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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trickle irrigation

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Method in which water drips to the soil from perforated tubes or emitters.

trickling filter

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A coarse treatment system in which wastewater is trickled over a bed of stones or other material covered with bacteria that break down the organic waste and produce clean water.

Trihalomethane (THM):

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

One of a family of organic compounds named as derivative of methane. THMs are generally by-products of chlorination of drinking water that contains organic material.

troposhpere

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The layer of the atmosphere closest to the earth's surface.

A fund set up under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) to help pay for cleanup of hazardous waste sites and for legal action to force those responsible ...

tube settler

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Device using bundles of tubes to let solids in water settle to the bottom for removal by conventional sludge collection means; sometimes used in sedimentation basins and clarifiers to improve ...

tuberculation

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Development or formation of small mounds of corrosion products on the inside of iron pipe. These tubercules roughen the inside of the pipe, increasing its resistance to water flow.