title: A survey of warning colours of pesticides.
abstract: Pesticides are used to protect plants all over the world. Their increasing specificity has been due to utilization of differences in biochemical processes, and has been accompanied by lower human toxicity. Nevertheless cases of poisoning are still observed. While certain toxic substances are provided with characteristic dyes or pigments to facilitate easy identification, no overview of pesticide colors exists. The lack of available product information prompted us to explore the colors and dyes of pesticides registered in Germany, most of which are commercially available worldwide. A compilation of the colors and odors of 207 pesticide products is presented. While some of the substances can be identified by their physical characteristics, in other cases, the range of possibilities can be narrowed by their nature and color.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Forensic Medicine, Freiburg University Medical Centre, Albertstrasse 9, 79104 Freiburg, Germany. Annette.Thierauf@uniklinik-freiburg.de
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thierauf
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Weinmann
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Auwärter
authors.forename: Benedikt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vennemann
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bohnert
mesh_terms: D003116:Color; D004396:Coloring Agents; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D003625:Data Collection; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D009812:Odorants; D010575:Pesticides / Q000633:toxicity*; D011041:Poisoning / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D010575:Pesticides
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