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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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industrial sludge

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Semi-liquid residue or slurry remaining from treatment of industrial water and wastewater.

industrial source reduction

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Practices that reduce the amount of any hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant entering any waste stream or otherwise released into the environment. Also reduces the ...

industrial waste

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Unwanted materials produced in or eliminated from an industrial operation and categorized under a variety of headings, such as liquid wastes, sludge, solid wastes, and hazardous ...

inert ingredient

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Pesticide components such as solvents, carriers, dispersants, and surfactants that are not active against target pests. Not all inert ingredients are innocuous.

inertial separator

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A device that uses centrifugal force to separate waste particles.

infectious agent

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Any organism, such as a pathogenic virus, parasite, or or bacterium, that is capable of invading body tissues, multiplying, and causing disease.

infectious waste

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Hazardous waste capable of causing infections in humans, including: contaminated animal waste; human blood and blood products; isolation waste, pathological waste; and discarded ...