I’m going to guess you where in a wheat field as that chemical is one that would be used at this time of year applied to the seed head of the wheat, often call a T3 fungicide. I would think it almost certain that he was telling the truth.I have read that something called Chlorothalonil has recently been banned - could this have been being 'used up'? Or is that more than a person's job is worth?
On another note - can anyone please advise if the contractor will most likely have been honest about spraying what he said he was spraying? I have to admit that StillFarming has made me nervous about this.
A lot of labels give description of symptoms of poisoning. I mysteriously develop all the symptoms as soon as I read them even if I have only read the label.Yes I read that sheet and got even more worried.
New to this forum and am a smallholder not a farmer so I hope you won't mind me asking this.
Can anyone tell me how harmful it could have been to breathe in fungicide spray straight after it was sprayed? Walked in it for a minute or so after the sprayer went straight past me at close quarters. I had heard that most of the really bad stuff was banned now but I could barely breathe by the time I got off the footpath - strong chemical smell as you would expect and the skin in my mouth gone a bit strange feeling.
Has anyone experience this and know what I can expect to happen if anything much? I had my dogs with me too.
You might not suffer from a fungal nail infection either .looking for the positives here you won’t get mildew, septoria, rust or fusarium !
in all seriousness it’s not harmful - if it was do you think farmers and sprayer operators would happily expose themselves to it over and over again given the pitance they earn ?
Please don't be worried ,just go and ask for spray log records ,everyone will then know EXACTLY where,what,why,if ,but etc etc then.On another note - can anyone please advise if the contractor will most likely have been honest about spraying what he said he was spraying? I have to admit that StillFarming has made me nervous about this.
Classic signs of Nocebo effect, unless you took a bath in the stuff neat, don't worry.Thanks again for the messages. Feeling a bit unwell today tbh and my dogs are def quieter than usual. Called 111 and they advised immediate A&E but not sure if this warrants it. No breathing issues though so probably a 'hangover' type thing from the exposure to this stuff. Mouth skin tastes horrible so wondering if we got a spray of droplets and ingested it that way rather than breathing it in so much.
Hopefully will feel ok soon.
I have thought it through m8 ,looks like others CLEARLY have NOT?For a spray application there would normally be a recommendation from an agronomist, you the have to buy the chemicals from an approved stockist and you can only do this if you have the required application certificates.
The contractor has to then mix and apply them.
I don’t think any contractor would risk their licenses/livelyhood or insurance applying anything that was not recommended/approved or no longer under license.
Still farming should have thought through this before making unsubstantiated comments
If the contractor has told you what he was applying then I would assume this is 100% correct