Video: Pesticide Safety: Signal Words

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A signal word on pesticides identifies how powerful a certain chemical and tells you how to safely handle the chemical. Find out about signal words on pesticides with tips from the owner of a farm-supply store in this free pesticide safety video.

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Every pesticide product that you'll find for use in the home or garden, will have signal words. These signal words are going to be on all products, whether or not you mix them in a "han", in, in a sprayer or whether they're ready to use out of an aerosol can or some kind of a pumper sprayer. They'll all have signal words. The caution, signal word is the least dangerous, the least powerful of the chemicals. It doesn't mean they're not dangerous, but it's the least, it tells you how powerful the chemical is. What the "dan", what the hazards are. Danger, is the next step up, in, in toxicity or hazards associated with the product. And, then warning, is the most powerful chemicals caution word, signal word. The, the use of these words gives a, the user, an idea of how dangerous, and how much caution needs to be used when handling, and applying, and using these products.

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Pesticide Safety: Signal Words

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