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Label & SDS

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Registration information

  • U.S. EPA Registration number: 56-73
  • U.S. EPA Status: ACTIVE

Description

'Eaton's Answer Boric Acid Insecticidal Dust' is an insecticide and miticide. Its Federal EPA registration number is: 56-73. It was originally approved by EPA on 05 Mar 1997. It has a 'Caution' signal word. It has the following active ingredients: Boric acid. It's approved for 13 sites including buses, commercial/institutional/industrial buildings, domestic dwellings, eating establishments, food processing plants, hospitals, hotels/motels/tourist courts, pet kennels, railroad boxcars, and sewers. It is also approved for 6 pests and pest groups including but not limited to ants, cockroaches, fleas, palmettobugs, roaches, and silverfish.

Original registration date:

  • 05 Mar 1997

Cancellation date:

  • n/a

Alternative names:

  • EATON's ANSWER BORIC ACID INSECTICIDAL DUSTActive

Registrant:

  • J.T. EATON & CO., INC.
  • Address:
    1393 E. Highland Road
    Twinsburg, OH 44087

Active ingredients:

  • Boric acid 99%
  • Other ingredients 1%

Signal word:

  • Caution

Product type:

  • Insecticide
  • Miticide

Formulation:

  • Wettable Powder/Dust

Registered target pests:

  • Ants
  • Cockroaches
  • Fleas
  • Palmettobugs
  • Roaches
  • Silverfish

Registered target sites:

  • Buses (non-residual) (general treatment)
  • Commercial/institutional/industrial buildings (indoor inedible)
  • Domestic dwellings (indoor)
  • Eating establishments (residual crack and crevice treatment)
  • Food processing plants (residual crack and crevice treatment)
  • Hospitals (residual crack and crevice treatment)
  • Hotels/motels/tourist courts (indoor)
  • Pet kennels (enclosed premise treatment)
  • Railroad boxcars (feed/food-empty) (residual general treatment)
  • Sewers
  • Shipholds (feed/food-empty) (residual general treatment)
  • Trucks (feed/food-empty) (residual general treatment)
  • Zoos (enclosed premise treatment)