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Parts of a Label 7…How Do I Get Rid Of It?

by Kristie Popa
April 8, 2026

Blogs 1-6 of “Parts of the Pesticide Label” covered safety, both personal and everything else, and how to use the product, is there anything left to cover? Well after using a product we either need to store or dispose of it if it’s ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Archived, Brett Bultemeier, National Pesticide Safety Education Month, Parts Of A Pesticide Label, Pesticide, Pesticide Information Office, Pesticide Label
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Parts of a Label 6…How Do I Use It?

by Kristie Popa
April 8, 2026

Blogs 1-5 of “Parts of the Pesticide Label” covered safety, both personal and everything else. Now that safety is covered, we are ready, at long last, to get into the meat of the label “How Do I Use It?” Now we enter the bulk ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Archived, Brett Bultemeier, National Pesticide Safety Education Month, Parts Of A Pesticide Label, Pesticide, Pesticide Information Office, Pesticide Label
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Parts of a Label 5…How Do I Protect Everything Else?

by Dr. Brett Bultemeier
April 8, 2026

Blogs 1-4 of “Parts of the Pesticide Label” covered personal safety, “How Do I Protect Myself?” At this point many are ready to start using the pesticide, I mean “hey I’m safe, let’s go!” That is all well and good, but our ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Farm Management, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Archived, Brett Bultemeier, Environmental Hazards, National Pesticide Safety Education Month, Parts Of A Pesticide Label, Pesticide Information Office, Pesticide Label, Pesticide Safety
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Parts of a label 4…How Do I Keep It Off Me?

by Dr. Brett Bultemeier
April 8, 2026

Last time we explored what to do if we were exposed to a pesticide by learning about the First Aid section. Great, I know how to deal with exposure. Now I wont to figure out how to prevent it. Said another way “How Do I Keep It Off Me?” ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Archived, Brett Bultemeier, National Pesticide Safety Education Month, Parts Of A Pesticide Label, Personal Protective Equipment, Pesticide Information Office, Pesticide Label, PPE
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Parts of a Label 3…What if it gets on me?

by Dr. Brett Bultemeier
April 8, 2026

We left off discussing What is in our pesticide and information about it’s potential hazard, or if it is “dangerous”. So far we have simply defined and identified hazard. In order for us to properly handle “risk” we need to discuss ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Archived, Brett Bultemeier, EPA, First Aid Statement, National Pesticide Safety Education Month, Parts Of A Pesticide Label, Pesticide, Pesticide Information Office, Pesticide Label
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Parts of a label 2…Is It Dangerous

by Dr. Brett Bultemeier
April 8, 2026

In the last blog we discussed how the first part of a label is all about telling you “What is it?”, and we found out our jug is Blamo, which has 95% trimethyldeathallzazene. Ok, I am sure that means very little to any of you, so what ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Turf
Tags: Archived, Brett Bultemeier, EPA, Hazard, National Pesticide Safety Education Month, Parts Of A Pesticide Label, Pesticide, Pesticide Label, Signal Word

Where Do I Find What PPE to Wear?

by Dr. Brett Bultemeier
February 15, 2024

All February we have celebrated National Pesticide Safety Education month, and have discussed PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). Well we have finally come to the last one, It’s Closing Time, and we have a final heads up on PPE. At the end ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Brett Bultemeier, National Pesticide Safety Education Month, National Pesticide Safety Education Month 2023, Pesticide Information Office, PPE, Safety, Safety Data Sheet, SDS

Assembling a PPE Kit

by Entomology Emily
June 13, 2023

Hello Avid Readers! Welcome back to our series for Pesticide Safety Education Month! This, the second blog of our 2023 series, will teach applicators how to assemble a PPE kit. However, it is VERY IMPORTANT to note that there is no such thing ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Emily Kraus, National Pesticide Safety Education Month, Pesticide Exposure, Pesticide Information Office, Pesticide Label, Pesticide Safety Education, Pesticides, PPE, Safety

How to Maintain PPE

by Entomology Emily
February 16, 2023

Have you checked your PPE kit lately? In honor of pesticide safety month, here is a reminder to go through and check your PPE kit – particularly the items you don’t use very often. Checking your PPE frequently will help ensure that you ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Exposure, Jason Ferrell, National Pesticide Safety Education Month, Pesticide Information Office, PPE, Safety
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National Pesticide Safety Education Month

by Entomology Emily
February 16, 2023

Hello Avid Readers!! Thank you for coming back for Pesticide Safety Education Month. We will have a series of blogs this month covering one of our favorite topics Personal Protective Equipment or PPE. The series begins today with an introduction ... READ MORE

Category: Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Emily Kraus, National Pesticide Safety Education Month, Pesticide Exposure, Pesticide Information Office, Pesticide Safety Education, Pesticides, PPE, Safety

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