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Summary: Personal protective equipment (PPE) is a safety label on pesticides that identifies what to wear when handling them. Learn about PPE labels on pesticides with tips from the owner of a farm-supply store in this free pesticide safety video.
Travis Steglich is the owner and operator of the Steglich Feed and Farm Supply Store. His family before him has been serving the ranchers, farmers and gardeners of central Texas for...read more
"Most labels will have a place for the instructions about what kind of PPE that the handler or the applier needs to have. And PPE is an acronym for Personal Protective Equipment. And on this particular product, the label actually says that you need to be wearing a long sleeves shirt, a long pant and gloves. While mixing, loading, applying this product. And most all products, lawn and garden, home type, pesticides. Will have this kind of information on there. To protect the user, in case that there's any over spray or any other stuff gets on the outside of the container. They'll know that they'll be protected because they'll be using the recommended protective gear. It's really important for most people, especially, if you're going to be doing it on a daily basis. It's very important. The more you use the pesticides, the more the PPE is imperative."
eHow Article: Pesticide Safety: PPE
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