Reading Labels
How to read a safety data sheet for a product you already own
A safety data sheet has 16 sections, written for workplaces. Here is where to find one and the four sections that matter most for a bottle under your sink.
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Reading Labels
Hazard pictograms, signal words, precautionary phrases and the small print on household products.
Reading Labels
Cleaners, sanitizers and disinfectants: what the label words mean
Cleaning, sanitizing and disinfecting are three different jobs. How to tell them apart on a label, find the EPA number, and read the contact time correctly.
Reading Labels
Danger, Warning, Caution: what the signal word on a label is telling you
One word on the label ranks how serious a product's hazard is. Here is how Danger, Warning and Caution work on European, US household and US pesticide labels.
Reading Labels
The nine hazard pictograms, one at a time
What each of the nine red-diamond hazard pictograms means, which ones turn up on household products, and how to read the old orange squares in the garage.