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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 ...
Pesticides applied by owner/operators and custom/commercial applicators to farms and facilities involved in production of raw agricultural commodities, principally food, fiber, and tobacco; includes non-crop and post-harvest use as well as crop/field applications.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
A pesticide that controls algae in swimming pools and water tanks.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
Any unconfined portion of the atmosphere; open air; outside surrounding air.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
Any chemical substance which can be used to kill microorganisms.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
A water-bearing layer of rock (including gravel and sand) that will yield water in usable quantity to a well or spring.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
Animals that don't have a backbone or spinal cord. Examples are insects with hard shells and spiders.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
Attractants are traps containing a pesticide and food to lure insects or rodents inside. However, food is not a pesticide even though it certainly attracts pests...like ants at a picnic.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
A pesticide used to control or destroy bacteria, typically in the home, schools, or on hospital equipment.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
A process where chemicals are retained in fatty body tissue and increase in concentration over time. Biomagnification is the increase of tissue accumulation in species higher in the natural food chain as contaminated food species are eaten.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
A method of testing a material's effects on living organisms.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
