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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.
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structural deformation
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Distortion in walls of a tank after liquid has been added or removed.
subchronic
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Of intermediate duration, usually used to describe studies or periods of exposure lasting between 5 and 90 days.
subchronic exposure
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Multiple or continuous exposures lasting for approximately ten percent of an experimental species lifetime, usually over a three-month period.
submerged aquatic vegetation
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Vegetation that lives at or below the water surface; an important habitat for young fish and other aquatic organisms.
subwatershed
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Topographic perimeter of the catchment area of a stream tributary.
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A pungent, colorless, gasformed primarily by the combustion of fossil fuels; becomes a pollutant when present in large amounts.
sump
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A pit or tank that catches liquid runoff for drainage or disposal.
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