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.

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municipal solid waste

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Common garbage or trash generated by industries, businesses, institutions, and homes.

mutagen/mutagenicity

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

An agent that causes a permanent genetic change in a cell other than that which occurs during normal growth. Mutagenicity is the capacity of a chemical or physical agent to cause such permanent ...

National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Standards established by EPA that apply for outdoor air throughout the country. (See: criteria pollutants, state implementation plans, emissions trading.)

National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPS)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Emissions standards set by EPA for an air pollutant not covered by NAAQS that may cause an increase in fatalities or in serious, irreversible, or incapacitating illness. Primary standards are ...

national environmental performance partnership agreements

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

System that allows states to assume greater responsibility for environmental programs based on their relative ability to execute them.

A program established under the Clean Water Act Amendments of 1987 to develop and implement conservation and management plans for protecting estuaries and restoring and maintaining their chemical, ...

national municipal plan

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A policy created in 1984 by EPA and the states in 1984 to bring all publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) into compliance with Clean Water Act requirements.