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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Dike

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A low wall that can act as a barrier to prevent a spill from spreading.

Diluent

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Any liquid or solid material used to dilute or carry an active ingredient.

Dilution ratio

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The relationship between the volume of water in a stream and the volume of incoming water. It affects the ability of the stream to assimilate waste.

Desalination

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

[Desalinization] (1) Removing salts from ocean or brackish water by using various technologies. (2) Removal of salts from soil by artificial means, usually leaching.

Design capacity

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The average daily flow that a treatment plant or other facility is designed to accommodate.

Design value

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The monitored reading used by EPA to determine an area's air quality status; e.g., for ozone, the fourth highest reading measured over the most recent three years is the design value.

An air pollutant which is neither a criteria nor hazardous pollutant, as described in the Clean Air Act, but for which new source performance standards exist. The Clean Air Act does require states to ...