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A Division of Agri-Inject, Inc.
5500 East Highway 34
Yuma, CO 80759
1-800-446-5328
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1-800-446-5328 |
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| Press Release - November 2000 | |||||||||||||
| What are the safety issues concerning chemigation? | |||||||||||||
| No matter which way you choose to apply chemical to your crop, safety is always an issue. | |||||||||||||
| Aerial application involves high concentration of chemicals and relies on perfect weather conditions. Applying chemicals behind a tractor or another implement requires constant contact with the chemicals being used. | |||||||||||||
| My point is no matter how the chemical is applied, the fact remains that safety is the responsibility of the user. Chemigation, when used properly, has less risk than any other application process. | |||||||||||||
| Chemigation is regulated at both the state and federal levels of government. The primary concern being the possible contamination to the water supplies and areas surrounding the tanks being used. Chemigation is the safest method of chemical application to use, if the proper procedures are followed. In fact, when used properly, chemigation eliminates hot spots in your field due to constant filling of the tanks in a normal field/tractor application. | |||||||||||||
| Applying pesticides through chemigation can reduce the amount of pesticides that would normally be used without reducing its effectiveness. Chemigation reduces human and wildlife toxicity as well, because the chemicals are diluted to a much greater extent. Aerial application, for instance, concentrates the chemical in two to five gallons of water per acre, where chemigation is applying the same amount of chemical in up to 10,000 gallons of water per acre. This means that any drift to non-target areas has less toxic potential and the chemical is more safely introduced into the environment through chemigation. | |||||||||||||
| Irrigation line check valves and vacuum relief valves prevent back-flow and keep chemical/water mixtures from draining or siphoning back into the water supply. One-way electrical interlocks shut down the injection pump any time the irrigation pump stops. An additional check valve in the chemical injection line stops the flow of water back into the chemical tank and also prevents siphoning of product from the injection system. | |||||||||||||
| More importantly, the highest risk of chemical exposure to the operator occurs during tank mixing. Chemigation eliminates much of the tank mixing that is necessary for crop management. Chemicals need only be handled once per field compared to that of multiple risks and exposure filling a spray tank every 20 acres or so. | |||||||||||||
| Agri-Inject's chemigation systems are designed with "Safety" in mind and surpass all regulation guidelines. In addition our patented Mister Mist'r® exceeds state and federal regulations for injection check valves with its unique design. Agri-Inject's Mister Mist'r® functions as a positive mechanical spring-loaded two-way check valve to prevent backflow of water into the chemical supply tank. It also prevents accidental leakage of chemical into the main line water stream during shutdown. | |||||||||||||
| For more information on chemigation safety, contact us. | |||||||||||||
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Injection Technologies A Division of Agri-Inject, Inc. 5500 East Highway 34 Yuma, CO 80759 1-800-446-5328 |
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