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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Corrective action

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

EPA can require treatment, storage and disposal (TSDF) facilities handling hazardous waste to undertake corrective actions to clean up spills resulting from failure to follow hazardous waste ...

Corrosion

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The dissolution and wearing away of metal caused by a chemical reaction such as between water and the pipes, chemicals touching a metal surface, or contact between two metals.

Corrosive

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A chemical agent that reacts with the surface of a material causing it to deteriorate or wear away.

Cost/benefit analysis

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A quantitative evaluation of the costs which would have incurred by implementing an environmental regulation versus the overall benefits to society of the proposed action.

A legal process by which potentially responsible parties who contributed to contamination at a Superfund site can be required to reimburse the Trust Fund for money spent during any cleanup actions by ...

Cost sharing

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A publicly financed programme through which society, as a beneficiary of environmental protection, shares part of the cost of pollution control with those who must actually instal the controls. In ...

Cost-effective alternative

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

An alternative control or corrective method identified after analysis as being the best available in terms of reliability, performance, and cost. Although costs are one important consideration, ...