I picked up a bottle of Raid Ant & Roach spray from the grocery store. I brought it home and noticed I simply had to press the button and it sprayed right out. There was no packaging to remove, no pin to pull out, no push and twist cap, etc.
Considering the physical gymnastics required to open almost anything packaged, and especially those that could be harmful to kids, I was pretty surprised. I almost had to take Disability from work after trying to get my Mach 3 cartridge out of the package without scissors. For the record, I went back to the supermarket in case I picked up a used or defective bottle, and they are all like that.
Are there no regulations, and do Raid or grocery stores not concern themselves with possible lawsuits (let alone social responsibility)?
In my experience there has been a little tab under the nozzle that needs to be removed if it is an aerosol or the nozzle needs to be spun if it a trigger spray bottle.
Yes, true. My point was just that almost everything packaged seems to need some human action formit to be able to be used. Oftentimes, it is to prevent accidental use, especially by children. I’m sure a toddler spraying himself in the face with bug spray he grabbed off the shelf while sitting in the shopping cart , while mom is comparing sponge prices, wouldn’t be a pretty sight.
There are requirements for child-resistant pesticide packaging that depend on toxicity of the product.
It seems to me that every time I’ve bought a pesticide in an aerosol can, there’s a nozzle lock that has to be turned to the spray position for the push button to work.