Insecticide use at home: what you need to know

ANSES stresses the importance of reading the recommendations on packaging or leaflets carefully and of following them:

• wearing gloves if necessary;
• and aerating the rooms in the dwelling where the product was used.

As regards veterinary pesticides sold in pharmacies or by veterinary surgeons for pets, ANSES also asks professionals to explain clearly the conditions of application of the products concerned.

Finally, the Anses also reminds us that it is recommended not to throw them in the trash or empty them into the sink but to deposit them at the waste disposal facility or at the place provided by the town hall, the community of communes or agglomeration.