{"id":381,"date":"2010-09-21T10:20:04","date_gmt":"2010-09-21T14:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/emc-spraying-poison-beside-a-public-highway.html"},"modified":"2010-09-21T10:20:04","modified_gmt":"2010-09-21T14:20:04","slug":"emc-spraying-poison-beside-a-public-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/emc-spraying-poison-beside-a-public-highway.html","title":{"rendered":"EMC Spraying Poison Beside a Public Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/a>\nEver wonder why all the trees and shrubs die under the power lines? Company workers spray toxic chemicals on them.\nDriving on GA 122 between Pavo and Barney and saw some electric company spraying going on. This fellow didn’t seem happy I was recording:\n

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\nNote that this worker is unprotected from this poison. No eye covering, no mask. Spraying is a shame in many ways.\n

\nWhy do they do this?\n\n\nBecause it’s more expensive to bury the power lines\nand not have to spray. If they ignore the economic externalities of the poisons,\nsuch as poisoning crops, gardens, birds, and bystanders.\n

\nExcept they’re an EMC, an Electric Membership Corporation,\nso they’re poisoning their own members.\nAnd their unprotected workers, here seen in full spray:\n

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\nWhat is he spraying?\nWell, there was no label visible, but traditionally it’s paraquat.\nParaquat is a toxic substance that requires a license in the U.S.\n(and is banned in Europe).\nParaquat is toxic via inhalation, oral, or dermal\nroutes, and also via food, as well as toxic to food crops.\nThe\n\nEPA requires this warning label:<\/a>\n

\n“Do not apply this product in a way that will contact workers or other\npersons, either directly or through drift. Only protected handlers may\nbe in the area during application.”\n<\/blockquote>\nDoes that handler look protected to you?\nWere people driving down the public highway protected?\n

\n\n<\/a>\n\n<\/a>\nThe worker’s face and name badge are obscure in these pictures,\nbut the company logo on his shirt sure looks like\n\nColquitt EMC<\/a>, as the location in Brooks County would also indicate.\nCuriously, there seems to be nothing on Colquitt EMC’s web pages\nabout spraying under power lines.\n

\nPictures and videos by Gretchen Quarterman, Brooks County, Georgia, 10 September 2010; blogged by John S. Quarterman.\n

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