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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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chronic exposure
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Multiple exposures occurring over an extended period of time or over a significant fraction of an animal's or human's lifetime (Usually seven years to a lifetime.)
chronic toxicity
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
The capacity of a substance to cause long-term poisonous health effects in humans, animals, fish, and other organisms. (See: acute toxicity.)
circle of influence
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
The circular outer edge of a depression produced in the water table by the pumping of water from a well. (See: cone of depression.)
cistern
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Small tank or storage facility used to store water for a home or farm; often used to store rain water.
clarification
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Clearing action that occurs during wastewater treatment when solids settle out. This is often aided by centrifugal action and chemically induced coagulation in wastewater.
clarifier
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A tank in which solids settle to the bottom and are subsequently removed as sludge.
class i area
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Under the Clean Air Act. a Class I area is one in which visibility is protected more stringently than under the national ambient air quality standards; includes national parks, ...
Sub-categories
- Fungicides (58)
- Herbicides (125)
- Insecticides (20)
- Nitrogen fertilizers (16)
- Organic fertilizers (43)
- Pesticides (35135)
- Potassium fertilizers (300)
- Urea (21)