Storing, Moving, Disposing Pesticides
The name of the method used in rinsing the empty pesticide container.
What is triple rinsing?
The steps you take when you get pesticides on your skin.
What are take off the clothes that have pesticides on them, wash immediately with soap and water, get dressed in clean clothes, report to your supervisor and seek medical attention?
The special word in capital letters on the front of the label that tells you the acute health hazard.
What is the signal word? (Danger, Warning or Caution)?
The most dangerous stage of handling pesticides.
What is mixing and loading pesticides?
The time of day pesticides should be applied at the Zoo.
What is before 9am?
The steps you take when you get pesticides on your skin.
What are take off the clothes that have pesticides on them, wash immediately with soap and water, get dressed in clean clothes, report to your supervisor and seek medical attention?
The 4 ways that pesticides can enter your body.
What are through your skin, eyes, mouth, and lungs?
Two locations SDS's are kept.
What is the horticulture office, trailer, Elliot and Milky Way? (also kept online)
This is the proper method of cleaning and storing your gloves after pesticide application.
What is washing your gloves with soap and water inside and out and hanging up to dry in the PPE shed?
Pesticides that are taken up by the plant and transported to all the tissues (leaves, flowers, roots, stems, pollen, nectar).
What are systemic?
This is the correct method for transporting a pesticide in a cart or truck.
What is securely fastened in the back of a truck or cart?
When a pesticide makes you sick after months or years of exposure.
What is a chronic effect?
The first thing you should read before spraying pesticides.
What is the label?
These 2 pieces of eyewear cannot be used for protecting your eyes.
What are regular eyeglasses or sunglasses?
Three factors to consider before spraying pesticides
What is Temperature, wind speed 2-10mph, animals or staff presence, browse status, sensitive plants in the area, pollinators present, flowering status, etc.?
Some acceptable ways to store pesticides.
What is a locked fenced area, a lockable storage compartment, a truck or trailer with locked side racks?
Certain pesticides with extra rules that are more likely to make you or others sick or harm the environment.
What are restricted pesticides?
The three items listed on a service container
What is the name of pesticide, signal word, name and address of person responsible?
One type of glove you cannot wear while handling pesticides.
What is fabric or leather gloves?
Describe when and how to apply Sluggo to an area
What is before 9am, scatter bait in 6" band around plant every 7-14 days as needed?
The three Cs in pesticide spill clean up.
What is Control, Contain, and Clean up the spill?
Four pieces of information needed when reporting exposure to a medical professional.
What is the Pesticide name, active ingredient, EPA registration #, SDS, how the pesticide was used and how the exposure happened?
The hyphenated number that is written on the monthly use report.
What is the EPA registration number?
The maximum temperature during the day you can wear a chemical-resistant suit.
What is 80F?
The minimum age a person needs to be to handle restricted pesticides.
What is 18?