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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Dobson Unit (DU)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Units of ozone level measurement. measurement of ozone levels. If, for example, 100 DU of ozone were brought to the earth's surface they would form a layer one millimetre thick. Ozone levels vary ...

Domestic application

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Pesticide application in and around houses, office buildings, motels, and other living or working areas.(See: residential use.)

Disinfectant by-product

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A compound formed by the reaction of a disinfenctant such as chlorine with organic material in the water supply; a chemical byproduct of the disinfection process..

Disinfectant time

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The time it takes water to move from the point of disinfectant application (or the previous point of residual disinfectant measurement) to a point before or at the point where the residual ...