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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Lift

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

In a sanitary landfill, a compacted layer of solid waste and the top layer of cover material.

Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A tough, environmentally indestructible plastic that releases hydrochloric acid when burned.

Product that results when primary effluent is mixed with bacteria-laden sludge and then agitated and aerated to promote biological treatment, speeding the breakdown of organic matter in raw sewage ...

Activator

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A chemical added to a pesticide to increase its activity.

Active ingredient

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

In any pesticide product, the component that kills, or otherwise controls, target pests. Pesticides are regulated primarily on the basis of active ingredients.

Activity plans

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Written procedures in a school's asbestos-management plan that detail the steps a Local Education Agency (LEA) will follow in performing the initial and additional cleaning, operation and ...