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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Decant

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

To draw off the upper layer of liquid after the heaviest material (a solid or another liquid) has settled.

Decay products

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Degraded radioactive materials, often referred to as "daughters" or "progeny"; radon decay products of most concern from a public health standpoint are polonium-214 and polonium-218.

Decomposition

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The breakdown of matter by bacteria and fungi, changing the chemical makeup and physical appearance of materials.

Decontamination

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Removal of harmful substances such as noxious chemicals, harmful bacteria or other organisms, or radioactive material from exposed individuals, rooms and furnishings in buildings, or the exterior ...

Deep-well injection

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Deposition of raw or treated, filtered hazardous waste by pumping it into deep wells, where it is contained in the pores of permeable subsurface rock.