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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Air/oil table

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The surface between the vadose zone and ambient oil; the pressure of oil in the porous medium is equal to atmospheric pressure.

Air padding

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Pumping dry air into a container to assist with the withdrawal of liquid or to force a liquefied gas such as chlorine out of the container.

Carbon Tetrachloride (CC14)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Compound consisting of one carbon atom ad four chlorine atoms, once widely used as a industrial raw material, as a solvent, and in the production of CFCs. Use as a solvent ended when it was ...

Carboxyhemoglobin

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Haemoglobin in which the iron is bound to carbon monoxide(CO) instead of oxygen.

Carrying capacity

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

1. In recreation management, the amount of use a recreation area can sustain without loss of quality. 2. In wildlife management, the maximum number of animals an area can support during a given ...

Case study

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A brief fact sheet providing risk, cost, and performance information on alternative methods and other pollution prevention ideas, compliance initiatives, voluntary efforts, etc.