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Safety Precautions
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
MSDS stands for Material Safety Data Sheet. MSDS’s provide
detailed hazard and precautionary information about pesticide
products and their ingredients. The type of information on MSDS
includes: chemical properties, health effects of acute or
chronic exposure, physical hazards, first aid measures,
emergency procedures, ways to protect workers at risk of over
exposure, and information on storage, handling, use, and
disposal. The information on MSDS’s supplements the information
on pesticide labels.
Every farm should have current MSDS’s for all pesticide used
or stored on the farm. Ask your supplier for copies of the MSDS
when you purchase pesticides. Some pesticide companies also have
electronic copies of MSDS for their products. Check registrants’
web sites to view their MSDS’s. Keep the MSDS’s in a convenient
location such as the pesticide storage room, with your
contingency plan, in your farm office, or in all these
locations.
The Chapter 5 of the Worker’s Compensation
“WHMIS Core Material: A resource manual for the application and
implementation of WHMIS“ provides more details on Material
Safety Data Sheets.
Example showing the types of information found on material
safety data sheets (product identification, composition, hazard
identification, first aid measures, fire fighting measures,
accidental release, handling and storage, exposure controls,
personal protection and exposure limits, physical and chemical
properties, stability and reactivity, toxicological information,
ecological information, disposal considerations, transport
information, and other information).
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