Take time to look at the whole label. Read each section. Understanding the label is important to use a product safely, and effectively. Some pesticides have the information you need on the front and back labels of the container. Others have small, foldout booklets.
Some pesticides have common names that are easier to identify than chemical names.
A chemical made by more than one company will be sold under several brand names , but you may find the same chemical name or common name on all of them. The label must list the active ingredient prominently displayed. The amount of an active ingredient is given as a percentage by weight. It can be listed either by the chemical or the common name. Inert ingredients need not be named but the label must tell you their percentage of the total contents.