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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endangered species

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Animals, plants, birds, fish, or other living organisms threatened with extinction by man-made or natural changes in the environment.

An independent assessment (not conducted by EPA) of a facility's compliance policies, practices, and controls. Many pollution prevention initiatives require an audit to determine where wastes may be ...

environmental equity

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Equal protection from environmental hazards for individuals, groups, or communities regardless of race, ethnicity, or economic status.

environmental justice

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The fair treatment of people of all races, cultures, incomes, and educational levels with respect to the development and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. Fair treatment ...

epidemiologist

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A medical scientist who studies the various factors involved in the incidence, distribution, and control of disease in a population.

erosion

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The wearing away of soil by wind or water, intensified by land-clearing practices related to farming, residential or industrial development, road building, or logging.

estuary

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A complex ecosystem between a river and near-shore ocean waters where fresh and salt water mix. These brackish areas include bays, mouths of rivers, salt marshes, wetlands, and lagoons and are ...