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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Pesticide spray, spill, or drift has contacted skin, eyes, or lungs during farming or near treated fields.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Smell of chemical spray, oily residue on skin or clothes, or visible mist in fields.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Eye burning, nausea, excessive sweating, salivation, or muscle twitching.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Empty pesticide container or spraying equipment nearby.
Scene hazards: Organophosphate toxicity, Skin absorption, Drift downwind, Delayed respiratory failure
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Move upwind out of the spray path.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Start removing soaked clothing — avoid pulling over the face.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Begin flushing skin and eyes with any available running water.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Continue water flush for 15 minutes on all exposed areas.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Bag clothing and wash hands before touching face or food.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Keep person sitting upright and watch breathing — some pesticides paralyze muscles.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112 and Poison Control with product name from label if possible.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112 and Poison Control (India: 011-26589391 or local helpline). Say pesticide exposure.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Read active ingredient names from the label.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Report breathing difficulty, confusion, or seizures immediately.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Some pesticides need specific antidotes in hospital — early care saves lives.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Watch for worsening over hours even if person feels better initially.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT use solvents or gasoline to wash pesticide off skin.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT induce vomiting if pesticide was swallowed unless Poison Control says so.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT return to the field until drift has cleared and equipment is secured.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Farm-strength pesticide is safe if it is diluted with water on crops
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Concentrated products are toxic to humans even when legally applied to plants. Exposure requires decontamination and expert advice.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Ignoring skin contact because "it was already diluted."
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Agricultural pesticides can poison through skin, lungs, and mouth. Some cause delayed serious effects.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Wind drift can expose people far from where spraying started.