Pesticide
Any substance used to kill insects, rodents, weeds, fungi or other living organisms which are harmful to plants, animals or foodstuffs. Pesticides are primarily used to protect crops but also to removes pests in homes and urban areas.
Pesticide Tolerance
The amount of pesticide residue allowed by law to remain in or on a harvested crop. EPA sets these levels well below the point where the compounds might be harmful to consumers.
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Contact Pesticide: A chemical that kills pests when it touches them, instead of by ingestion. Also, soil that contains the minute skeletons of certain algae that scratch and dehydrate waxy-coated insects.
A pesticide whose active ingredient is a plant-produced chemical such as nicotine or strychnine. Also called a plant-derived pesticide.
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Pesticide-free:
Plants or crops grown without the use of chemical pesticides for controlling weeds, insects, slugs, grubs or rodents. This label is not equivalent to organic and is not verified by an independent or government standard.
pesticides - chemical agents used to destroy pests.
plastics - durable and flexible synthetic-based products, some of which are difficult to recycle and pose problems with toxic properties, especially PVC plastic.
Pesticide: A substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest. Also, any substance or mixture of substances intended to regulate plant or leaf growth.
pesticides
Chemicals that kill organisms that are injurious to man or to the crops and animals upon which he depends for food, fiber and shelter. These organisms include insects, mites, microorganisms, weeds and rodents.
Pesticide
Substances intended to repel, kill, or control any species designated a "pest" including weeds, insects, rodents, fungi, bacteria, or other organisms.
Pesticide Regulation Notice
Formal notice to pesticide registrants about important changes in regulatory policy, procedures, regulations.
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pesticide residue
Any substance or mixture of substances found in man or animals or in food and water following use of a pesticide: the term includes any specified derivatives, such as degradation and conversion products, metabolites, ...
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pesticide degradate A generic term that includes breakdown products of a pesticide active ingredient resulting from biological processes (i.e., metabolites) and chemical processes (i.e., hydrolysis, photolysis, photooxidation). See degradate.
Pesticide: substance used for controlling, destroying, or repelling a specific pest. Includes fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, nematicides, rodenticides, defoliants, and plant growth regulators.
Pesticide: Substance intended to control, prevent, or kill a pest.
pH: A measure of acidity or alkalinity on a scale of 0 to 14 where 7 is neutral. A pH less than 7 is acid and a pH greater than 7 is alkaline or base.
Pesticide
A general term for insecticides, herbicides and fungicides. Insecticides kill or prevent the growth of insects. Herbicides control or destroy plants. Fungicides control or destroy fungi.
Pesticides are chemicals that are aimed to kill pests - including insects (insecticides) weeds (herbicides) and moulds (fungicides). The insecticides include organochlorines and organophosphates.
pesticide. Any substance or chemical designed or formulated
to kill or control weeds or animal pests. Also see algicide,
herbicide, insecticide and rodenticide.
pesticides: chemicals used to control populations of species that are believed to be harmful to human beings or human activities.
predator: an animal that lives by killing and eating other animals for food.
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plant-health products
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Pesticide application in and around houses, office buildings, motels, and other living or working areas. (See residential use.)
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Pesticides that contain phosphorus; short-lived, but some can be toxic when first applied.
Organophyllic
A substance that easily combines with organic compounds.
Pesticides containing arsenic.
Artesian Aquifer or Well
Water held under pressure in porous rock or soil confined by impermeable geological formations.
A pesticide used on citrus fruits.
Diffused Air
A type of aeration that forces oxygen into sewage by pumping air through perforated pipes inside a holding tank.
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Systemic Pesticide- A chemical absorbed by an organism that interacts with the organism and makes the organism toxic to pests.
Selective Pesticide: A chemical designed to affect only certain types of pests, leaving other plants and animals unharmed.
Microbial Pesticide: A microorganism that is used to kill a pest, but is of minimum toxicity to humans.
Greenscaping - Pesticide-free landscaping that requires the use of all-natural corn and gluten fertilizers.
Greenwashing - Disinformation disseminated by an organization so as to present an environmentally responsible public image.
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Fungicide Pesticides that are used to control, deter or destroy fungi. Fungus (Fungi) Molds, mildews, yeasts, mushrooms and puffballs; a group of organisms that are lacking in chlorophyll and usually non-mobile, filamentous and multicellular.
For example, the department licenses and inspects grocery and other food stores, regulates the state's dairy industry and monitors and enforces standards for pesticide residues in agricultural produce.
A measure of the extent to which a pesticide is divided between the soil and ater phases.
parts per million (PPM). Parts per million parts, a measurement of concentration on a weight or volume basis.
But properly it means food grown without chemical pesticides or chemical fertilizers. ozone aka O₃ . An energetic form of oxygen O₂ . It is formed when a spark passes though the air.
which is not very effective for removing many contaminants such has mercury, volatile organic chemicals (this is the most prevalent contaminant found in drinking water and is also not removed by reverse osmosis or distillation), asbestos, pesticides, ...
Multiple resistance (to pesticides) Resistance of an organism to a number of pesticides requiring different mechanisms to counteract their effects.
Methyl Bromide - CH3Br, this halocarbon is released, to a degree, naturally from the oceans, but is more commonly released from its anthropogenic use as a soil fumigant or pesticide.
In order to grow food, fertilisers, pesticides, genetically developed species, crop rotation and machinery are needed. Farmers must take care to ensure that their intensive farming methods do not affect the environment negatively.
Organic Food: (From the USDA) Food produced without: antibiotics; growth hormones; most conventional pesticides; petroleum- based fertilizers or sewage sludge-based fertilizers; bioengineering; or ionizing radiation.
Surrogates (surrogate standard): For semivolatiles and pesticides/Arochlors, compounds added to every blank, sample, matrix spike, matrix spike duplicate, and standard; used to evaluate analytical efficiency by measuring recovery.
Disposal- Final placement or destruction of toxic, radioactive, or other wastes; surplus or banned pesticides or other chemicals; polluted soils; and drums containing hazardous materials from removal actions or accidental releases.
Active ingredient-In any pesticide product, the component that kills, or otherwise controls, target pests. Pesticides are regulated primarily on the basis of active ingredients. (CEHN) ...
Organic Product - Way of producing items that is more beneficial to the environment, since it reduces the use of harmful chemicals like pesticides.
Over 11,000 different OCs are manufactured today, used in products ranging from pesticides such as DDT and Chlordane and insecticides such as Toxaphene and Mirex, to plastics, toothpaste, mouthwash and solvents.
permaculture: a system of natural gardening/farming avoiding chemical pesticides and fertilisers and creating "edible forests" that mimic natural biodiverse ecosystems by using mixed planting, mulching, composting, beneficial bugs and insects.
Biocide
a chemical that is used to kill selected living organisms; for example pesticides, herbicides, fungicides
Biodegradable
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Leaching: The process by which soluble materials in the soil, such as nutrients, pesticide chemicals, or contaminants, are washed into a lower layer of soil or are dissolved and carried away by water.
Nurseries are intensively managed with anti-fungal agents, pesticides, irrigation, and fertilization. These seedlings have been top-clipped to produce a uniform product that has a small amount of foliage relative to the amount of root.
Scientific Review Panel (SRP): Mandated by AB 1807, this nine-member panel advises the ARB, OEHHA, and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation on the scientific adequacy of the risk assessment portion of reports issued by those three ...
The total amount of energy used in the production of a fuel or product . For woodfuel this may include contributions from land preparation, planting, fertilizer and pesticide inputs, thinning, harvesting, comminution, processing, and transport.
Any product found in the home or garage that can be hazardous to the environment if not disposed of correctly. Examples of household hazardous waste include cleaning solutions, pesticides, pool chemicals, motor oil, antifreeze, or used batteries.
Health effects include cancer, birth defects, nervous system problems and death due to massive accidental releases such as occurred at the pesticide plant in Bhopal, India.
Organic - while it technically refers to molecules made up of two ore more atoms of carbon, it's generally now used as a term for the growth of vegetables etc without the use or artificial pesticides and fertiliser.
excess nutrients and bacteria from livestock, pet waste and improperly working septic systems, and toxic chemicals such as oil, grease, and other motor vehicle fluids from road crossings, salt from winter ice melting, and herbicides and pesticides ...
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