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Spraying fungicide and side effects
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<blockquote data-quote="teslacoils" data-source="post: 7610365" data-attributes="member: 127792"><p>We don't really need to trust the manufacturer. Pesticides are tested stringently by various government agencies worldwide. These tests take a good ten years and cost tens if not hundreds of millions of pounds for a product. </p><p></p><p>The concentrated product we use is very dangerous. Once diluted, it's less strong than the athlete's foot creme I use. </p><p></p><p>Often the smell you notice is the "carrier" or solvent that the actual fungicide is held in. </p><p></p><p>I'd be unconcerned about the product. I'd be very concerned that it had ended up on you. Great care should be used when spraying near houses. Although there is a difference between seeing the spray while a sprayer is working - that's pretty normal as the machine will be moving at 10km/hr. Drift is when the spray ends up where it is not supposed to be, which has clearly and in my view unacceptably happened here. I'd have a chat with the farmer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="teslacoils, post: 7610365, member: 127792"] We don't really need to trust the manufacturer. Pesticides are tested stringently by various government agencies worldwide. These tests take a good ten years and cost tens if not hundreds of millions of pounds for a product. The concentrated product we use is very dangerous. Once diluted, it's less strong than the athlete's foot creme I use. Often the smell you notice is the "carrier" or solvent that the actual fungicide is held in. I'd be unconcerned about the product. I'd be very concerned that it had ended up on you. Great care should be used when spraying near houses. Although there is a difference between seeing the spray while a sprayer is working - that's pretty normal as the machine will be moving at 10km/hr. Drift is when the spray ends up where it is not supposed to be, which has clearly and in my view unacceptably happened here. I'd have a chat with the farmer. [/QUOTE]
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