Use Drugs,

Use Drugs,

Pesticides Correctly

BLACKSBC KG--Deaths can accur if chemicals, drugs and pesticides are not used correctly, says Dr. Richard H. C.ruenhagen, extension special ist with the Chemical, Drug and Pesticide l rat at Virginia lech. Noting that National Poison !'re vent ion Week w.ll be March N-25, Gruenhagen cities these recent instances of deaths which have resulted because proper safety precau turns were not observed;

\n open bottle of dia/mon, d' percent emulsif lat'le con separate, was responsible tor tile death of a two-year-old girl 1: Cleveland count',, n. c ,, Iuly d. Non. i he mother ot tie dmeasec was spriving n.er res K'er.v e tor 111 'Use hold insects, hollow mg the ; : ess ot mixing ti.e spray she set the bottle down arc left the room to get something. When she returned, she tounc that the child had crunk sonic > f tne bottle’s v orte-nts. 1 he , hlld drank the insecticide at about 0:45 p.m. arc w.,s de m on arrival at the hospital a' about 7:45 p.m. I he coroner’s report stated that the . ,m>e of the death, was ,k mental poisoning. A six-month-old : al \ girl died in Baltimore, '~e;\ 11, lQbb because she eirank about 40 cc. of an emulsie : . ,■ itairv ing 1.5 percent diazirwn which had been placed m her ' arsing, bottle by mistake. I'l.e white, milky emulsion was r a two quart unlabled glas- container. r he baby’.- ^rand mother thought it was mbkand ted it to the child. July 1 1, Nob, m i neva County, Ala., a far me • took his two-year-old daugnte r for a ride in his picku; 'ruck. While returning he stop; e dfor a few minutes at the , .^-pen leaving the little girl ci the truck. Also in the truck was a soda bottle containing con cent rate of toxaphenc and lin dane. During the tew minutes the child was alone, she rrank a little of the liquid and became violently ill. si . died in the hospital lb hours later. Oct. 1, Nob, in l nion s; rings, Ala., a 48-percent patwthion