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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data call-in

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A part of the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) process of developing key required test data, especially on the long-term, chronic effects of existing pesticides, in advance of scheduled ...

Data Quality Objectives (DQOs)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Qualitative and quantitative statements of the overall level of uncertainty that a decision-maker will accept in results or decisions based on environmental data. They provide the statistical ...

day tank

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Another name for deaerating tank. (See: age tank.)

ddt

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The first chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide chemical name: Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane. It has a half-life of 15 years and can collect in fatty tissues of certain animals. EPA banned ...

dead end

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The end of a water main which is not connected to other parts of the distribution system.

deadmen

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Anchors drilled or cemented into the ground to provide additional reactive mass for DP sampling rigs.

carbon absorber

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

An add-on control device that uses activated carbon to absorb volatile organic compounds from a gas stream. (The VOCs are later recovered from the carbon.)