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Revised! AE247, a 15-page fact sheet by Brian Boman, Darren Cole, Steve Futch, Ward Gunter, Jack Hebb, and Chris Wilson, is part of the Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Citrus Grove Workers series. It provides information for citrus grove workers about pests, pest control methods, pesticide toxicity, how to transport pesticides, first aid and decontamination, preventing exposure, worker protection standard, storage and disposal, pre-operation checkpoints, mixing and loading, container management, calibration, and application best management practices. Includes three quizzes and references. Published by the UF Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, April 2009.
References
Cornell University, The Pesticide Management Education Program, Pesticide Applicator Core Tutorial, http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/facts-slides-self/core-tutorial/
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Worker Safety and Training, http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/health/worker.htm
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Pesticides: Health and Safety, http://www.epa.gov/oppfead1/safety/workers/trainreq.htm
University of Florida / Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/CV/CV10800.pdf
University of Missouri, Pesticide Application Safety, http://muextension.missouri.edu/explore/agguides/agengin/g01916.htm