{"id":2095,"date":"2017-06-02T16:48:19","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T11:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cropinfo.in\/agriinfo\/?page_id=2095"},"modified":"2017-06-02T16:48:19","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T11:18:19","slug":"pesticides-toxicity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cropinfo.in\/agriinfo\/pesticides-toxicity\/","title":{"rendered":"Pesticides Toxicity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<div style=\"direction: ltr;\">\n<table style=\"direction: ltr; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 1.0006in; padding: 4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Label<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: .8159in; padding: 4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Name<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: .9486in; padding: 4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Level of toxicity<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 2.0201in; padding: 4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Oral lethal dose mg per kg body weight of test animal<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 3.1513in; padding: 4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Listed chemicals<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 1.0006in; padding: 4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2097\" src=\"https:\/\/cropinfo.in\/agriinfo\/infobase\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Red_toxicity_label_indicating_-Highly_Toxic_substance-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: .8159in; padding: 4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Red label<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: .9486in; padding: 4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Extremely toxic<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 2.0201in; padding: 4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;\">1-50<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 3.1513in; padding: 4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Monocrotophos, zinc phosphide, ethyl mercury acetate, and others.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 1.0006in; padding: 4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2098\" src=\"https:\/\/cropinfo.in\/agriinfo\/infobase\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Yellow_toxicity_label-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: .8159in; padding: 4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Yellow label<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: .9486in; padding: 4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Highly toxic<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 2.0201in; padding: 4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;\">51-500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 3.1513in; padding: 4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Endosulfan, carbaryl, quinalphos, and others.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 1.0006in; padding: 4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2099\" src=\"https:\/\/cropinfo.in\/agriinfo\/infobase\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Blue_toxicity_label-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: .8159in; padding: 4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Blue label<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: .9486in; padding: 4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Moderately toxic<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 2.0201in; padding: 4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;\">501-5000<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 3.1513in; padding: 4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Malathion, thiram, glyphosate and others.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 1.0006in; padding: 4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2096\" src=\"https:\/\/cropinfo.in\/agriinfo\/infobase\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Green_toxicity_label-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: .8159in; padding: 4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Green label<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: .9486in; padding: 4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Slightly toxic<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 2.0201in; padding: 4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;\">More than 5000<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 3.1513in; padding: 4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt; border: 1pt solid #A3A3A3;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0Mancozeb, oxyfluorfen, mosquito repellant oils and liquids, and most other household insecticides.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2095","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry","owp-thumbs-layout-horizontal","owp-btn-normal","owp-tabs-layout-horizontal","has-no-thumbnails"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cropinfo.in\/agriinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cropinfo.in\/agriinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cropinfo.in\/agriinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cropinfo.in\/agriinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cropinfo.in\/agriinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cropinfo.in\/agriinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2100,"href":"https:\/\/cropinfo.in\/agriinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2095\/revisions\/2100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cropinfo.in\/agriinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}