Pesticides

Pesticides

Any chemical or substance used to kill or inhibit the growth of pests that damage or interfere with the growth of crops, shrubs, tress, timber and other vegetation useful to humans.

Industry: Agricultural chemicals

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Lindane

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A pesticide that causes adverse health effects in domestic water supplies and is toxic to freshwater fish and aquatic life.

The maximum concentration of a chemical that will dissolve in fatty substances. Lipid soluble substances are insoluble in water. They will very selectively disperse through the environment via uptake ...

Liquid injection incinerator

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Commonly used system that relies on high pressure to prepare liquid wastes for incineration by breaking them up into tiny droplets to allow easier combustion.

Listed waste

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Wastes listed as hazardous under RCRA but which have not been subjected to the Toxic Characteristics Listing Process because the dangers they present are considered self-evident.

Lithology

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Mineralogy, grain size, texture, and other physical properties of granular soil, sediment, or rock.

Level of Concern (LOC)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The concentration in air of an extremely hazardous substance above which there may be serious immediate health effects to anyone exposed to it for short periods