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Summary: 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.
Organic gardening: more than just a hobby. Today, it is common knowledge that pesticides, fertilizers and treatments used in commercial and home agriculture are hazardous to the environment. At one point in history, it was "OK" to drain all the nutrients from the soil and poison any insects living there, rendering the land dead and stagnant, and then simply move on to fresher pastures. Nowadays, people are concerned with their ecological footprint and recognizing the damage our gardening products (like weed killer and pesticides) have on the environment and human health. Cattle are often treated with hormones to produce more milk or larger muscles, and many of them are bombarded by pesticides and chemicals from the grass and feed they eat regularly. In this free series of videos, learn how to handle pesticides safely to reduce the possibility of contamination. Travis Steglich is the owner of a feed- and farm-supply store. With his 20 years experience, let him discuss how to read pesticide labels. Learn to look out for signal words that make some pesticides more dangerous than others. Also, identify the active ingredients in order to pick the safest pesticide. So, watch this free series of videos and discover more about pesticide safety today.
"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."
eHow Article: Pesticide Safety: Signal Words
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