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R & D Interacts
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What is the method of disposing the containers and surplus material?
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It shall be the duty of the Pest Control Operators (PCOs) to dispose off packages, surplus materials and washings from the machine and container/s in a safe manner so as to prevent environment and water pollution. |
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Never pour untreated waste or surplus material into public sewers or where there is any danger of run-off or seepage into streams, fields, wells springs, ponds, etc. |
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Waste containing SENTRY 10 WP should be burnt in a suitable high-temperature incinerator fitted with a high-efficiency gas scrubbing system. |
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Where no incinerator is available, contaminated absorbents or surplus products should be decomposed by hydrolysis using a suitable hydrolysing agent such as caustic soda / sodium carbonate at pH 12 or above. Complete contact with a suitable hydrolyzing agent is essential to ensure degradation of the a.i. to a safe concentration. |
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Spillage: Absorb spillage with lime powder, damp sawdust, sand, or earth. Cover the spillage with a hydrolysing agent and leave to stand for 7 days. Before disposal of the resultant waste, the material must be analyzed to ensure that the a.i. has been degraded to a safe level. |
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Decontaminate empty, damaged or leaking containers with a 10% sodium carbonate solution added at the rate of at least 1 L per 20 L drum.
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What are symptoms of SENTRY 10 WP poisoning?
| With good work practices, hygiene measures, and safety precautions, SENTRY 10 WP is unlikely to present occupational exposure hazard. There are no indications that Lambda-cyhalothrin used under the present application rates will have any adverse effects on human beings.
However, accidental exposure can be harmful if inhaled or swallowed.
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The symptoms of poisoning could be nervousness, anxiety, tremor, convulsions, skin allergies, sneezing, runny nose and irritation. |
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Skin contact can cause skin irritation, temporary itching, tingling, burning or numbness of exposed area.
However, this effect is transient, lasting up to 24 hours and there is no evidence of any long term or cumulative effects. |
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Ingestion may produce symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, allergic manifestations, etc. If larger doses are ingested, it may cause disturbances of the nervous system with tremors, ataxia, weakness of limbs, convulsions, coma and death from respiratory depression.
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