If you become wet with insecticide, remove the contaminated clothing and wash the contaminated area of the body at once. Do not handle or load pesticides or in any way assist in pesticide application unless proper precautions and training requirements have been met. Be sure that any cuts on your hands or face are protected. Pesticides penetrate broken skin more readily than intact skin. Have soap and water available at all times.
Most hazardous pesticides used in scouted orchards are organophosphates, or organic phosphates.
Others are carbamate insecticides. Both organophosphates and carbamates disrupt the nervous system and produce the same symptoms or sign of poisoning. These symptoms will usually show up within 12 hours of exposure. Not all will appear in a single individual but a poisoned person will experience several of them. Severe symptoms a.