Learning About Labels

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3. Ingredient statement:

Each pesticide label must include the active and inert ingredients in the product. The statement shows what the active ingredients are and the amount of each. The ingredient statement must list the official chemical names or common names for all active ingredients. Inert ingredients need not be named, but the label must show what percent of the total contents they comprise. Often garden magazines recommend certain pesticides by the common name of an active ingredient (e.g., captan, malathion, carbaryl) instead of recommending a specific product name that contains that active ingredient.

Check the active ingredients when comparing pesticides. Many different pesticides contain the same active ingredient. By purchasing pesticides according to the common or chemical name you will be sure you are getting the right active ingredient no matter what the trade name or formulation. When comparing two different products with the same active ingredient, compare the amount of the active ingredient in each product and the application rates. Often products contain the same active ingredient, but in different concentrations.

 

PEST-B-GONE INSECTICIDE AND FUNGICIDE Control Insects and Diseases on Flowers and Ornamentals ACTIVE INGREDIENTS (Ingredient Statement) Captan (n-trichloromethythio-4-cyclohexene 1,2-dicarboximide) 11.75% Related Derivatives 0.24% Malathion (0,0-dimethyl dithiophosphate of diethyl mercatosuccinate) 6.00% Carbaryl (1-naphthyl N-methylcarbamate) 12.00% INERT INGREDIENTS 69.70% _______________________________________________________________ ________ ________ Contains Petroleum Distillate Total 100.00% Sunset Chemicals, Galveston, TX 87777 EPA Reg. No. 010-1133 EPA Est. No. 010-TX-2 DANGER Keep out of reach of children

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