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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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air pollution
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
The presence of contaminants or pollutant substances in the air that interfere with human health or welfare, or produce other harmful environmental effects.
air pollution control device
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Mechanism or equipment that cleans emissions generated by a source (e.g. an incinerator, industrial smokestack, or an automobile exhaust system) by removing pollutants that would ...
air pollution episode
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A period of abnormally high concentration of air pollutants, often due to low winds and temperature inversion, that can cause illness and death. (See: episode, pollution.)
air quality criteria
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
The levels of pollution and lengths of exposure above which adverse health and welfare effects may occur.
air quality standards
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
The level of pollutants prescribed by regulations that are not be exceeded during a given time in a defined area.
air sparging
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Injecting air or oxygen into an aquifer to strip or flush volatile contaminants as air bubbles up through The ground water and is captured by a vapor extraction system.
air stripping
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A treatment system that removes volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from contaminated ground water or surface water by forcing an airstream through the water and causing the ...
Sub-categories
- Fungicides (58)
- Herbicides (125)
- Insecticides (20)
- Nitrogen fertilizers (16)
- Organic fertilizers (43)
- Pesticides (35135)
- Potassium fertilizers (300)
- Urea (21)