Friday, 21 January 2011 Blown over by my neighbour
Last year I went to an interesting meeting to hear all about reducing spray drift. These are the drops that blow away from your nozzle and may land as fallout nearby or can go for kilometres blowing in the wind. Quite rightly, in...
Monday, 17 January 2011 Will liquid products dry up?
I had a slight headache the other day so I put one of those fizzy tablet things into some water. It bubbled and frothed for a few seconds then suddenly went clear ready to be taken. A perfect solution and at the right...
Thursday, 13 January 2011 Boxing clever this holiday
I was delighted to receive a new knapsack sprayer this Christmas. “Thank you; Just the job to replace my old one that has done so well”. I took the sprayer out of its big box, put it together and tried it out with some...
Wednesday, 05 January 2011 Are you foiled by foil seals?
Am I the only one who has difficulty removing foil seals. You know the ones I mean? You put your gloves on then twist the plastic cap on your container of pesticide and go to pour it out when………… you realise that stuck over the...
Friday, 10 December 2010 Amazed or what?
I am utterly amazed that after more than half a century of spraying research – we have not come up with anything that is better than good old conventional nozzles! Remember how they came into being? The first nozzles were made...
Thursday, 09 December 2010 Towards a Better Future for Pesticide Safety
Will pesticide abuse ever end? Can we look forward to days when these vital inputs are used to feed and to clothe people, as well as to keep disease vectors away, but not to take innocent lives, or to damage Mother Nature in any...
Monday, 29 November 2010 An NOEL Approach to Pesticide Safety Beats Organic Production
No one can deny the impact of the organic farm produce movement. It has even spread to fibre crops such as cotton which are not grown or used as food. Mass appeal of organic produce has grown. Many people are willing to pay...
Monday, 22 November 2010 A Stewardship Response to the Pesticide Regulatory Challenge from the European Union
The third world has many links to the European Union. The continent continues to be an abundant and varied source for key technologies. Many African countries lack elaborate pesticide regulatory structures. That is why they...
Monday, 15 November 2010 Why re-entry periods matter for pesticide stewardship
Not all children get to play after school. Here is a real-life picture from India.
Monday, 08 November 2010 Two Stewardship Lessons from One Case
"I feel as though I am in a garden". This is a real and spontaneous statement made by a regulator on entering the premises of a pesticide company where I was employed. The safety systems of a professionally-managed pesticide...
