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Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
Toxicity & Hazard
Relative Toxicity Categories
Mammals (people)
| Relative Toxicity Category |
Oral LD50 (mg/kg) |
Dermal LD50 (mg/kg) |
| Slightly Toxic |
> 500 |
> 1000 |
| Moderately Toxic |
51 - 500 |
201 - 1000 |
| Very Toxic |
0 - 50 |
0 200 |
Birds
| Relative Toxicity Category |
Acute Oral Toxicity (mg/kg) |
Dermal (ppm) |
| Practically non toxic |
> 2000 |
>5000 |
| Slightly Toxic |
501 - 2000 |
1001 5000 |
| Moderately Toxic |
51 - 500 |
501 1000 |
| Highly Toxic |
10 - 50 |
50 500 |
| Very Highly Toxic |
< 10 |
< 50 |
Bees
| Relative Toxicity Category |
Description |
| Highly Toxic |
Kills on contact during application and for one or more days after. |
| Moderately Toxic |
Kills bees if applied over them. Can
be used with limited danger to bees if no applied over bees
in the field or hives. Correct dosage, timing and method of
application are essential. |
| Practically non toxic |
Relatively non toxic. Can be used with
few precautions with minimum injury to bees. |
Fish
| Relative Toxicity Category |
ppm |
| Practically Non Toxic |
> 100 |
| Slightly Toxic |
10 - 100 |
| Moderately Toxic |
1 - 10 |
| Highly Toxic |
0.1 - 1 |
| Very Highly Toxic |
< 0.1 |
