Dear friends, specially from planter community!

At times of emergency, we are short of information. With tonnes of
Agrochemicals being used in the Tea Plantations, the risk of poisoning
and its effects can be severe if not fatal. I have personally seen a
few cases as a planter and not all of them had happy ending.

This is a list of Symptoms and Antidotes of some common Agrochemicals
used in Tea Plantations. I sincerely hope the information will be
useful. This list is not exhaustive. May I request the members of this
group update more information and / or suggest websites where more
information may be available. In the meanwhile, I have posted the list
at http://teaunlimited.blogspot.com.

Thanks and Tea Cheers!

Alphamethrin: If ingested carry out gastric lavage with care to
prevent aspiration. Phenobarbital or diphenylhydentoin or their
mixture may be given. Inhalation could result in pneumpnia of chemical
origin. Treat symptomatically. Antihistamine may be given if allergic
symptoms occur. (Source:Rallis).

On Sat, 31 May 2008 10:41:42 -0700 (PDT), teapandya
gmail.com> wrote:

i highly suggest if you think you're "poisoned" by any toxic in tea to
go to an emergency room where doctors can recognize the symptoms,

most antidotes are not available to purchase over the counter

i wouldn't recommend either to do any gastric lavage at home where you
can pass out and the inhale liquids in your lung and ...die

activated charcoal is frequently used but it doesn't bind/absorb
pesticides, hydrocarbons, solvents (in general)

i also doubt very much you get any significant toxicity from drinking
tea... (its also been discussed here in detail)

On Sat, 31 May 2008 13:41:21 -0700 (PDT), SN gmail.com>
wrote:

If "tonnes of Agrochemicals being used in the Tea Plantations" don't
affect consumers using the leaves but mainly the planters exposed to
mixing and applying it, one wonders why "organic" tea is a marketable
product. bookburn

On May 31, 6:55 pm, bookb...@yahoo.com wrote:

On Jun 1, 5:01 am, toci yahoo.com> wrote: