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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Cuttings

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Spoils left by conventional drilling with hollow stem auger or rotary drilling equipment.

Cyclone collector

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A device that uses centrifugal force to remove large particles from polluted air.

Data call-in

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A part of the Office of Pesticide programmes (OPP) process of developing key required test data, especially on the long-term, chronic effects of existing pesticides, in advance of scheduled ...

Data Quality Objectives (DQOs)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Qualitative and quantitative statements of the overall level of uncertainty that a decision-maker will accept in results or decisions based on environmental data. They provide the statistical ...

Ddt

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The first chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide chemical name: Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane. It has a half-life of 15 years and can collect in fatty tissues of certain animals. EPA banned ...