Deciding What to Do > Selecting a Pesticide
Remember what you learned about hazards in the section "Health Precautions."
 

 
Hazard = Toxicity x Exposure
 

 
Consider both the signal word and the potential exposure to choose the product that poses the least risk.

The signal word the large "Caution", "Warning" or "Danger" on the label. Most home use products will be Caution or Warning.
 

The signal words are an indicator of relative acute toxicity and progress starting with least toxic Caution < Warning < Danger / Poison.
 
 
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