Name That Pesticide
How to Identify the Products
Your Patients Are Exposed To
The nomenclature of pesticides is
similar to medications in that they
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A brand/trade or product name: e.g. Motrin
A generic name (common name or active
ingredient): ibuprofen
A chemical family: e.g. NSAID
Likewise one needs to know the chemical family
and more specifically the common name to
understand the health effect of an exposure and
how to treatment a poisoning.
What the Patient Will Know ?
NOT the common or chemical family name.
More likely they can identify:
• BRAND name
• TYPE of pesticide (insecticide, herbicide, fungicide,
fumigant)
• CROP to which the pesticide was being applied.
Pesticide Product Label
• The label is the agriculture world = the
package insert for the medical world
• The label is the LAW and dictates:
– Use
– Required personal protective equipment
• The label on the bottle or package provides
basic information
Information Sources on Pesticides
Label
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Ingredient statement
EPA registration number
Establishment number
Formulation
Signal word
Statement of practical treatment
(first aid)
Personal protective equipment
(PPE) handlers
Environmental hazards
Directions for use
Hazards to humans
Storage and disposal directions
MSDS
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Chemical product identification
Physical and chemical properties
Fire and explosion hazards
Toxicological information / Human health
data
Regulatory levels and classifications
Personal protection recommendations
(concentrate only)
Emergency and first aid procedures
Ecological or environmental hazards
Spills, fires, and accident procedures
Storage and disposal directions
Sample Package Labels
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Type of pesticide
Company name
Brand/trade/product name
Common/generic name (sometimes the same as the
active ingredients)
• Chemical family
• Signal word (hazard level)
Type
“Insecticide”
Common Name
“Methadithion”
Antidote
“Atropine”
Brand Name
“SUPRACIDE”
Hazard Level
“Danger/poison”
Poison Icon
Chemical Family
“Organophosphate”
Manufacturer
Gowan
Class Exercise
Distribute Sample Pesticide Product Labels
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Temik
Sevin
Thiodan
Guthion
Dursban
Gramoxone
7. Weed Rhap
8. Asana
9. Captan
10. Roundup
11. Dithane
12. Ziram
Class Exercise
• Find the following items on the label
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Company/Manufacturer’s name
Brand/Product/Trade name
Common name (generic – active ingredient)
Type: use in agriculture
Chemical family
Signal word (hazard level)
Fill in the pesticide classification table (hand out)
Pesticide Classification Table
# Company
Name
1. Gowen
Brand
Name
Supracide
Common
Name
methidathion
Type
insecticide
Chemical
Family
OP
organophosphate
Signal
Class
DangerPoison
(Ib)
Exercise: Classifying
Pesticides
Pesticide Labels
COMPANY
BRAND
COMMON
TYPE
FAMILY
SIGNAL
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WHO
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Bayer
Temik
Aldicarb
Insecticide
Carbamate
Danger-poison
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Verdicon
Sevin
Carbaryl
Insecticide
Carbamate
Caution
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UCP Alliance
Thiodan
Endosulfan
Insecticide
Organochlorine
Warning
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Bayer
Guthion
Azinophos methyl
Insecticide
Organophospate
Danger-poison
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Dow
Dursban
Chlorpyrifos
Insecticide
Organophospate
Warning
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Syngenta
Gramoxone
Paraquat
Herbicide
Paraquat
Danger-poison
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Helena
Weed Rhap
2, 4-D
Herbicide
Chlorophenoxy
Danger-poison
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DuPont
Asana
Esfenverlate
Insecticide
Pyrethroid
Warning
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Bayer
Captan
Captan
Fungicide
Danger-poison
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Max
Roundup
Glyphosate
Herbicide
Caution
U-IV
Dow
Mancozeb
Fungicide
Dithane
Ziram
Fungicide
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Caution
U-IV
12.
Cerexagri-Nisso
Ziram
* WHO – World Health Organization International Classification
Danger
III
Company Name
• May be useful in looking up a product
• Workers may confuse this name with the
brand, product or trade name.
• Some companies also produce
pharmaceuticals.
Brand/Trade/Product Name
• Agricultural workers know pesticides
primarily through the brand name
• Companies will keep brand names but
CHANGE the active ingredients (e.g. Raid)
• Can use brand name as a search term
Common Name
• Critical identifier of the chemical
• Some databases only allow you to search by
common name.
• Basis of treatment!
Types of Pesticides
Fumigants
Types of
Pesticides
Disinfectants
Insecticides
Herbicides
Fungicides
Control pests by
attacking their
nervous system
Corrosive
weed killers
Antibiotics for
plants
Rodenticides
Kill rodents with
anticoagulants
Pesticide Chemical Families
-grouping based on similarities1. Similar chemically (similar structure)
2. Attacks pests in a similar way (toxicity)
3. Common treatment + antidote
Organophosphate
insecticides
Organochlorine
insecticides
Carbamate
insecticides
Chlorophenoxy
Herbicides
Pyrethroid
insecticides
Paraquat
Diquat
herbicides
How Toxic Is It?
Source: Richards, Kerry Penn State University Extension Service
Source: Richards, Kerry Penn State University Extension Service
LD50
Lethal dose = Amount of
chemical it takes to kill 50% of an
experimental population
Source: Richards, Kerry Penn State University Extension Service
WHO International
Standard
US Standard
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DANGER/POISON = extremely toxic by ingestion
DANGER = extremely toxic high potential for skin and eye
irritation
Adapted from Richards, Kerry Penn State University Extension Service
Source: Richards, Kerry Penn State University Extension Service
Sample Case
A patient comes into your office after spilling the weed killer –
Direx - on himself. He is having some vague non specific
problems.
How will you identify what kind of adverse heath
effects he may experience?
Pesticide Identification Resources
• Poison Control (800) 222-1222 (TDD) 1(800)
572-0638
• Google “Direx”
• Pesticide Websites:
– PAN http://www.pesticideinfo.org/
– CDMS http://www.cdms.net/LabelsMsds/LMDefault.aspx
– NPIC http://npic.orst.edu/npicfact.htm
Practice:
Using these resources for Diurex ™find
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The common name
The chemical family
Health effects
Recommended decontamination
Recommended PPE
Describe the attributes of each resource used
including advantages and disadvantages