Precautionary statements environmental hazard

Pesticide product labeling statements are intended to alert you to particular environmental concerns that a pesticide product poses. The lack of a particular precautionary statement does not necessarily mean that the product poses no hazard to the environment. 

In addition to product identification, the second major category of information that must he included in pesticide labels encompasses a series of warnings and precautionary statements covering the human, environmental, and physical and chemical hazeu-ds posed by the product (162.10(h)). The intent of these statements is to alert the pesticide user to potential hazards from exposure, to inform him of precautionary measures which will help avoid or reduce the possibility of injury, and to instruct him on practical treatment or other remedial steps he can take if exposed. 

For human hazard the statements required hy EPA include the signal word, child hEtzard warning, statements of practical treatment, and any general precautionary statements which are applicable. For environmental hazard, the EPA requires statements on toxicity to nontarget fish, wildlife, birds, aquatic invertebrates, beneficial insects, and plants. Statements required for physical and chemical hazards focus primarily on flammability, but may include hazards related to explosion, oxidation, chemical reactions, or other characteristics of the product. 

Environmental Hazard—EPA requires registrants to include precautionary statements on pesticide labels when the pesticide poses a hazard to nontarget organisms, other than humans or domestic animals (162.10(h)(2)(ii)). As with human hazard statements, environmental statements must indicate the nature of the hazard and appropriate precautions to avoid potential accident, injury, or damage. 

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