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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Best Demonstrated Available Technology (BDAT)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

As identified by EPA, the most effective commercially available means of treating specific types of hazardous waste. The BDATs may change with advances in treatment technologies.

Best Management practise (BMP)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Methods that have been determined to be the most effective, practical means of preventing or reducing pollution from non-point sources.

Bimetal

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Beverage containers with steel bodies and aluminium tops; handled differently from pure aluminium in recycling.

Bioaccumulants

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Substances that increase in concentration in living organisms as they take in contaminated air, water, or food because the substances are very slowly metabolised or excreted. (See: biological ...

Bioassay

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A test to determine te relative strength of a substance by comparing its effect on a test organism with that of a standard preparation.

Bioavailabiliity

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Degree of ability to be absorbed and ready to interact in organism metabolism.

Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A measure of the amount of oxygen consumed in the biological processes that break down organic matter in water. BOD is a water quality indicator; the greater the BOD, the greater the degree of ...