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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wood treatment facility

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

An industrial facility that treats lumber and other wood products for outdoor use. The process employs chromated copper arsenate, which is regulated as a hazardous material.

wood-burning-stove pollution

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Air pollution caused by emissions of particulate matter, carbon monoxide, total suspended particulates, and polycyclic organic matter from wood-burning stoves.

backyard composting

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Diversion of organic food waste and yard trimmings from the municipal waste stream by composting hem in one's yard through controlled decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi into a ...

barrel sampler

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Open-ended steel tube used to collect soil samples.

BACT - Best Available Control Technology

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

An emission limitation based on the maximum degree of emission reduction (considering energy, environmental, and economic impacts) achievable through application of production processes and available ...

baffle

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A flat board or plate, deflector, guide, or similar device constructed or placed in flowing water or slurry systems to cause more uniform flow velocities to absorb energy and to divert, guide, or ...

baffle chamber

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

In incinerator design, a chamber designed to promote the settling of fly ash and coarse particulate matter by changing the direction and/or reducing the velocity of the gases produced by the ...