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Pest Control Operator: Person or company that applies pesticides as a business (e.g., exterminator); usually describes household services, not agricultural applications.

 


pest
Organism that may harm public health, that attacks food and other materials essential to mankind, or otherwise affects human beings adversely.

Pest: Any form of animal, plant, or terrestrial life that is injurious to health or the environment.
Pesticide: Substance intended to control, prevent, or kill a pest.

Pest
An insect, rodent, nematode, fungus, weed or other form of terrestrial or aquatic plant or animal life that is injurious to health or the environment.(1) ...

Pest Control Operator
PCSD
President's Council on Sustainable Development ...

In pest control, the use of animals and organisms that eat or otherwise kill or out-compete pests.
Biological Indicators of Exposure Study ...

NATURAL PEST CONTROL (OTHER THAN CALLER ID)
Attracting Beneficial Insects to Your Garden
THE NATURE OF HUMANS (Health Article #124) ...

INTEGRATED PEST CONTROL
INTEGRATED POLLUTION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
ISO 14000 ...

integrated pest management
integrated plant protection
Translations of "integrated pest control": ...

Integrated pest management: a coordinated approach to managing roaches, rodents, mosquitoes, and other pests that combines inspection, monitoring, treatment, and evaluation, with special emphasis on the decreased use of toxic agents.

Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
A mixture of chemical and other, non-pesticide, methods to control pests.
Integrated Waste Management ...

Aesthetic injury level The level of pest abundance above which aesthetic or sociological considerations suggest control measures should be taken against the pest. Aestivation A state of dormancy during the summer or dry season.

MPCA- Microbial Pest Control Agent
MPI- Maximum Permitted Intake
MPN- Maximum Possible Number
MPWC- Multiprocess Wet Cleaning
MRF- Materials Recovery Facility
MRID- Master Record Identification number
MRL- Maximum-Residue Limit (Pesticide Tolerance) ...

It also helps to know beforehand whether an introduced species has the potential to become a pest, in which case it should not be introduced.

active ingredient The specific chemical in a product that is biologically active against pest organisms. Pesticides are regulated primarily on the basis of active ingredients.

Sanitary Landfill: solid waste disposal site where waste is spread in layers, compacted, and covered with soil or other cover materials each day to minimize pest, aesthetic, disease, air pollution, and water pollution problems.

It can also be used for pest fumigation, defense smoke screens or inhalation of tobacco or drugs. Smoke is an environmental concern, particularly as diesel exhaust-an unwanted by-product of internal combustion engines.

Natural Living Ingredients
Natural Cleaning
Natural Bodycare
Natural Pest Control
Avoiding chemicals: Food ...

Ornamental grasses, many which flower, have numerous benefits over conventional grasses, including low maintenance, little need for fertilizer, minimal pest and disease problems and resistance to drought.

See also: Environment, Water, Environmental, Condition, Air

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