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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Extraction Procedure (EP Toxic)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Determining toxicity by a procedure which simulates leaching; if a certain concentration of a toxic substance can be leached from a waste, that waste is considered hazardous, i.e."EP Toxic."

Dosage/dose

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

1. The actual quantity of a chemical administered to an organism or to which it is exposed. 2. The amount of a substance that reaches a specific tissue (e.g. the liver). 3. The amount of a substance ...

Dose equivalent

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The product of the absorbed dose from ionising radiation and such factors as account for biological differences due to the type of radiation and its distribution in the body in the body.

Dose rate

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

In exposure assessment, dose per time unit (e.g. mg/day), sometimes also called dosage.

Dose response

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Shifts in toxicological responses of an individual (such as alterations in severity) or populations (such as alterations in incidence) that are related to changes in the dose of any given substance.

Dose response curve

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Graphical representation of the relationship between the dose of a stressor and the biological response thereto.

Dose-response assessment

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

1. Estimating the potency of a chemical. 2. In exposure assessment, the process of determining the relationship between the dose of a stressor and a specific biological response. 3. Evaluating the ...