We had an unpleasant surprise while we unloaded the car after a trip to St. Louis today. A crop duster made application on the wheat field just to our south, and drifting pesticide rolled over us. I have to chase down the contractor and find out what was applied. It is usually a cocktail of products, all with their own cautions. Our trees are already looking screwy from other herbicide applications around us.
UPDATE: It was a fungicide (probably with an insecticide) plus Serpent, a pyrethroid insecticide, with Danger label, which is the highest caution level on pesticides. Don't stand around downwind of aerial applications on wheat!
"Exposure to Lambda-cyhalothrin poses both acute and chronic risks. Acute effects include skin and eye irritation, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiovascular toxicity, coma, convulsions, and severe muscle fasciculation. There is no antidote for pyrethrin or pyrethroid poisoning."
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I wonder, other than accidents when flying, what the lifespan of a duster usually is; I also wonder what their cancer rate (and what specific cancers, if any) is.
I wonder what, other than flying accidents, the lifespan of a duster is. I also wonder what the cancer rate (and which cancers) is.
We see many dogs who get cancer. I always wonder if it is caused by the pesticides that are applied to dogs for fleas and ticks.
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