Restricted Use Pesticides - ANSWER A pesticide that poses more risk and
could cause some human injury or environmental damage even when used as
directed on the label.
Commercial applicators - ANSWER Persons who apply or use a pesticide or
device on any property of another person for compensation.
Public applicators - ANSWER Those who apply pesticides as part of their
official duties as employees of a state agency, county, municipal corporation, or
other governmental agency.
Noncommercial applicators - ANSWER Those who apply restricted use
pesticides on land or property owned, rented, or leased by the applicator or the
applicator's employer.
Private applicators Those who apply any restricted use pesticides for the
production of an agricultural commodity on property owned or rented by
themselves or their employers, or on the property of other agricultural producers
with whom they trade services.
Certified handlers Those persons employed by a licensed commercial
applicator, noncommercial applicator, public applicator, or pesticide dealer who
, handle pesticides in other than unopened containers for the purpose of
preparing, mixing, or loading pesticides for application by another person,
repackaging bulk pesticides, or disposing of pesticide-related wastes from these
activities.
Certified applicator - ANSWER Person certified by the IDALS to use
pesticides as a private, public, or commercial applicator.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) - ANSWER
Regulates the production, transportation, sale, use and disposal of all pesticides.
Residues - ANSWER Pesticides may remain in small amounts in or on fruits,
vegetables, grains, other foods and animal feed. Measure in ppm (parts per
million), ppb, ppt.
Tolerances - ANSWER Allowable residue levels; Safe tolerance: reasonable
certainty of no harm
Federal Food. Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) - ANSWER Federal law
regulating the amount of pesticide residues contained on commodities and food.
Application rate - ANSWER The amount of pesticide applied to a site; usually
expressed in terms of liquid or dry measure per unit area.
Preharvest interval - ANSWER That part of the pesticide label which defines
the number of days after application of a pesticide before a crop can be
harvested.
could cause some human injury or environmental damage even when used as
directed on the label.
Commercial applicators - ANSWER Persons who apply or use a pesticide or
device on any property of another person for compensation.
Public applicators - ANSWER Those who apply pesticides as part of their
official duties as employees of a state agency, county, municipal corporation, or
other governmental agency.
Noncommercial applicators - ANSWER Those who apply restricted use
pesticides on land or property owned, rented, or leased by the applicator or the
applicator's employer.
Private applicators Those who apply any restricted use pesticides for the
production of an agricultural commodity on property owned or rented by
themselves or their employers, or on the property of other agricultural producers
with whom they trade services.
Certified handlers Those persons employed by a licensed commercial
applicator, noncommercial applicator, public applicator, or pesticide dealer who
, handle pesticides in other than unopened containers for the purpose of
preparing, mixing, or loading pesticides for application by another person,
repackaging bulk pesticides, or disposing of pesticide-related wastes from these
activities.
Certified applicator - ANSWER Person certified by the IDALS to use
pesticides as a private, public, or commercial applicator.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) - ANSWER
Regulates the production, transportation, sale, use and disposal of all pesticides.
Residues - ANSWER Pesticides may remain in small amounts in or on fruits,
vegetables, grains, other foods and animal feed. Measure in ppm (parts per
million), ppb, ppt.
Tolerances - ANSWER Allowable residue levels; Safe tolerance: reasonable
certainty of no harm
Federal Food. Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) - ANSWER Federal law
regulating the amount of pesticide residues contained on commodities and food.
Application rate - ANSWER The amount of pesticide applied to a site; usually
expressed in terms of liquid or dry measure per unit area.
Preharvest interval - ANSWER That part of the pesticide label which defines
the number of days after application of a pesticide before a crop can be
harvested.
