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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Designated uses

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Those water uses identified in state water quality standards that must be achieved and maintained as required under the Clean Water Act. Uses can include cold water fisheries, public water supply, ...

Designer bugs

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Popular term for microbes developed through biotechnology that can degrade specific toxic chemicals at their source in toxic waste dumps or in ground water.

Destratification

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Vertical mixing within a lake or reservoir to totally or partially eliminate separate layers of temperature, plant, or animal life.

Destroyed medical waste

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Regulated medical waste that has been ruined, torn apart, or mutilated through thermal treatment, melting, shredding, grinding, tearing, or breaking, so that it is no longer generally recognised as ...

Destination facility

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The facility to which regulated medical waste is shipped for treatment and destruction, incineration, and/or disposal.

Destruction and Removal Efficiency (DRE)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A percentage that represents the number of molecules of a compound removed or destroyed in an incinerator relative to the number of molecules entering the system (e.g. a DRE of 99.99 percent means ...