What is one recommended practice to avoid pesticide contamination of personal belongings?

What is one recommended practice to avoid pesticide contamination of personal belongings?

• A. Keep personal clothing, food, drinks, chewing gum, tobacco products away from where pesticides are stored or handled
• B. Keep them near the storage area
• C. Bring them into the spray zone
• D. Leave them in the car

Answer: (A)

Residues can transfer to fabrics, foods, and other personal belongings if they’re near where pesticides are stored or handled, and those items can then carry the residue into homes, cars, or other spaces. Keeping personal clothing, food, drinks, chewing gum, and tobacco products away from the storage or handling area minimizes contact, splash, or drift that could deposit residues on them, reducing exposure and cross-contamination. Storing or taking belongings into the spray area or leaving them in a car would increase the chance of contaminating those items and spreading pesticides beyond the work area.

Residues can transfer to fabrics, foods, and other personal belongings if they’re near where pesticides are stored or handled, and those items can then carry the residue into homes, cars, or other spaces. Keeping personal clothing, food, drinks, chewing gum, and tobacco products away from the storage or handling area minimizes contact, splash, or drift that could deposit residues on them, reducing exposure and cross-contamination. Storing or taking belongings into the spray area or leaving them in a car would increase the chance of contaminating those items and spreading pesticides beyond the work area.