly by farm chemical
dealers as being an excellent
safety approach. Some 1,042
dealers in six states participated in
a six-state trial in 1986.
Spurrier contends the principle
can be used “in every farm
operation from managing a herd of
cattle to driving a tractor or pickup
truck. If we can persuade people
that this will reduce exposure, then
it becomes even more meaningful.
That’s the point we’re trying to
reach.” The regulatory chief
stressed that the dealers feel more
of this needs to be done to develop
recognition about how, why and
where exposure can be reduced.
“Any user of farm chemicals can
employ this program at virtually
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no expense. Simply use gloves,
have water available, and wash
the gloves and hands and follow
label instructions.”
“For this reason, we developed a
concise videotape presentation.
We sent it to all state extension
pesticide coordinators, 40 state
associations, 18 farm groups in
cluding American Agriwomen and
Women Involved
Economics, all of our principal
contacts to be used for dealer
training, in-house training and
vocational-agricultural training.
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And we’re getting positive
responses.”
Spurrier said one company
ordered 75 videotapes and will
equip all of its salesmen with two
copies. “The salesmen will loan
them to farmers to take home and
show their families. Their view
and ours is if we get the in
formation out there, it will work.”
The educational packets are
available without charge from
NACA. Contact them at 1155 15th
St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.
Phone: 202-296-1585.'
cording to the USDA Soil Con
servation Service in Harrisburg,
soil erosion on Pennsylvania
farmland decreased by almost two
million tons last year.
This was due to soil conservation
practices applied by more than
14,000 farmers in the state, reports
James Olson, state con
servationist. According to a report
issued by Olson, over 241,000 acres
were treated and protected against
soil erosion.
SCS provided help to 26,800
landusers during 1986. Olson added
that SCS’s assistance to individual
landusers is furnished through
locally operated county con
servation districts. He also pointed
out that SCS’s efforts to hold the
soil in place improves water
quality by keeping soil, fertilizers,
and other farm chemicals out of
streams.
Among the soil saving practices
applied on Pennsylvania farms in
1986 were 25,500 acres of contour
strip cropping, 516,600 feet of
diversions, 345,000 feet of terraces,
575 acres of sod waterways and 193
animal waste management
systems.
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