Pesticide Laws and Regulations || A+ Graded Already.

Pesticide use is controlled by both federal and state, and occasionally county or city correct answers True FIFRA is an acronym for: Federal Insecticide, Fumigation, and Rodenticide Act correct answers False FIFRA = The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Plant regulators, defoliants and defoliants, and nematocides are also included in FIFRA as economic poisons correct answers True The administration of FIFRA is currently controlled by the US Department of Agriculture correct answers False United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) The use of any pesticide inconsistant with the label is prohibited by FEPCA correct answers True FEPCA = Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act Pesticides need to be registered by the EPA when shipped in interstate commerce correct answers False The EPA allows that pesticides can be mixed at less than the labeled dosage, providing the total amount applied does not exceed that currently allowed on the label correct answers True The EPA does no allow mixing of pesticides with other pesticides or fertilizers correct answers False The EPA classifies pesticides for "restricted use" if they may cause unreasonable adverse effects even when used as directed on the product label correct answers True "Restricted Use" pesticides do not require certification and training by the applicator to use these products correct answers False The EPA has labeling requirements that control when and under what conditions pesticides can be applied, mixed, stored, and used correct answers True The EPA may use an emergency order to suspend the pesticide registration and thereby suspend the sale and distribution due to an "imminent hazard" being presented by a certain pesticide. correct answers True Imported pesticides are not subjected to the same requirements of testing and registration as domestic products correct answers False