Sprayer operator health check

[tw15]

Disposable nitrile gloves? I’ve been wearing them inside gauntlets for a few years. Two boxes does the season.

Same here i do the same

 

[Wombat]

It always makes me chuckle when you watch all the US guys on YouTube with no gloves or anything on. Was it millennial farmer on one of the videos said as it’s an insecticide I will put the gloves on, or Mike Mitchell with his hands in that Edge chemical they spread.

 

[ollie989898]

It always makes me chuckle when you watch all the US guys on YouTube with no gloves or anything on. Was it millennial farmer on one of the videos said as it’s an insecticide I will put the gloves on, or Mike Mitchell with his hands in that Edge chemical they spread.

Insanity. As I said you are at the greatest risk when handling the concentrate and gloves are only the last line of defence against a splash. The trouble is that I doubt many of the ingredients in a typical agrochemical are that nasty but some do have known health effects from exposure, one example I can think of was the suspected association between aniline dyes (PDM) and bladder cancer but I don't think it was ever clearly established.