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United States Protection Agency Correct Answer: Regulates pesticide use in the united States FIFRA Correct Answer: Federal insecticide fungicide and rodenticide act What does FIFRA do? Correct Answer: Regulates the production, transportation sale use and disposal of all pesticides IDALS Correct Answer: Iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship IDALS job Correct Answer: Responsible for certifying pesticide applicators. FFDCA Correct Answer: Federal food drug and cosmetic act.
FFDCA job Correct Answer: Federal law regulating the amount of pesticide residues contained on commodities of food Residues Correct Answer: Amount of pesticide remaining in or on raw farm products or processed foods. Undesirable presence of a pesticide at the site of application. Measures in ppm ppb ppt Tolerence Correct Answer: Maximum amount of pesticide that may legally remain in or on a raw farm product intended for consumption by humans or livestock. Reasonable certainty of no harm. Application rate Correct Answer: Amount of pesticide applied to a site usually expressed as a liquid or dry measure per unit area Pre harvest interval Correct Answer: Part of the pesticide label that defines the number of days after application of a pesticide before a crop can be harvested.
Correct Answer: Species that is in danger of extinction throughout all or significant portion of its range Threatened species Correct Answer: Species that is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range Rinsates Correct Answer: Solution of water or oil and pesticide left after rinsing a tank; rinse water Hazardous waste Correct Answer: Solid or liquid or a contained gaseous material that is no longer used or that no longer serves the purpose fit which it was produced, and could pose dangers to human health and the environment after it is discarded RCRA Correct Answer: Resource conservation and recovery act RCRA JOB Correct Answer: Gives EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from the cradle to grave. This includes the generation transportation treatment storage and disposal of hazardous waste
Pesticide act of Iowa Correct Answer: Regulate pesticide use in Iowa Pesticide applicator records Correct Answer: - Name & certification number of the license
- Name & address of the landowner or customer
- Address of the place of application of a restricted use pesticide
- Date of pesticide application
- Trade name of pesticide product used
- Quantity of pesticide product used and the concentration or rate of application
- Temperature and direction and velocity of the wind at the time of application
- The use of restricted use pesticides
- Time pesticide application begins and ends Concentration Correct Answer: Amount of active ingredient Ina given volume or weight of a pesticide formulation Sensitive crop directory Correct Answer: Online registry that you can use to identify locations of pesticide- sensitive crops and apiaries throughout Iowa
- between 8am-6pm a commercial applicator shall not apply a pesticide labeled toxic to bees to blooming crops when the application is located within 1 mile of a registered apiary. Atrazine Correct Answer: Restricted use pesticide due to ground and surface water concerns Atrazine use limitations Correct Answer: - app. Rates are limited to 2.5pounds or less active ingredient per acre calendar year
- Iowa restricts app. Rates to 1.5 lbs. active ingredient per acre per calendar year in 23 counties
- cannot be mixed loaded or repackaged within 100 ft or applied within 50 ft of a sinkhole, well cistern lake water impoundment agricultural drainage wells and drainage we'll surface inlets and drinking water wells
- mixing loading and equipment clean out must meet the secondary requirements in Iowa administration code Non-mobile bulk pesticide Correct Answer: Containers that are designed and used for stationary pesticide materials Secondary containment
Correct Answer: Any structure used to prevent runoff or leaching of pesticide materials Containment sight requirements Correct Answer: Paved with asphalt or concrete, sloped, and elevated above the surrounding area or curbed to prevent runoff Pest Correct Answer: And living species whose activities cause economic losses to your possessions directly threatening your health or are annoying ( insects pathogens weeds mollusks fish birds mammals Integrated pest management (ipm) Correct Answer: Approach to controlling a specific pest in a specific setting that makes use of current pest information regular monitoring and record keeping to determine if and when action against the pest is needed Ipm control strategies Correct Answer: Biological mechanical cultural physical genetic regulatory and chemical Ipm components Correct Answer: - identify the pest and understand biology
Action threshold Correct Answer: Pest level at which some type of pest management action should be taken. Natural enemies Correct Answer: Predators pathogens and parasites that attack pest species Biological control Correct Answer: Using natural enemies to control or suppress pests Mechanical control Correct Answer: Use of machines devices and other physical methods to control pests (traps screens barriers fences and nets) (plows disks and bed conditioners) Cultural control Correct Answer: Designed to alter the environment the condition of the host plant or site or the behavior of the pest to prevent or suppress infestation (cultural and sanitation) cultural: irrigation, mowing, pruning crop rotation trap crops. Sanitation: elimination food water shelter or other necessities important to the pests survival (keeping field borders free of pests and draining standing water). Physical/environmental modification
Correct Answer: (Lowering humidity of stored grains and other food products reduces damage from mold and some insects, refrigeration and lowered temperatures can kills insects or disrupt their feeding and life cycles, increase the air movement) Physical control Correct Answer: Measures specifically taken to kill the pest directly or indirectly by making the environment unsuitable for pest entry dispersal survival or reproduction Host resistance or genetic control Correct Answer: Some plants and animals are bred or selected to resist specific pest problems Regulatory control Correct Answer: Quarantine: regulations to prevent the entry of pests into pest free areas. Eradication: the complete elimination of a pest from a site area or geographic region Chemical controls Correct Answer: Pesticides that either synthesized or naturally derived Pesticide Correct Answer: Any material that is used to kill attract repel or interrupt the growth and mating of pests or to regulate plant growth
Selective pesticides Correct Answer: Effective against a limited group of pests without causing harm to desirable organisms Systemic pesticides Correct Answer: Chemical that is absorbed and traps located within a plant or animal Translocated pesticide Correct Answer: Pesticide that moves within a plant or animal from the entry site. Contact pesticides Correct Answer: Pesticide that kills when it touches or is touched by a pest Pesticide resistance Correct Answer: Ability of an insect fungus weed rodent or other pests to tolerate a pesticide that once controlled it. Label Correct Answer: All information printed on and attached to the pesticide container or referred to on the label or accompanying literature Labeling
Correct Answer: Pesticide label and all additional product information such as brochures and fliers provided by the manufacturer and handouts provided by the dealer. Site Correct Answer: The crop, animal, or area infested by a pest and to which a pesticide is applied Special local need(section 24 registration) Correct Answer: Federal restrictions authorizing distribution and use within the granting state only referred to as state labels or special local need Section 3 label Correct Answer: A label reviewed and approved by the EPA Section 18 emergency exemption Correct Answer: Sec 18of FIFRA authorizes EPA to allow states to use a pesticide for a unregistered use for a limited time if EPA determines that emergency. Inductions exist Sec 25b exemption Correct Answer: Minimum risk pesticides that are not subject to federal registration requirements because their ingredients birth active and inert are demonstrably safe for the intended use
Formulation Correct Answer: Pesticide end product usually consisting of a mixture of active and inert ingredients Restricted use pesticides Correct Answer: A pesticide that poses more risk and could cause some human injury or environmental damage even when used as directed on the label Restricted use statement Correct Answer: Indicates specific hazards of pesticide Net contents Correct Answer: Amount of material in the container pounds or ounces for dry formulations gallons quartz ounces or pints for liquids Name and address of manufacturer Correct Answer: Required by law name and address of company Emergency contact number Correct Answer: Event of poisoning, spilling or fire EPA registration number Correct Answer: Shows product has been reviewed by EPA
EPA establishment number Correct Answer: Identify the facility that manufactured the product Child hazard warning Correct Answer: Keep out of reach of children statement Signal word Correct Answer: Indicate how toxic the product is to humans animals Danger poison Correct Answer: Can cause death, poison highly toxic skull and cross bones red Danger Correct Answer: Red severe eye damage or irritation Warning Correct Answer: Yellow moderately toxic either orally dermally or through inhalation or causes moderate eye and skin irritation Caution Correct Answer: Green slightly toxic either orally dermally or through inhalation or causes slight eye and skin irritation
Physical or chemical hazards Correct Answer: Details for any special fire explosion or chemical hazards. Flammable or corrosive Statement of practical treatment Correct Answer: First aid treatments recommended in case of poisoning or accidental exposure Directions for use Correct Answer: Instructions on how to use the pesticide (pest type registered for, where product can be used, mixing instructions, rate of application, time and frequency of app, limitations on number of app, pre harvest interval, phytotoxicity(damage to plants) , recropping, minimize drift Misuse statement Correct Answer: It is a violation of federal law to use this product inconsistent with its labeling Agriculture use requirements Correct Answer: General and restricted use pesticides used on plants and pesticides used on the soil or planting medium the plants are or will be grown. Greenhouses nurtures forests
Restricted entry interval Correct Answer: How much time must pass between the application of a pesticide and the reentry of unprotected workers into the treated area Non agricultural use requirements Correct Answer: Lawns golf courses Direction for use by reference Correct Answer: Referral statement directions contained in other documents Storage and disposal Correct Answer: Instructions for appropriate storage and disposal of pesticide and container (store away from fertilizer, insecticides do not use container for other purposes Material safety data sheet (msds) Correct Answer: Provides proper procedures for handling storage and safe use of chemical product. Gives products composition physical and chemical properties and hazards, contact details solvent Correct Answer: a liquid that will dissolve a substance forming a true solution.
