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RCW 70.104.010 Declaration.
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The department of health has responsibility to protect and enhance the public health and welfare. As a consequence, it must be concerned with both natural and artificial environmental factors which may adversely affect the public health and welfare. Dangers to the public health a…
RCW 70.104.020 "Pesticide" defined.
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For the purposes of this chapter pesticide means, but is not limited to: (1) Any substance or mixture of substances intended to prevent, destroy, control, repel, or mitigate any insect, rodent, nematode, snail, slug, fungus, weed and any other form of plant or animal life or viru…
RCW 70.104.030 Powers and duties of department of health.
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(1) The department of health may investigate all suspected human cases of pesticide poisoning and such cases of suspected pesticide poisoning of animals that may relate to human illness. The department shall establish time periods by rule to determine investigation response time.…
RCW 70.104.040 Pesticide emergencies—Authority of department of agriculture not infringed upon.
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(1) In any case where an emergency relating to pesticides occurs that represents a hazard to the public due to toxicity of the material, the quantities involved or the environment in which the incident takes place, such emergencies including but not limited to fires, spillage, an…
