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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bimetal

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Beverage containers with steel bodies and aluminum tops; handled differently from pure aluminum in recycling.

bioaccumulants

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Substances that increase in concentration in living organisms as they take in contaminated air, water, or food because the substances are very slowly metabolized or excreted. (See: biological ...

bioassay

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A method of testing a material's effects on living organisms.

bioavailabiliity

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Degree of ability to be absorbed and ready to interact in organism metabolism.

Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A measure of the amount of oxygen consumed in the biological processes that break down organic matter in water. BOD is a water quality indicator; the greater the BOD, the greater the degree of ...