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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toxicity

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The capacity of a chemical to do harm to an organism by other than mechanical means. * Acute toxicity: The poisoning that occurs after a single exposure (effects shortly after exposure). * Chronic ...

toxicity testing

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Biological testing (usually with an invertebrate, fish, or small mammal) to determine the adverse effects, if any, of a chemical, compound, or effluent.

trade secret

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Any confidential formula, pattern, process, device, information, or set of data that is used in a business to give the owner a competitive advantage. Such information may be excluded from public ...

vapor

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The gas given off by substances that are solids or liquids at ordinary atmospheric pressure and temperatures.

vapor dispersion

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The movement of vapor clouds or plumes in the air due to wind, gravity, spreading, and mixing.

microorganisms

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Bacteria, yeasts, simple fungi, algae, protozoans, and a number of other organisms that are microscopic in size. Most are beneficial but some produce disease. Others are involved in composting and ...