Pesticides

Pesticides

Any chemical or substance used to kill or inhibit the growth of pests that damage or interfere with the growth of crops, shrubs, tress, timber and other vegetation useful to humans.

Industry: Agricultural chemicals

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urban runoff

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Storm water from city streets and adjacent domestic or commercial properties that carries pollutants of various kinds into the sewer systems and receiving waters.

urea-formaldehyde foam insulation

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A material once used to conserve energy by sealing crawl spaces, attics, etc.; no longer used because emissions were found to be a health hazard.

use cluster

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A set of competing chemicals, processes, and/or technologies that can substitute for one another in performing a particular function.

used oil

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Spent motor oil from passenger cars and trucks collected at specified locations for recycling (not included in the category of municipal solid waste).

user fee

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Fee collected from only those persons who use a particular service, as compared to one collected from the public in general.

utility load

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The total electricity demand for a utility district.

vadose zone

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The zone between land surface and the water table within which the moisture content is less than saturation (except in the capillary fringe) and pressure is less than atmospheric. Soil pore space ...