Pesticide Registration (PR) Notice 2005-1: Notice to Manufacturers, Producers, Formulators and Registrants of Pesticide Products

摘要

This Notice presents the Agency's guidance on appropriate label language for pesticide products intended for wide-area application to control adult mosquitoes. EPA undertakes initiatives such as this in order to improve and clarify pesticide product labeling. The specific label statements and label organization principles recommended in this Notice are intended to improve existing labels by clarifying language conveying environmental hazards posed by these products, as well as specific use directions and instructions to the applicators. The Agency believes that adoption of these: recommendations will help both pesticide users and pesticide enforcement officials to improve effective mosquito control and protection of public health, while ensuring that use of these products will not pose unreasonable risks to the environment. The Agency believes the incremental cost of label modifications is outweighed by the benefits to public health protection by having appropriate label statements that help ensure the proper and effective use of these products for mosquito control.