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Pesticide found on soil l, leaves, skin, and other surfaces right after application is called a _______. |
Deposit |
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After application, the pesticide deposit that remains is called a _______. |
Residue |
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The |
Heat, light, moisture, and soil organisms |
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Who |
Preharvest interval |
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At what |
Residue tolerance |
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Who is required to set a finite residue tolerance for every pesticide used on food or feed? |
The EPA |
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At what tolerance does the EPA set tolerances that is safe for test animals? |
100 times smaller or safer. |
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If the EPA determines that 200 ppm of Pesticide has no effect on animals then what would they set the tolerance at? |
2ppm |
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At what facto will the EPA add in addition to the 100 times safer factor if they determine that children or infants may be exposed to greater amounts of pesticide because they consume more of a certain food? |
10 |
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True |
Pre-slaughter instrrval( same as pre-harvest but used on livestock) |
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A |
False |
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True or False Food may have no residues at all because the residues may have degraded or the crop may have been treated with the minimum dose of a pesticide. |
True |
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True or False Soil and plant surfaces may contain pesticide residue even when they are not directly sprayed with pesticide. |
True |