Hi Technical Bulletin: health, safety and environmental — biocides and fungicides.!.

Hi Technical Bulletin: health, safety and environmental — biocides and fungicides.!.

‘Health, safety and environmental affairs — the tank-side use of biocides and fungicides’.;

It is important to understand that while everyone in the metalworking fluids (MWF) industry calls these products biocides and/or fungicides, the US Department of Agriculture in charge of biocides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act 7 U.S.C. s/s 136 et seq. (1996) (FIPRA), which controls farm and garden pesticides and so on) calls these materials ‘antimicrobial pesticides’. 

It is also critical to understand, says this bulletin from Master Chemical, that while there are a great many chemicals that would kill bacteria and fungus in metalworking fluids, the only chemicals that can be used to kill bacteria or fungus are those registered by the US Department of Agriculture for use in metalworking fluids.

It is also important to know that how these fluids are used is controlled by the FIPRA with conditions noted on the label.

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