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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hazard evaluation

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A component of risk evaluation that involves gathering and evaluating data on the types of health injuries or diseases that may be produced by a chemical and on the conditions of exposure under which ...

hazard identification

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Determining if a chemical or a microbe can cause adverse health effects in humans and what those effects might be.

hazard quotient

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The ratio of estimated site-specific exposure to a single chemical from a site over a specified period to the estimated daily exposure level, at which no adverse health effects are likely to occur.

hazard ratio

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A term used to compare an animal's daily dietary intake of a pesticide to its LD 50 value. A ratio greater than 1.0 indicates that the animal is likely to consume an a dose amount which would kill 50 ...

hazardous air pollutants

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Air pollutants which are not covered by ambient air quality standards but which, as defined in the Clean Air Act, may present a threat of adverse human health effects or adverse environmental ...

hazardous chemical

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

EPA's designation for any hazardous material that requires a Material Safety Data Sheet. Such substances are capable of producing adverse physical effects (fire, explosion, etc.) or adverse health ...

hazardous ranking system

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The principal screening tool used by EPA to evaluate risks to public health and the environment associated with abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. The HRS calculates a score based on ...