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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 
laboratory animal studies
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Investigations using animals as surrogates for humans.
lagoon
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A shallow, artificial treatment pond where sunlight, bacterial action, and oxygen work to purify wastewater; a stabilization pond. An aerated lagoon is a treatment pond that uses ...
land application
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Discharge of wastewater onto the ground for treatment or reuse. (See: irrigation.)
land ban
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Phasing out of land disposal of most untreated hazardous wastes, as mandated by the 1984 RCRA amendments.
land disposal restrictions
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Rules that require hazardous wastes to be treated before disposal on land to destroy or immobilize hazardous constituents that might migrate into soil and ground water.
land farming (of waste)
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A disposal process in which hazardous waste deposited on or in the soil is degraded naturally by microbes.
landfills
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
1. Sanitary landfills are disposal sites for non-hazardous solid wastes spread in layers, compacted to the smallest practical volume, and covered by material applied at the end of ...
Sub-categories
- Fungicides (58)
- Herbicides (125)
- Insecticides (20)
- Nitrogen fertilizers (16)
- Organic fertilizers (43)
- Pesticides (35135)
- Potassium fertilizers (300)
- Urea (21)