Agricultural chemicals

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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estimated environmental concentration

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The estimated pesticide concentration in an ecosystem.

estuary

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Region of interaction between rivers and near-shore ocean waters, where tidal action and river flow mix fresh and salt water. Such areas include bays, mouths of rivers, salt ...

ethanol

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

An alternative automotive fuel derived from grain and corn; usually blended with gasoline to form gasohol.

Ethylene Dibromide (EDB)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A chemical used as an agricultural fumigant and in certain industrial processes. Extremely toxic and found to be a carcinogen in laboratory animals, EDB has been banned for most ...

eutrophic lakes

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Shallow, murky bodies of water with concentrations of plant nutrients causing excessive production of algae. (See: dystrophic lakes.)

eutrophication

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The slow aging process during which a lake, estuary, or bay evolves into a bog or marsh and eventually disappears. During the later stages of eutrophication the water body is ...