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Although I don't use Vessel, it is not a
restricted-use pesticide, at least on a national level. It may be
restricted in some states, I don't know.
A Danger signal word has nothing to do with it's
safety on food crops. Some Captan formulations have a Danger signal word,
and can be used up to day of harvest on many fruit crops. A chemical can
earn a Danger signal word because of potential eye damage. This is the
case with Captan, and appears to be the case with Vessel.
Mark
KS
----- Original Message -----
From:
Road's End Farm
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 9:09
PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Herbicide drift on
food crops
On Jul 29, 2009, at 3:52 PM, akmanty wrote:
The produce was Vessel. Peas, radish, grapes especially showed
signs. Rest of garden is a "guess" at best, though it was
windy.
Product specialist says if any chance of spray drift, don't
eat,
including potatoes, carrots, etc. down in the ground; also wait
30 days
before replanting; not too likely in our climate. Anyone
have similar
experience or opinions re: eating the food; long term
effects? Thank
you
Karen, WI zone 5
Did you ask for this stuff to be
used on your property? If not, the applicator was not behaving in accordance
with their license. I have no experience with the particular chemical; but
found the lable info searching online. This appears to be a danger-label
(highest level of hazard on labels: levels are caution, warning, and danger)
restricted use herbicide not intended for use on anything for consumption, and
not supposed to be sold to or used by anyone not licensed to do so.
I
would call both EPA (or WI's version of NY DEC) and/or the applying company
and notify them of the problem; at least, unless you asked to have adjacent
lawn treated with this, in which case I'd probably just call the applying
company.
Stay out of the area for 48 hours, unless wearing protective
gear (see label instructions, link below).
If you have pets, consult
with your veterinarian, especially if they were in the area during the drift
or within the 48 hours.
If the specialist says don't eat the stuff, I
wouldn't eat the stuff; at least not without a lot more
research.
Despite the 48 hour re-entry and the danger label, it does
appear to be legal to use Vessel on residential lawns, as long as it's applied
by professionals. I'd a lot rather have weeds, myself.
Product
information here: (this is the HTML version according to Google; if you google
"Vessel herbicide" the PDF version should pop up in the first few
results).
http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache%3AFkFTDquHp3kJ%3Awww.prokoz.net%2Fsite_files%2Fproducts%2Ffile%2FVessel_Label.pdf+Vessel+3-Way+Herbicide&hl=en&gl=us
--Rivka
Finger
Lakes NY; zone 5 mostly
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