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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administered dose

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

In exposure assessment, the amount of a substance given to a test subject (human or animal) to determine dose-response relationships. Since exposure to chemicals is usually inadvertent, this quantity ...

administrative order

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A legal document signed by EPA directing an individual, business, or other entity to take corrective action or refrain from an activity. It describes the violations and actions to be taken, and can ...

administrative order on consent

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A legal agreement signed by EPA and an individual, business, or other entity through which the violator agrees to pay for correction of violations, take the required corrective or cleanup actions, or ...

administrative procedures act

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A law that spells out procedures and requirements related to the promulgation of regulations.

administrative record

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

All documents which EPA considered or relied on in selecting the response action at a Superfund site, culminating in the record of decision for remedial action or, an action memorandum for removal ...

adulterants

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Chemical impurities or substances that by law do not belong in a food, or pesticide.

adulterated

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

1. Any pesticide whose strength or purity falls below the quality stated on its label. 2. A food, feed, or product that contains illegal pesticide residues.