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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environmental/ecological risk

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The potential for adverse effects on living organisms associated with pollution of the environment by effluents, emissions, wastes, or accidental chemical releases; energy use; or the depletion of ...

environmental equity/justice

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Equal protection from environmental hazards for individuals, groups, or communities regardless of race, ethnicity, or economic status. This applies to the development, implementation, and enforcement ...

environmental exposure

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Human exposure to pollutants originating from facility emissions. Threshold levels are not necessarily surpassed, but low-level chronic pollutant exposure is one of the most common forms of ...

environmental fate

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The destiny of a chemical or biological pollutant after release into the environment.

environmental fate data

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Data that characterize a pesticide's fate in the ecosystem, considering factors that foster its degradation (light, water, microbes), pathways and resultant products.

environmental impact statement

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A document required of federal agencies by the National Environmental Policy Act for major projects or legislative proposals significantly affecting the environment. A tool for decision making, it ...

environmental indicator

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A measurement, statistic or value that provides a proximate gauge or evidence of the effects of environmental management programs or of the state or condition of the environment.