Chapter 5 Pesticide Hazards And Health

Question 1

What’s the difference between chronic and acute toxicity?

Answer 1

Chronic is long term exposure acute is short term

Question 2

What does hazard equal?

Answer 2

Toxicity X exposures

Question 3

What are the four ways a pesticide can enter the human body?

Answer 3

Skin (dermal)
Lungs (inhalation)
Mouth (oral)
Eyes

Question 4

What’s the difference between local effects and systemic?

Answer 4

Local are those that occur to the area of contact. Systemic occurs once the substance is absorbed and distributed throughout the body

Question 5

What word classifies highly toxic pesticides

Answer 5

Danger and poison. Must be in red letters and have a skull and crossbones

Question 6

What does the word warning represent?

Answer 6

Moderately toxic

Question 7

What does the signal word represent?

Answer 7

The pesticides toxicity levels

Question 8

What does the work caution represent?

Answer 8

Slightly toxic

Question 9

What’s the difference between workers and handlers?

Answer 9

Handlers handle the pesticides either by mixing applying or loading or have high exposer potential