SAFETY/REGULATORY 2026
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A process used to solve pest problems while minimizing risks to people
and the environment is called? - ANSWER ✔✔IPM (Integrated Pest
Management). Hey, IPM doesn't mean you can't use pesticides...it
means you try other things FIRST instead of always choosing the
nuclear option of insecticide.
When laundering your PPE in the washing machine, what must be done
to the washing machine AFTER you've washed your clothing? -
ANSWER ✔✔After washing the items, run the washer through at
,least one additional entire cycle without clothing (you do this to get rid of
any pesticide residue in the washer left over from your stinky ass
clothes:)
List the ways that pesticides can get into your body (4). And yes, this IS
a test question so KNOW it. - ANSWER ✔✔Skin, Eyes, Mouth, and
Lungs as you breath
This kind of pesticide exposure involves continuous or repeated contact
with a toxic substance over a long period of time (months or years). -
ANSWER ✔✔Chronic
This type of poisoning is the severe poisoning which occurs after
exposure to a single dose of pesticide - ANSWER ✔✔Acute
Most labels have a special word in capital letters on the front of the label.
It tells you what the acute health hazard is. The words you might see are
what? - ANSWER ✔✔Danger OR Danger-Poison; Warning; Caution
In pest control we have a phrase regarding pesticide labels. What is that
phrase? - ANSWER ✔✔The Label is the Law
What are the three things you would expect to find in the "Precautionary
Statements" part of a pesticide label? (Yes, you MUST know
,this...remember that SAFETY IS A HUGE ISSUE WITH THE SPCB) -
ANSWER ✔✔Hazards to Humans and Domestic Animals
Environmental Hazards - this contains any necessary warnings about
surface waters, drift, organisms to which the product is highly toxic, etc.
Physical and Chemical Hazards - this contains product-specific hazards
such as flammability.
You must wear eye protection when you mix, load, or apply pesticides;
clean or repair equipment that was used for pesticides; and anytime the
label says so. California MANDATES that all eye protection have 2
things. What are these 2 things? - ANSWER ✔✔Temple and Brow
Protection (see image) This is so pesticide doesn't come in the sides of
your goggles or drip down from your eyebrows. Your unibrow might be
fantastic but it won't stop pesticide from running down into your eyes!
True or False: Regular eyeglasses and sunglasses provide enough
protection from pesticide exposure especially during mixing and loading.
Miss this one and you're officially an idiot. - ANSWER ✔✔False.
EYEGLASSES AND SUNGLASS SUCK when it comes to keeping
pesticide splashes and mist away from your eyes.
What are two parts of the body are the most likely to be exposed to
pesticides? - ANSWER ✔✔Your hands and forearms (think about
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, it....you handle pesticide with your HANDS and it can splash up to your
FOREARMS)
California mandates that the MINIMUM thickness of gloves used for
pesticide mixing/loading/application be what? - ANSWER ✔✔14mm
Can the Structural Pest Control Board implement the use of pesticide
safety requirements that are LESS restrictive than the label allows?
Read the question SLOWLY. Think about it. - ANSWER ✔✔No. The
label represents the MINIMUM requirements for pesticide safety. If they
label says you have to wear long sleeve shirts, then California CAN'T
say you can spray pesticide naked (which we can all be thankful for
because I promise you, no one wants to see you nude). THE FEDS
HANDCUFF THE STATES.
Can the Structural Pest Control Board implement the use of pesticide
safety requirements that are MORE restrictive than the label allows?
READ IT SLOWLY. THINK ABOUT WHAT'S BEING ASKED. -
ANSWER ✔✔Yes! Some of labels don't require the use of eye
protection at all.... but California absolutely requires it!
True or False: Because of their thickness, fabric-lined or leather gloves
are allowed in both mixing and loading of pesticides and during pesticide