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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Buffer strips

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Strips of grass or other erosion-resisting vegetation between or below cultivated strips or fields.

Building cooling load

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The hourly amount of heat that must be removed from a building to maintain indoor comfort (measured in British thermal units (Btus).

Building envelope

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The exterior surface of a building's construction--the walls, windows, floors, roof, and floor. Also called building shell.

Building related illness

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Diagnosable illness whose cause and symptoms can be directly attributed to a specific pollutant source within a building (e.g. Legionnaire's disease, hypersensitivity, pneumonitis.) (See: sick ...

Bulk sample

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A small portion (usually thumbnail size) of a suspect asbestos-containing building material collected by an asbestos inspector for laboratory analysis to determine asbestos content.