This film acts as propaganda by the Dow Chemical Company for the safe use of 2,4-Dow herbicides, highlighting the effectiveness of the herbicides and the ease of application. It also suggests that any golf course (obviously teeming with human activity) would greatly benefit from 2,4-D spraying. Rachel Carson wrote of the dangers of herbicide use in Silent Spring, and the Rachel Carson Council Inc. website has cited surprisingly recent complaints concerning the detrimental affects of 2,4-D specifically.
"The Animal Poison Control Center (APCC) received approximately 100 calls during the late 1980s on adverse effects in dogs associated with the phenoxy herbicide 2,4-D (Beasley, V.R. & H. Trammel)...In humans, symptoms of 2,4-D poisoning can be coughing, burning, dizziness, temporary loss of muscle coordination, fatigue, and weakness with or without nausea (Kamrin, M.A.), as well as vomiting, and severe, or migraine headache (personal communication, Haugen, C.)" (Rachel Carson Council Website).
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