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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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Agricultural chemicals > Pesticides 
engineered controls
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Method of managing environmental and health risks by placing a barrier between the contamination and the rest of the site, thus limiting exposure pathways.
Enhanced Inspection and Maintenance (I&M)
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
An improved automobile inspection and maintenance program--aimed at reducing automobile emissions---that contains, at a minimum, more vehicle types and model years, tighter ...
enrichment
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
The addition of nutrients (e.g. nitrogen, phosphorus, carbon compounds) from sewage effluent or agricultural runoff to surface water, greatly increases the growth potential for ...
entrain
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
To trap bubbles in water either mechanically through turbulence or chemically through a reaction.
environment
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
The sum of all external conditions affecting the life, development and survival of an organism.
environmental assessment
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
An environmental analysis prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act to determine whether a federal action would significantly affect the environment and thus ...
environmental audit
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
An independent assessment (not conducted by EPA) of a facility's compliance policies, practices, and controls. Many pollution prevention initiatives require an audit to determine ...
Sub-categories
- Fungicides (58)
- Herbicides (125)
- Insecticides (20)
- Nitrogen fertilizers (16)
- Organic fertilizers (43)
- Pesticides (35135)
- Potassium fertilizers (300)
- Urea (21)