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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Conditionally Exempt Generators (CE)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Persons or enterprises which produce less than 220 pounds of hazardous waste per month. Exempt from most regulation, they are required merely to determine whether their waste is hazardous, notify ...

conductance

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A rapid method of estimating the dissolved solids content of water supply by determining the capacity of a water sample to carry an electrical current. Conductivity is a measure of the ability of a ...

conductivity

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A measure of the ability of a solution to carry an electrical current.

cone of depression

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A depression in the water table that develops around a pumped well.

cone of influence

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The depression, roughly conical in shape, produced in a water table by the pumping of water from a well.

Cone Penterometer Testing (CPT)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A direct push system used to measure lithology based on soil penetration resistance. Sensors in the tip of the cone of the DP rod measure tip resistance and side-wall friction, transmitting ...

Confidential Business Information (CBI)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Material that contains trade secrets or commercial or financial information that has been claimed as confidential by its source (e.g. a pesticide or new chemical formulation registrant). EPA has ...