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  2. National Pesticide Information Center - Wikipedia

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    The National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC) is a collaboration between Oregon State University and the United States Environmental Protection Agency to provide objective, science-based information about pesticides, the recognition and management of pesticide poisonings, toxicology and environmental chemistry. It is funded through a ...

  3. Good laboratory practice - Wikipedia

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    The EPA's Good Laboratory Practice Standards (GLPS) compliance monitoring program guarantees the accuracy and reliability of test data submitted to the Agency to support pesticide product registration under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), and in accordance ...

  4. Toxicity category rating - Wikipedia

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    In 40 CFR 156.62, the EPA established four Toxicity Categories for acute hazards of pesticide products, with "Category I" being the highest toxicity category (toxicity class). Most human hazard, precautionary statements, and human personal protective equipment statements are based upon the Toxicity Category of the pesticide product as sold or ...

  5. Toxicity class - Wikipedia

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    Toxicity class refers to a classification system for pesticides that has been created by a national or international government-related or -sponsored organization. It addresses the acute toxicity of agents such as soil fumigants , fungicides , herbicides , insecticides , miticides , molluscicides , nematicides , or rodenticides .

  6. Pesticide application - Wikipedia

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    A manual backpack-type sprayer Space treatment against mosquitoes using a thermal fogger Grubbs Vocational College students spraying Irish potatoes. Pesticide application is the practical way in which pesticides (including herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, or nematode control agents) are delivered to their biological targets (e.g. pest organism, crop or other plant).

  7. Pesticide regulation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    FEPCA required manufacturers of new pesticides to perform a variety of tests to prove that the pesticide did not have "unreasonable adverse effects" on human health or the environment. Current law requires the EPA to consider the "ingredients of the pesticide; the particular site or crop on which it is to be used; the amount, frequency, and ...

  8. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act - Wikipedia

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    Mexican Brand Insect Fluid, "Under the Insecticide Act of 1910" The Federal Insecticide Act (FIA) of 1910 was the first pesticide legislation enacted. [2] This legislation ensured quality pesticides by protecting farmers and consumers from fraudulent and/or adulterated products by manufacturers and distributors.

  9. Pesticide poisoning - Wikipedia

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    If one is regularly using carbamate and organophosphate pesticides, it is important to obtain a baseline cholinesterase test. [25] [26] Cholinesterase is an important enzyme of the nervous system, and these chemical groups kill pests and potentially injure or kill humans by inhibiting cholinesterase. If one has had a baseline test and later ...