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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ecology

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The study of the relationships between all living organisms and the environment, especially the totality or pattern of interactions; a view that includes all plant and animal species and their unique ...

economic user sectors (or markets)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Estimates of quantities used and user expenditures for pesticides are broken out separately for the three general economic user sectors (or markets) as follows: agriculture, industrial/commercial/gove ...

ecosystem

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The interacting synergism of all living organisms in a particular environment; every plant, insect, aquatic animal, bird, or land species that forms a complex web of interdependency. An action taken ...

effluent

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Wastewater discharged from a point source, such as a pipe.

effluent guidelines

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Technical documents developed by EPA which set discharge limits for particular types of industries and specific pollutants.

effluent limitations

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Limits on the amounts of pollutants which may be discharged by a facility; these limits are calculated so that water quality standards will not be violated even at low stream flows.