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By
Catherine M. Pruissen
Pesticides
and chemicals used to control fungi, insects, and
weeds pose a serious threat to a child's life. Safe
handling of pesticides and chemicals is required and
there are a number of precautions parents and caregivers
should consider:
- Pesticides
and chemicals should be stored up and out of harm's
way
- DO
NOT mix or hande pesticides around children
- DO
NOT make pesticide solutions a little stronger for
good measure as toomuch can cause injury to humans
if absorbed into the skin
- Do
not use kitchen measuring, stirring or storing utensils
- Make
sure that no food products are eaten from plants
treated with pesticides until after the appropriate
days have passed
- Keep
children and pets away from treated aras for at
least twenty four (24) hours to prevent them from
coming in contact with the pesticides
- Protect
children from absorbing any chemicals into their
skin by keeping them fully clothed when playing
on treated areas
- Wash
your skin and clothing thoroughly after using pesticides
and chemicals
- Use
alternatives to pesticides whenever possible.
Many
annual and perennial plants commonly found in the
garden are harmful to humans if ingested. Youngsters
should be taught not to eat unfamiliar plants. Even
a small amount of toxic plant substance can cause
serious injury to a small child.
- Aconitum
(monkshood) - all parts
- Bleeding
heart - leaves and roots
- Castor
bean - seeds
- Delphinium
(larkspur) - young plants and seeds
- Digitalis
(fox glove) - all parts
- Iris
- Lathyrus
(sweet pea) - seeds
- Lily
of the Valley - all parts
- Nicotiana
(tobacco) - all parts
- Rhubarb
- leaf blades
Bulbs
- Colchicum
- bulb
- Hyacinth
- bulb
- Narcissus
(daffodil) - all parts
- Scilla
- all parts
- Snow
Drop - all parts
- Tulip
Should
a child ingest a pesticide/chemical or eat part of
a poisonous plant contact your local Poison Control
Centre for help and information. In any home/facility
where there are children the number for the Poison
Control Centre should always be posted by the telephone.
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©
Catherine M. Pruissen
Catherine M. Pruissen is the CEO of About Child Care
Consumer Services and developer of child care online.
She has published numerous child care related literature,
including Start and
Run a Profitable Home Day Care, The
Daycare Alternative, How to Find Good Child Care,
Caregiver Aids: Business
Forms for Caregivers and Parents, Income
Tax & Record Keeping for Child Care Providers,
and a host of workshops and workbooks. She was the editor
and publisher of the bi-monthly newsletter, Parent Care,
Your Child Care News-line. Catherine was also the coordinator
and workshop facilitator for The Child Care Information
Centre in Calgary, Alberta, and ran a successful dayhome
for eight years. |
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