Posted By STEVE HI MIKE HOPE THS HELPS FIRE= COMBUSTIBLE,LIQUID FORMULATIONS CONTAINING ORGANIC SOLVENTS MAY BE FLAMMABLE. GIVES OF IRRATATING OR TOXIC FUMES{GASES}IN A FIRE. EXPOSURE= PREVENT GENERATION OF MISTS! AVOID EXPOSURE OF ADOLESCENTS AND CHILDREN.{CONSULT DOCTOR} INHALATION= COUGH,HEADACHE,MUSCLE CRAMP,NAUSEA,DIZZINESS,CONVULSONS SWEATNG, UNCONSCOUSNESS.{PREVENTON= VENTILATION, LOCAL EXHAUST} SKIN= MAY BE ABSORBED! REDNESS ,PAIN{PREVENTON=WASH SKIN WITH SOAPY WATER} EYES=REDNESS,PAIN{PREVENTION=RINSE WITH PLENTY OF WATER, GO TO DOCTOR} INGESTION= STOMACH CRAMPS,CONFUSON,DIARRHOEA,SHORTNESS OF BREATHE,VOMITING{PREVENTION= DO NOT EAT DRNK SMOKE DURING WORK,WASH HANDS BEFORE EATING} YOU SAY THAT CARPET AND FURNITURE HAS THIS CHEMCAL ON ,TO APPLY THIS THE PERSONS SHOULD OF BEEN WEARING CHEMICAL SUITS,S/C BREATHING APP. MAYBE THIS SHOULD OF BEEN A GIVE AWAY? MUST BE USED IN WELL VENTLATED AREAS. CHEMICAL DANGERS= SUBSTANCE DECOMPOSES ON HEATING OR BURNING PRODUCNG TOXIC FUMES. INHALATION RISK= NO INDICATON CAN BE GIVEN ABOUT THE RATE IN WHICH A HARMFUL CONCENTRATION IN THE IR IS REACHED ON EVAPERATION OF THIS SUBSTANCE AT 20DEGREES CENT. SHORT TERM EXPOSURE= IRRATATES THE EYES AND SKIN, CAN CAUSE EFFECTS ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, CONVULSONS,RESPIRATORY FALURE{MEDICAL OBSERATON IS INDICATED} SPECIAL TREATMENT IS NECCESSARY IN CASE OF POISIONING WITH THIS SUBSTANCE,INSTUCTIONS MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE,DO NOT TAKE WORK CLOTHES HOME. ACCOTHION,METATHION,NOVATHION, SUMITHION ARE TRADE NAMES HOPE THIS IS OF SOME USE STEVE

Posted By John Webster Michael Organo-phosphate chemicals should be viewed with extreme caution. There is a lot of controversy about their long-term effect on humans. Government scientists insist that they are safe "when used in accordance with guidelines". However there is an increasing weight of evidence that they have a permanent and disabling effect on the central nervous system (tingling of the lips is an effect on the local nerves through skin absorbtion in a thin, moist area). Not only are farmers who have used sheep dip been affected, but children who play in fields near where crops are sprayed. If staff are suffering the symptoms you report, the area should be placed off limits until the chemicals have properly cleared. John