Pesticide Label

Question 1

What is the purpose of the pesticide label?

Answer 1

Main method of communication between a pesticide manufacturer and pesticide user.

Question 2

Name 4 testes preformed on pesticides ?

Answer 2

1.Toxicity & Toxicological- How poisonous or dangerous is a pesticide, does chemical cause any long-term (chronic) effects and does it cause an skin reactions.
2. Efficacy or Performance tests
3. Degradation, mobility, & residue tests
4. Effects on wildlife and environment

Question 3

Preharvest intervals on labels tells the user what?

Answer 3

Minimum number of days between the last application of a pesticide and the harvest of crops.

Question 4

What are the four pesticide registrations?

Answer 4

1. Section 3 registrations (most common).
2. Special local need (SLN) registrations or Section 24(c)
3. Emergency exemptions or Section 18
4. Minimum-risk pesticides

Question 5

Special local need (SLN) all?ows what

Answer 5

States to expand or limit the uses of certain registered pesticides within their jurisdictions.

Question 6

Name 4 times to read label

Answer 6

1. Before buying
2. Before mixing & applying
3. When storing
4. Before disposing of unused pesticides & empty containers

Question 7

What are the two types of Aerosols (A)

Answer 7

1. Ready to use Aerosols
2. Smoke or Fog

Question 8

What is a adjuvant?

Answer 8

A chemical that can affect how a pesticide woks.

Question 9

Adjuvant works in what two ways?

Answer 9

1. Improve the action of a pesticide
2. Change the characteristics of a pesticide formulation or a spray mixture (suspension or solution.

Question 10

What is a surfactant?

Answer 10

Alters the dispersing, spreading, and wetting properties of spray droplets.