The Indian standardized system of toxicity labels for pesticides uses a 4-color system (red, yellow, blue, green) to plainly label containers with the toxicity class of the contents.
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Label |
Name |
Level of toxicity |
Oral lethal dose mg per kg body weight of test animal |
Listed chemicals |
|
|
Red label |
Extremely toxic |
1-50 |
Monocrotophos, zinc phosphide, ethyl mercury acetate, and others. |
|
|
Yellow label |
Highly toxic |
51-500 |
Endosulfan, carbaryl, quinalphos, and others. |
|
|
Blue label |
Moderately toxic |
501-5000 |
Malathion, thiram, glyphosate and others. |
|
|
Green label |
Slightly toxic |
More than 5000 |
Mancozeb, oxyfluorfen, mosquito repellant oils and liquids, and most other household insecticides. |
