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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Breakpoint chlorination

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Addition of chlorine to water until the chlorine demand has been satisfied.

Breakthrough

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A crack or break in a philtre bed that allows the passage of floc or particulate matter through a filter; will cause an increase in philtre effluent turbidity.

Brine mud

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Waste material, often associated with well-drilling or mining, composed of mineral salts or other inorganic compounds.

British thermal unit

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Unit of heat energy equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit at sea level.

Toxic substance

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A chemical or mixture that may present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment.

Brownfields

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Abandoned, idled, or under used industrial and commercial facilities/sites where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination. They can be in urban, ...

Bubble

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A system under which existing emissions sources can propose alternate means to comply with a set of emissions limitations; under the bubble concept, sources can control more than required at one ...