Sales pesticide type

This type of control should extend not only to agricultural chemicals but for all types of bulk and packaged preparations which are offered for sale as pesticides. No better standard than the old, well worn axiom, it s better to be safe than to be sorry, could be used by the pesticide industry in the development and distribution of its products. 

A good illustration of the need to consider a range of communication factors is presented by the recent case of Ziglar v. El. Dupont de Nemours Co. In this case, a worker, thinking that water was in a translucent jug which was shaped similar to the type used in the retail sales of milk, drank some of the water-like contents and then died. Unfortunately, the jug contained an experimental pesticide. The manufacturer had complied with all applicable mandatory labeling requirements. However, the court found that not every reasonable warning precaution had been taken, and pointed to the following factors ... 

EPA requires that a summary statement of the terms of the restriction appear immediately below the term Restricted Use Pesticide. For use restricted to certified applicators the required summary statement is For retail sale to use only by Certified Applicators or persons under their direct supervision and only for those uses covered by the Certified Applicator s certification. The appropriate wording for other types of restrictions will be detennined by EPA, by regulation, on a case-by-case basis. 

FIFRA authorizes EPA to oversee the registration, distribution, sale, and use of pesticides. It applies to all types of pesticides, including insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, rodenticides, and antimicrobials. It applies to both intrastate and interstate commerce. 

Until that time, policies relating to pesticide sale and use had been largely dominated by the concept of "economic poisons", and regulations were influenced by consideration of the types of compound that had been developed in the years following the Second World War. Toxicity to man and animals were the major factors weighed in assessing safety. 

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