Insecticide Safety Insecticide Safety 1 Freddie Johnson 2 Safety Precautions Read and heed the precautions on the label. Relatively few deaths have occurred among workers handling poisonous agricultural products or insecticides. Those that have occurred can be traced to disregard of even the minimum safety directions and precautions found on product labels.
Some violations occur through ignorance or misunderstanding of the available information.
The key to safe handling is understanding coupled with the diligent practice of safe working habits. Accidents with pesticides can be prevented. Some of these compounds are highly toxic while others are relatively safe. All of them, however, can be used safely by following the precautions on the label. Early symptoms and signs of organic phosphate poisoning include headache, dizziness, blurred vision, weakness, chest discomfort and nervousness, a little later - nausea, abdominal cramps, diarrhea, sweating, tears, salivation, slow pulse, muscular tremors and possibly convulsions.