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Restricted use pesticide



Because of safety concerns, some pesticides are not available to the general public in the United States. The "Restricted Use" classification restricts a product, or its uses, to use by a certificated pesticide applicator or under the direct supervision of a certified applicator.

Certification programs are administered by the individual states and the requirements vary from state to state.

Pesticides are classified as "restricted use" for a variety of reasons:

  • Accident history
  • Potential for or history of groundwater contamination
  • Acute toxicity to humans
  • Application scenario likely to be hazardous; e.g. fumigants.
  • Toxicity to vulnerable nontarget plants or animals, particularly away from the site of application: fish, migrant birds
  • Carcinogenic or mutagenic product

Atrazine is the most widely used restricted-use herbicide.

Many insecticides and fungicides used in fruit production are restricted use.

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This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Restricted_use_pesticide". A list of authors is available in Wikipedia.
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