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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.
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Characterization of ecological effects
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Part of ecological risk assessment that evaluates ability of a stressor to cause adverse effects under given circumstances.
Characterization of exposure
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Portion of an ecological risk assessment that evaluates interaction of a stressor with one or more ecological entities.
Check-valve tubing pump
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Water sampling tool also referred to as a water Pump.
Chemical case
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
For purposes of review and regulation, the grouping of chemically similar pesticide active ingredients (e.g. salts and esters of the same chemical) into chemical cases.
Chemical compound
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A distinct and pure substance formed by the union or two or more elements in definite proportion by weight.
Chemical element
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A fundamental substance comprising one kind of atom; the simplest form of matter.
Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A measure of the oxygen required to oxidise all compounds, both organic and inorganic, in water.
