| Posted by cnw4007 on December 2, 2014 | |
What would OSHA and the EPA say about this now ?? Those guys should be in bio-suits let alone whats in they are spraying !!
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An OSHA violation nightmare of a job for sure...but not so much in '64.
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| Posted by Tom on December 3, 2014 | |
Seriously, I wonder what health risks came out of this practice. No doubt nowadays the procedure is entirely different. Thanks for sharing, Steve. Very interesting, well-written and historic shot.
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Well this is certainly not the type of photo we see every day! Very interesting.
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Wow, no "personal protection" for the nozzle operators. Wonder what kind of long-term health effects they suffered later in life....
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1964. They were probably using Agent Orange, the same stuff used in 'Nam.
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What could possibly go wrong?
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| Posted by on December 5, 2014 | |
No, Carl, it was not Agent Orange. No one had heard of that in 1964, and I'm still here in 2014. It was a much milder residual herbicide to be delivered by direct ground contact (spray nozzles vs. higher altitude aircraft). I was a "hired killer" (working hand on contract RR weed sprayers) for 4 summers while in college, and it is a wonder I ain't dead from the now-outlawed chemicals. Thanks for reading, guys.
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