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MARYLAND PESTICIDE APPLICATION REVIEW |COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% ACCURATE General-Use Pesticide - Not that harmful You do not need to be certified to apply Restricted-Use Pesticide - Can be harmful to humans and the environment You must be a CERTIFIED applicator or supervised by one...

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MARYLAND PESTICIDE APPLICATION REVIEW
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General-Use Pesticide - Not that harmful
You do not need to be certified to apply

Restricted-Use Pesticide - Can be harmful to humans and the environment
You must be a CERTIFIED applicator or supervised by one

Private Pesticide Applicator Definition


Examples - Use or supervise use of RESTRICTED-USE Pesticides on their own
property, rented property, or employer property
Farmer, nursery operator, sod producers

Commercial Pesticide Applicator - Use or supervise use of RESTRICTED-USE
Pesticides on someone elses' property for payment

Public Applicator - Use or supervise use of RESTRICTED-USE Pesticides as part of
government job

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide (FIFRA) Act - Ruled by the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Register products based on possible effects to people and the environment

What is important about a Pesticide Label - People who don't follow it are BREAKING
THE LAW

What does the EPA do? - Re-evaluate older pesticides
Review every pesticide on a 15 year cycle
Establish safety rules for workers

What can STATES do to regulate pesticides? - They must follow EPA guidelines at a
minimum
They can make even harder guidelines

Is there a special ACT that relates to food and feed products? - Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act established tolerance levels for food - how much residue of a
pesticide is allowed

, Food Quality Protection Act - Requires the EPA to establish a tolerance low enough
that no harm can come to humans or environment

Hazard Communication Standards Act - Requires employers to list all hazardous
chemicals in the workplace, obtain material safety data on each one, ensure containers
are labeled, train workers how to deal with materials

How should you STORE pesticides? - Tightly sealed
labeled
dry
Not around food
Not around combustible (FIRE Causing) materials

What is a VERTEBRATE? - An animal with jointed backbones - mammals, birds,
reptiles, amphibians, fish

Can a VERTEBRATE be a PEST? - Yes if it brings injury to plants, humans, domestic
animals, or substances

List the 4 Main Groups of Pests - Weeds
Inveterbrates (insects)
Disease Agents or pathogens (bacteria, fungus)
Vertebrates (rodents. birds)

3 Pest Management Goals - Prevention - keep it from happening
Suppression - reduce levels
Eradication - eliminate totally

Why is identification, monitoring and treatment threshold important? - Pest control can
fail if you don't know what you are treating, identification can help you find the best thing
to use as treatment

Treatment Threshold - Determine if you need to use any treatment. If treatment would
cause more harm and cost more, sometimes you should wait or let the pest stay

Ways to control pests without pesticides - Natural control (weather, climate)
Biological - using natural enemies
mechanical - screens, traps, fences
Cultural - alter the environment to help with control (example - crop rotation)
Physical or Environmental - like lower humidity, refrigeration
Host Resistance - some plants are naturally resistant or can be genetically altered to be
resistant

How do you do Integrated Pest Management? (IPM) - identify the pest
monitor the pest

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