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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Cleanup

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Actions taken to deal with a release or threat of release of a hazardous substance that could affect humans and/or the environment. The term "cleanup" is sometimes used interchangeably with the terms ...

Clear cut

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Harvesting all the trees in one area at one time, a practise that can encourage fast rainfall or snowmelt runoff, erosion, sedimentation of streams and lakes, and flooding, and destroys vital ...

Clear well

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A reservoir for storing filtered water of sufficient quantity to prevent the need to vary the filtration rate with variations in demand. Also used to provide chlorine contact time for disinfection.

Climate change

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

(also referred to as 'global climate change'): The term 'climate change' is sometimes used to refer to all forms of climatic inconsistency, but because the Earth's climate is never static, the term ...

Cloning

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

In biotechnology, obtaining a group of genetically identical cells from a single cell; making identical copies of a gene.

Closed-loop recycling

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Reclaiming or reusing wastewater for non-potable purposes in an enclosed process.

Closure

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The procedure a landfill operator must follow when a landfill reaches its legal capacity for solid ceasing acceptance of solid waste and placing a cap on the landfill site.