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THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS JAN. 11, 1973 -
“Project Safeguard” teaches safe use of DDT substitutes
Cotton, soybean and peanut
farmers in Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Ten
nessee and Alabama are “ PRO
JECT SAFEGUARD*’ targets.
This means an educational
Joint educational group offers
“new voice” to solons
Legislators arriving for the
1973 General Assembly are
finding there is a powerful new
voice in Georgia educational
affairs. Georgians United for
Education (GUE) is a cooper
ative alliance of five major
organizations vitally concerned
with education in Georgia These
organizations include the Geo—
rgia Association of Educators,
Georgia Association of School
Superintendents, Georgia Par
ent Teacher Association, Geo
rgia School Boards Association
and the Georgia Department of
Education.
GUE was formed to stimu
late greater statewide cooper
ation, to provide stronger leg
islative impetus and to focus
attention of the news media
on the areas of common con
cern in Georgia education. Re
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and training program related
to safe use of pesticides that
replace DDT will be concen
trated on them.
DDT, banned because it con
taminates the environment, is
being replaced by such che mi
presenting their organizations
in GUE are Dr. Nevin Jones,
president of GAE; Ben Chri
stie, president of GASS; Mrs.
Frank L. Zeigler, president
of Georgia PTA; Jack Acree,
president of GSBA; and Dr.
Jack P. Nix, state superinten
dent of schools, Georgia De
partment of Education.
Dr. Joseph N. Edwards, as
sistant state superintendent of
schools, represents the Georgia
Department of Education in
GUE. When asked about GUE’s
eventual impact, he replied,
“I think that htis cooperative
effort on the part of education
oriented organizations in Geo
rgia will be of help to leg
islators and lay people alike
in developing a better under
standing of the educational
needs that exist throughout the
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cals as parathion (methyl and
ethyl), Guthion and Lannate.
Although having less risk of
long-range harm to the envi
ronment, these replacement
pesticides have greater toxicity
and do represent a greater
state.” He continued,‘‘Theact
ive cooperation of GUE indi
cates that these organizations
can reach common agreement
concerning some of the more
important educational pro
grams in Georgia.”
The major legislative object
ives of GUE for 1973 call for
the enactment of seven pro
posals. These are as follows.
Teacher salaries—GUE sup
ports both the continuing court
battle to allow Georgia teach
ers the pay raise denied by the
U.S. Pay Board and also at
least a 5.5 percent increase
over whatever salary base is
finally determined, for the sch
ool year 1973-74. Pupil-
Teacher ratio—GUE urges the
pupil-teacher ratio' in grades
four through seven be reduced
to 25:1. Professional Practices
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short-range, acute hazard to
persons coming in direct con
tact with them.
Many of the techniques and
procedures of DDT application
are not appropriate when ap
plying the replacement pesti-
commission— GUE asks for
funding of this commission so
it can carry out its legal respo
nsibilities.
Maintenance and operation,
sick and personal leave—GUE
seeks an increase of $250 per
state-allotted teacher to help
relieve financial burdens of lo
cal school systems. Kindergar
ten program-GUE supports full
implementation of a statewide
kindergarten program, to be
completed within sixyears.Ca
pital outlay—GUEasks that ap
proximately S6B million in con
struction relief be made avail
able for expansion and reno
vation of school buildings.Self
insurance—GUE is asking fora
self-insurance program for
school buildings throughout the
state.
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cides. Accidents can occur
during aerial or ground appli
cation operations, in cleaning
or servicing application equi
pment, in mixing and in hand
ling operations and by prema
ture re-entry into treated fie
lds. Dermal or respiratory ex
posure may result causing seri
ous injury or death if proper
first aid and medical treatment
is not given quickly.
Thus, “ PROJECT SAFE
GUARD” is the combined ef
fort of the U. S. Environmen
tal Protection Agency, U. S.
Dept, of Agriculture's Exten
sion Service, agriculture and
Middle and low income consumers
need state protection, officials say
Does Georgia need protection
for consumers? Yes—say both
the consumer services office
of the Georgia Department of
Human Resources and the of
fice of Governor Jimmy Car
ter.
An information pamphlet,
just released by both offices
and available on request to
all Georgians, points out that
Georgia has no state agency
with direct authority to repre
sent consumers in litigation,
and has no existing law which
health agencies in the states,
trade associations and manu
facturers to counteract the
increased hazards.
Past experience has been that
even the highly toxic organo
phosphates can be used with
complete safety if label direct
ions and precautions are fol
lowed precisely.
A large number of 30 acres
or less farms in the South
east produce cotton, soybeans
and peanuts.‘‘PROJECTSAFE
GUARD” targets them because
they are less likely to be aware
of, or to observe, proper pesti
cide safety procedures” PRO-
guarantees that merchants who
mislead or deceive their cus
tomers can be stopped perma
nently. Middle and low income
families, unwary or unsophisti
cated in their shopping habits,
are the “losers’* because
there is now no way for the
state to help them recover mon
ey lost through frauds and sc
hemes, except through preven
tive consumer education or low
key official pressure—after the
fact.
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JECT SAFEGUARD” will try
to get information to the far
mer who has not previously
used one of the highly toxic
DDT substitutes or one who
will be using higher concen
trations and more grequent ap
plications of these compounds
this year.
“PROJECT SAFEGUARD”
urges all pesticides users to
put emphasis on safe storage,
transport, mixing, handling, ap
plication, cleanup and disposal
of highly toxic chemicals and
empty containers. It is empha
sized that protective equip
ment is needed, including clo-
mers, businessmen, and gov
ernment agencies who want the
best protection possible for
those who buy and those who
sell services and products in
Georgia have joined forces to
ask the people of the state to
study the problem and to sup
port the proposed Unfair Trade
Practices and Consumer Pro
tection Act. Modeled on fair
trade acts already passed by
some 35 states, the act will
outlaw deceptive business sch
emes such as bait and switch
advertising, misleading endor
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thing, and that safe re-entry
periods to the fields must be
observed.
‘‘PROJECT SAFEGUARD”
is urgent. We ask that you keep
in mind however, that there will
problably be reports of poiso
nings, both real and imagined,
from the replacement pesti
cides. This can be expected
because of publicity about
“PROJECT SAFEGUARD” it
self and because of more aware
ness of poisoning symptoms
that will result in poisoning
reportings that might have been
thought to be other types of
illness in previous years.
sements, false or vague war
ranty statements and referral
sales plans—and unfair met
hods of competition such as
price fixing, boycotts by sip
pliers, and similar trade re
straints.
Copies of the pamphlet are
available to interested citizens
and groups who write to the
Office of the Governor, State
Capitol, Atlanta 30303,—0r
who call the toll free “con
sumer hot line,” 1-800-282-
8900.
Atlanta 577-1372