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Agricultural chemicals
Includes chemicals designed for agricultural use for protection of crops from fungus and insects, as well as for the growth and protection of plants.
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underground sources of drinking water
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Aquifers currently being used as a source of drinking water or those capable of supplying a public water system. They have a total dissolved solids content of 10,000 milligrams ...
Underground Storage Tank (UST)
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A tank located at least partially underground and designed to hold gasoline or other petroleum products or chemicals.
unreasonable risk
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), "unreasonable adverse effects" means any unreasonable risk to man or the environment, taking into account ...
unsaturated zone
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
The area above the water table where soil pores are not fully saturated, although some water may be present.
upper detection limit
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
The largest concentration that an instrument can reliably detect.
uranium mill tailings piles
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Former uranium ore processing sites that contain leftover radioactive materials (wastes), including radium and unrecovered uranium.
uranium mill-tailings waste piles
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Licensed active mills with tailings piles and evaporation ponds created by acid or alkaline leaching processes.
Sub-categories
- Fungicides (58)
- Herbicides (125)
- Insecticides (20)
- Nitrogen fertilizers (16)
- Organic fertilizers (43)
- Pesticides (35135)
- Potassium fertilizers (300)
- Urea (21)