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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a federal agency responsible for the development and enforcement of regulations for human health and environment protection. The agency researches and sets standards for environmental programs and delegates. It was founded in 1970 following the proposal ...
A two-part number assigned by EPA to identify each pesticide product registration (e.g., 1253-79). The first number is company number, the second number (after the dash) is the product number. This registration number must appear on the product's label.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
A group of laws passed by Congress in 1938 giving authority to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to oversee the safety of food, drugs, and cosmetics, which includes a law that controls pesticide residues in food and feed, along with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
Enacted on Aug. 3, 1996, Food Quality Protection Act was created to ensure the safety of food in the United States. The FQPA home page will provide more detailed information.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
An OSHA regulation that requires chemical manufacturers, suppliers, and importers to assess the hazards of the chemicals they make, supply, or import, and to inform employers, customers, and workers of these hazards through a Material Safety Data Sheet.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
The use of pest and environmental information in conjunction with available pest control technologies to prevent unacceptable levels of pest damage by the most economical means and with the least possible hazard to persons, property and the environment.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
A concentration of a pollutant or effluent at which 50% of the test organisms die; a common measure of acute toxicity.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
The dose of a toxicant that will kill 50% of test organisms within a designated period of time. The lower the LD 50, the more toxic the compound.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
The lowest dose in a toxicity study resulting in adverse health effects.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
A unique cataloging number assigned to an individual pesticide study at the time of its submission to the Agency.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
Printed material concerning a hazardous chemical, or Extremely Hazardous Substance, including its physical properties, hazards to personnel, fire and explosion potential, safe handling recommendations, health effects, fire fighting techniques, reactivity, and proper disposal. Originally established for employee safety by OSHA.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
