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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high-risk community

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A community located within the vicinity of numerous sites of facilities or other potential sources of envienvironmental exposure/health hazards which may result in high levels of exposure to ...

high-to-low-dose extrapolation

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The process of prediction of low exposure risk to humans and animals from the measured high-exposure-high-risk data involving laboratory animals.

highest dose tested

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The highest dose of a chemical or substance tested in a study.

holding pond

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A pond or reservoir, usually made of earth, built to store polluted runoff.

holding time

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The maximum amount of time a sample may be stored before analysis.

hollow stem auger drilling

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Conventional drilling method that uses augurs to penetrate the soil. As the augers are rotated, soil cuttings are conveyed to the ground surface via augur spirals. DP tools can be used inside the ...