Toxic spray weed fumes kill gardener November 5, 2011 | No Comments JUST as he always did, Sam Vella went out to spray his market garden with herbicide yesterday morning but only a few minutes later he was dead and his daughter was in hospital after ingesting the toxic fumes. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw-act/toxic-spray-weed-fumes-kill-gardener/story-e6freuzi-1225853834599