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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solid waste

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Non-liquid, non-soluble materials ranging from municipal garbage to industrial wastes that contain complex and sometimes hazardous substances. Solid wastes also include sewage sludge, agricultural ...

solid waste disposal

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The final placement of refuse that is not salvaged or recycled.

solid waste management

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Supervised handling of waste materials from their source through recovery processes to disposal.

solidification and stabilization

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Removal of wastewater from a waste or changing it chemically to make it less permeable and susceptible to transport by water.

solubility

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The amount of mass of a compound that will dissolve in a unit volume of solution. Aqueous Solubility is the maximum concentration of a chemical that will dissolve in pure water at a reference ...