Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 22a - Environmental Protection
50 - Pesticide Registration and Classification
Section 22a-50-1 - Definitions
Universal Citation: CT Reg of State Agencies 22a-50-1
Current through March 14, 2024
(a) The definition of terms used in these regulations shall be consistent with the definitions in Section 22a-47, Connecticut General Statute.
(b) The following terms not defined in Section 22a-47, Connecticut General Statutes, are defined as follows:
(1)
aquatic use - materials applied on or in water except in self contained
artificial structures such as cooling towers and swimming pools.
(2) bioaccumulation - the concentration of a
substance in an organism which exceeds those concentrations found in the
surrounding environment.
(3)
breakdown product - a chemical substance resulting from the transformation of a
pesticide by physical, chemical, electromagnetic, or biological
means.
(4) carcinogenesis - the
generation of malignant tumors in animals.
(5) Dermal LD50 - the
amount of material, expressed as mg substance/kg test animal or ppm, placed on
the skin that will kill 50% of the number of test animals.
(6) food chains - the numerous pathways by
which matter and energy are exchanged within an ecosystem.
(7) Inhalation LC50 -
that concentration, expressed as mg substance/1. air or ppm in the air, that
would be lethal to 50% of the test population of animals within a specific time
and under specified test conditions.
(8) mutagenesis - the generation of genetic
changes in animals or somatic changes in subsequent generations of
animals.
(9) Oral
LD50 - the amount of material expressed as mg
substance/kg test animal or ppm absorbed through the digestive tract that will
kill 50% of the number of test animals.
(10) "Ready-to-Use" - a pesticide as sold to
the user, registered and labelled for immediate application without further
dilution.
(11) synergism -
cooperative action of two or more agents such that the joint effect if greater
than the sum of the single effects taken independently.
(12) teratogenesis - the generation of
congenital defects in animals, which are ordinarily non-hereditable.
(13)
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