Gunnut Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 While out corvid shooting in the week, while in the hide, I sat watching the tractor driver spraying two fields in the distance. After finishing he passed within 20 yards of me along the farm track, with the spraying devise up. My hide is situated on a mound where most of the farmyard equipment is kept, and where I park my car. I was wearing ear muffs so I could not hear a sound, but after 20 minutes or so, decided to have a cuppa, when I took them off I could hear this spraying sound,left the hide and on the other side of the mound ,not far from my car, there was the tractor spraying equipment down, emptying the residue on too the floor, very close to my parked car.So I decided to vacate the area, took the gun and a hand full of cartridges and went for a walk, came back 30 minutes later, the tractor had gone, except for a large soaking wet area where he had been earlier. On my way home several hours later, passing the farm buildings, there was the tractor and driver, so I decided to ask him what he was spraying, he came out with a long name but basically, it was a weed killer. Sorry to waffle on but I was just thinking, while where out in the countryside getting some fresh air, just how much **** we are coming in to contact with, and what this spraying is actually doing to your health, has although the jets are a couple of feet above the ground, I could swear I could feel the spray earlier on my face at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMT Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 I was pigeon shooting a couple of weeks ago when the farmer advised me he was about to spray the field. He told me in no uncertain terms that I really shouldn't be there whilst he was spraying as he didn't want me breathing it in. He did say what it was but I can't remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benthejockey Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 It's really quite nasty stuff. I wouldn't want to be around when it's being sprayed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 Contact with any pesticides at the levels you are talking about are extremely unlikely to do you any harm whatsoever but nor is it sensible to expose yourself to these chemicals unnecessarily. If they were that bad us farmers wouldn't be allowed to use them in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie&bezza Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 When I was on a job which was building a house amongst an apple orchard, there was a chap who used to go around spraying the trees in a little tractor. What struck me was that he wore and white oversuit and a mask. What are we consuming! No wonder cancer rates are so high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 When I was on a job which was building a house amongst an apple orchard, there was a chap who used to go around spraying the trees in a little tractor. What struck me was that he wore and white oversuit and a mask. What are we consuming! No wonder cancer rates are so high. My uncle did that job for years and used far worse chemicals than are used today. He never wore a mask, never followed any of today's safety measures and is as fit and well as ever in his 70's. I do it now and my tractor has a cab so I don't need a suit or mask. All the chemicals that are used in this country fall under very strict rules, safe limits and harvest intervals are clearly set out. Now I can not say that I won't ever get cancer as a result of using these chemicals (and happily consuming my own produce) but I would be a lot happier to take my chances on that than live near a busy road, live in a town or city or do many of the other day to day things that most folk just take for granted. You can't say that cancer rates are high just because you saw someone wearing safety equipment can you. Coffee causes cancer, why not conclude it is the proliferation of Starbucks and Costa that made the cancer rates so high, and who says they are anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie&bezza Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 Well that's brilliant and I really hope his good health continues. I've always stood by my thoughts that putting any chemicals like that through our 'organic' bodies can't do us any good and it can only affect us. As you say, fumes from cars, radiation from mobile phones, chlorine in our water etc can't be doing us any good. The whole world is toxic and I didn't mean that cancer rates are high just because of spraying. They said that 1 in 3 of us will get cancer in our lifetime and it just seems its getting more common to hear someone has it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrowningB525 Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 While out corvid shooting in the week, while in the hide, I sat watching the tractor driver spraying two fields in the distance. After finishing he passed within 20 yards of me along the farm track, with the spraying devise up. My hide is situated on a mound where most of the farmyard equipment is kept, and where I park my car. I was wearing ear muffs so I could not hear a sound, but after 20 minutes or so, decided to have a cuppa, when I took them off I could hear this spraying sound,left the hide and on the other side of the mound ,not far from my car, there was the tractor spraying equipment down, emptying the residue on too the floor, very close to my parked car.So I decided to vacate the area, took the gun and a hand full of cartridges and went for a walk, came back 30 minutes later, the tractor had gone, except for a large soaking wet area where he had been earlier. On my way home several hours later, passing the farm buildings, there was the tractor and driver, so I decided to ask him what he was spraying, he came out with a long name but basically, it was a weed killer. Sorry to waffle on but I was just thinking, while where out in the countryside getting some fresh air, just how much **** we are coming in to contact with, and what this spraying is actually doing to your health, has although the jets are a couple of feet above the ground, I could swear I could feel the spray earlier on my face at times. Was it glyphosate by any chance ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 That is what they are trying to ban at the moment .it is used in all types of weed killer Weedol etc ..this product stays in the ground and dose not degrade very well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrowningB525 Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 That is what they are trying to ban at the moment .it is used in all types of weed killer Weedol etc ..this product stays in the ground and dose not degrade very well It works well though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonepark Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 As long as it wasn't paradichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, but most likely was 2methyl4chlorophenoxyacetic acid a post emergent broadleaf herbicide used in cereal crops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 Most farmers i know use Gallup 360 weedkiller because its cheap. I use it too as its the most effective on just about anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8 shot Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 Well stay in the towns and cities with your carbon dioxide then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnut Posted April 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Sounds like some one has upset a carrot cruncher!!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Sounds like some one has upset a carrot cruncher!!. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Well stay in the towns and cities with your carbon dioxide then That tends to be my thought. It's about time people realised that farming is an "industrial" business and not a recreation ground for townie types. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 That tends to be my thought. It's about time people realised that farming is an "industrial" business and not a recreation ground for townie types. Correct. When a farmer is crop spraying, keep out his way, he is working while some of us are enjoying ourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuffy Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Well stay in the towns and cities with your carbon dioxide then + 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Complain to the land owner, and seek legal advice. I'm sure there's a claim in there somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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