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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special waste

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Items such as household hazardous waste, bulky wastes (refrigerators, pieces of furniture, etc.) tires, and used oil.

specific conductance

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Rapid method of estimating the dissolved solid content of a water supply by testing its capacity to carry an electrical current.

specific yield

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The amount of water a unit volume of saturated permeable rock will yield when drained by gravity.

Spill Prevention, Containment, and Countermeasures Plan (SPCP)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Plan covering the release of hazardous substances as defined in the Clean Water Act.

spoil

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Dirt or rock removed from its original location--destroying the composition of the soil in the process--as in strip-mining, dredging, or construction.