Iowa Pesticide Core Chemical Exam 2024 Questions and answers (Grade A+)

Iowa Pesticide Core Chemical Exam 2024 Questions and answers (Grade A+) Pesticide record keeping requirements ANS-The Pesticide Act of Iowa requires applicators to maintain records of each pesticide applied for three years after the date of application Sensitive Crop Directory ANS-An online registry that can be used to identify locations of pesticide-sensitive crops and apiaries (bee yards) Iowa Bee Rule ANS-owners of apiaries must register their places with the state apiaries and pesticide applicators can't apply pesticide vs 8 am and 6pm within a mile of a registered apiarie What agency regulates pesticide use? ANS-The EPA Pesticide registration ANS-FIFRA (Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act) requires the EPA to regulate the sale and use of pesticides in the US through registration and labeling of pesticide products Pesticide re-registration ANS-FIFRA requires the EPA to conduct comprehensive reviews of older pesticides to consider their health and environmental effects Penalties for violating FIFRA ANS-6,500 dollars for each offense, criminal penalties that can be up to 25,000 dollars and/or one year in jail Difference between FIFRA, FFDCA, and FQPA ANS-FIFRA regulates production, transportation, sale, use, and disposal of all pesticides. FFDCA determines safe use of pesticides around food, FQPA amended FIFRA and FFDCA and set tougher standards for pesticides used on food Tolerance (term) ANS-allowable residue levels Residue ANS-small amounts of pesticides that may be found in foods Who is protected by the WPS? ANS-The Worker Protection Standard protects agricultural workers and pesticide handlers The ESA relation to pesticides ANS-The ESA (endangered species act) helps to protect animals that may be harmed by pesticides Summarize RCRA ANS-The Resource Conservation and REcovery Act (RCRA gives the EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from the veginning to end