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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Chisel ploughing

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Preparing croplands by using a special implement that avoids complete inversion of the soil as in conventional plowing. Chisel ploughing can leave a protective cover or crops residues on the soil ...

1. Chemicals containing only chlorine, carbon, and hydrogen. These include a class of persistent, broad-spectrum insecticides that linger in the environment and accumulate in the food chain. Among ...

Chlorinated solvent

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

An organic solvent containing chlorine atoms(e.g. methylene chloride and 1,1,1-trichloromethane). Uses of chlorinated solvents are include aerosol spray containers, in highway paint, and dry cleaning ...

Chlorination

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The application of chlorine to drinking water, sewage, or industrial waste to disinfect or to oxidise undesirable compounds.

Chlorinator

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A device that adds chlorine, in gas or liquid form, to water or sewage to kill infectious bacteria.

Chlorine-contact chamber

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

That part of a water treatment plant where effluent is disinfected by chlorine.

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A family of inert, nontoxic, and easily liquefied chemicals used in refrigeration, air conditioning, packaging, insulation, or as solvents and aerosol propellants. Because CFCs are not destroyed in ...