Are your storage locations and containers really safe cont'd

Use and store potentially hazardous products as far as possible from a private well. Do not use a wellhouse to temporarily store home pesticides or other hazardous products. Use care when using lawn or garden pesticides if your well is less than 100 feet away or if it is downhill of the application area. Immediately clean up the oil, antifreeze, fuel or solvent spills.

Be sure to separate corrosives like acids or lye from each other an from other hazardous products to prevent dangerous chemical reactions. Reactions occur when corrosives leak from their containers and drip or flow to other products. Corrosive materials are often stored where equipment and appliances are located; be aware that they can corrode air conditioning and heating systems, hot water heaters and other equipment or appliances. Routinely check areas where you store household products (under the kitchen sink, in the basement or garage) to make sure that containers are closed tightly and not leaking and that the sides of containers are not bulging.