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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.
 
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.
 

SFI - What % were you taking out of production?

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  • 100% I’ve had enough of farming!

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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