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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a federal agency responsible for the development and enforcement of regulations for human health and environment protection. The agency researches and sets standards for environmental programs and delegates. It was founded in 1970 following the proposal ...
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Industry:Agricultural chemicals
A person applying pesticides as part of a business applying pesticides for hire or a person applying pesticides as part of his or her job with another (not for hire) type of business, organization or agency. Commercial applicators often are certified, but need to be so only if they use restricted-use pesticides.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
Two or more chemicals or other substances that cause a common toxic effect(s) by the same, or essentially the same, sequence of major biochemical events (i.e., interpreted as mode of action).
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
The relative amount of a substance mixed with another substance. An example is five parts per million of carbon monoxide in air or 1 milligram/liter of iron in water.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
In contrast to biological pesticide, this is any man-made chemical which can be used to kill pests.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
Pesticides that are chemicals or other substances developed and produced primarily or only for use as pesticides. The term is generally used in reference to active ingredients. An example is DDT, which was developed and used almost exclusively as a pesticide. Combine with below
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
Descriptive factors taken into account by EPA in setting standards for pollutants. For example, water quality criteria describe the concentration of pollutants that most fish can be exposed to for an hour without showing acute effects.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
The risk of a common toxic effect associated with concurrent exposure by all relevant pathways and routes of exposure to a group of chemicals that share a common mechanism of toxicity.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
Removal of chlorine and chemical replacement with hydrogen or hydroxide ions to detoxify a substance.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
A chemical that destroys vegetative forms of harmful microorganisms, but does not ordinarily kill bacterial spores.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
