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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combined sewer overflows

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Discharge of a mixture of storm water and domestic waste when the flow capacity of a sewer system is exceeded during rainstorms.

combined sewers

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A sewer system that carries both sewage and storm-water runoff. Normally, its entire flow goes to a waste treatment plant, but during a heavy storm, the volume of water may be so ...

combustion

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

1. Burning, or rapid oxidation, accompanied by release of energy in the form of heat and light. 2. Refers to controlled burning of waste, in which heat chemically alters organic ...

combustion chamber

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The actual compartment where waste is burned in an incinerator.

command post

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Facility located at a safe distance upwind from an accident site, where the on-scene coordinator, responders, and technical representatives make response decisions, deploy ...