Weed Control Safety Fact Sheet-US South PDF

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Locally owned & operated Superior products Expertly trained technicians Safe Use of Weed Control Products In evaluating an herbicide, the EPA must evaluate and estimate the Combined Risk of exposure from a specific Does Weed Man Use Safe Products To Control Weeds herbicide caused by all non-occupational sources, such In My Lawn? as food sources, drinking water sources, and residential sources. At Weed Man, every product we use has been evaluated for safety and effectiveness and has been approved for The EPA is required to evaluate the Cumulative Risk of specific uses. herbicides in light of similar toxic effects that different herbicides may share, or “a common mechanism of Herbicides are stringently regulated in the United States toxicity.” to ensure they pose minimal risk to human health and the environment. Special Sensitivity of Children to Herbicides: The EPA must ascertain whether there is an increased The sale, distribution, and use of herbicides in the susceptibility from exposure to the Herbicide to United States is regulated by the Environmental infants and children. The EPA must build an additional Protection Agency (EPA) under the Federal Insecticide, 10-fold safety factor into risk assessments to ensure Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). the protection of infants and children, unless it is The EPA has the authority to regulate herbicides used in determined that a lesser margin of safety will be safe for or on food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic infants and children. Act (FFDCA). Should I Be Concerned About Smell Or Exposure Of The EPA has the authority to suspend or cancel the registration of an herbicide if subsequent information Weed Control Products? shows that continued use would pose unreasonable risks. Government agencies have indicated that there is extremely low toxicological concern for inhalation and odor of weed control products. Several studies have been conducted on How Does Weed Control Work? human exposure to applications of weed control, showing The active ingredient in weed that even the highest observed exposures were well below a control products mimic the person’s lifetime ADI (acceptable daily intake), as established natural plant hormone auxin. by the World Health Organization. This includes bystanders When applied, it binds to auxin who are present at the time of a weed control application as receptors, triggering uncontrolled well as those who entered treated areas once the herbicide cell growth and disrupting normal product had been applied. plant growth processes. The auxin is absorbed through the leaves of How Toxic Is Weed Control the plant and is translocated throughout the plant causing Compared To Items I Use the stem to curl over, the leaves to wither, and, eventually, the plant to die. Every Day? The hazard of any particular Registration And Testing Facts About Weed Control substance is dependent on the degree of toxicity and Federal law requires detailed evaluation of herbicides to the size of the dose. All protect human health and the environment. The Food substances can be toxic, and Quality Protection Act (FQPA) was established to assess risk many things that you might and required the EPA to consider the following: find under your kitchen sink The existing Safety Standard was strengthened so the can pose a danger. When EPA would ensure with reasonable certainty that no looking at the items in the harm will result from the legal uses of the herbicide diagram below, remember before being approved for use. that these substances are concentrated forms; when weed control products are applied to your lawn, they are heavily diluted with water. For more information, visit our website: weedman.com