This means thatone teaspoon toone ounce can kill an average adult. It would take over one ounce to kill an average adult. There are other concerns about labels, as well. Some products contain ingredients that have not been of ficially recognized by the federal government as hazardous but still are cause for concern. Only the percentage of inert ingredients are required on the label, not their identity.
Some inert ingredients are hazardous.
There is no standardized list of chemical names. This makes it hard for you to compare products. According to a 1984 report by the National Academy of Sciences, less than 2 percent of all new and existing chemicals have been tested sufficiently to allow a complete health hazard assessment. Also, many labels do not tell you how to dispose of a product safely. It has no regulatory definition by the federal government.