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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 
cradle-to-grave or manifest system
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A procedure in which hazardous materials are identified and followed as they are produced, treated, transported, and disposed of by a series of permanent, linkable, descriptive ...
criteria pollutants
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
The 1970 amendments to the Clean Air Act required EPA to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards for certain pollutants known to be hazardous to human health. EPA has ...
critical effect
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
The first adverse effect, or its known precursor, that occurs as a dose rate increases. Designation is based on evaluation of overall database.
crop consumptive use
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
The amount of water transpired during plant growth plus what evaporated from the soil surface and foliage in the crop area.
crop rotation
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Planting a succession of different crops on the same land rea as opposed to planting the same crop time after time.
cross contamination
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
The movement of underground contaminants from one level or area to another due to invasive subsurface activities.
cross-connection
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Any actual or potential connection between a drinking water system and an unapproved water supply or other source of contamination.
Sub-categories
- Fungicides (58)
- Herbicides (125)
- Insecticides (20)
- Nitrogen fertilizers (16)
- Organic fertilizers (43)
- Pesticides (35135)
- Potassium fertilizers (300)
- Urea (21)