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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index chemical

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A chemical used as the point of reference for standardizing the common toxicity of the chemical members of the CAG.

indoor air

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Breathing air inside a habitable structure, often highly polluted because of lack of exchange with fresh oxygen from outdoors. Solvents, smoke, paints, furniture glues, carpet padding, and other ...

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 wastes.

industrial/commercial/governmental user sector

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Involves pesticides applied by professional applicators (by owner/operators/employees and custom/commercial applicators) to industrial, commercial and governmental facilities, buildings, sites, and ...

industrial/commercial/governmental user market

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

inert ingredients

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Substances that are not "active," such as water, petroleum distillates, talc, corn meal, or soaps. When discussing pesticides, inert ingredients do not attack a particular pest, but some are ...