Pesticide Applicators License Correctly
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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 Persons who apply pesticides as part of their duties as employees of a state
agency, county, municipal corporation, or other governmental agency.
Noncommercial applicators - Answer Persons who apply restricted use pesticides on land or property
owned, rented, or leased by the applicator or the applicator's employer.
Private applicators - Answer Persons 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 - Answer 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 A 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,
transporation, 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 as a liquid or dry
measure per unit area.
Preharvest interval - Answer Part of the pesticide label that defines the number of days after application
of a pesticide before a crop can be harvested.
Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) - Answer Federal law that significantly altered portions of both FIFRA
and FFDCA. Changes included in the Act are revised definitions for safe pesticide tolerances for raw and
processed foods.
Worker Protection Standard (WPS) - Answer A set of regulations from the EPA aimed at reducing the risk
of pesticide poisonings, injuries, and exposure to agricultural workers and handlers.
Endangered Species Act (ESA) - Answer A program for the
Endangered Species in Iowa - Answer 7 animals, 5 plant species
Endangered species - Answer A species that is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant
portion of its range.
Threatened species - Answer A species that is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable
future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
Rinsates - Answer The solution of water or oil and pesticide left after rinsing a tank; rinse water.
Verified
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 Persons who apply pesticides as part of their duties as employees of a state
agency, county, municipal corporation, or other governmental agency.
Noncommercial applicators - Answer Persons who apply restricted use pesticides on land or property
owned, rented, or leased by the applicator or the applicator's employer.
Private applicators - Answer Persons 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 - Answer 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 A 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,
transporation, 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 as a liquid or dry
measure per unit area.
Preharvest interval - Answer Part of the pesticide label that defines the number of days after application
of a pesticide before a crop can be harvested.
Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) - Answer Federal law that significantly altered portions of both FIFRA
and FFDCA. Changes included in the Act are revised definitions for safe pesticide tolerances for raw and
processed foods.
Worker Protection Standard (WPS) - Answer A set of regulations from the EPA aimed at reducing the risk
of pesticide poisonings, injuries, and exposure to agricultural workers and handlers.
Endangered Species Act (ESA) - Answer A program for the
Endangered Species in Iowa - Answer 7 animals, 5 plant species
Endangered species - Answer A species that is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant
portion of its range.
Threatened species - Answer A species that is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable
future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
Rinsates - Answer The solution of water or oil and pesticide left after rinsing a tank; rinse water.
