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2. Pesticide - Wikipedia

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   The word pesticide derives from the Latin pestis (plague) and caedere (kill). [5]The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has defined pesticide as: . any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, or controlling any pest, including vectors of human or animal disease, unwanted species of plants or animals, causing harm during or otherwise interfering with the ...

3. Pesticide residue - Wikipedia

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   A pesticide is a substance or a mixture of substances used for killing pests: organisms dangerous to cultivated plants or to animals.The term applies to various pesticides such as insecticide, fungicide, herbicide and nematocide.

4. Pesticide regulation in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The Pesticide Registration Fund is used to help finance practices and studies for new products of active ingredients (AI) pesticides. To register new pesticides, there are about 140 categories that are split into three major sections: new AI, maintenance/product use, and reassessment of current pesticides.

5. Pesticide application - Wikipedia

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   Pesticide application is the practical way in which pesticides (including herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, or nematode control agents) are delivered to their biological targets (e.g. pest organism, crop or other plant).

6. EPA Banned a Pesticide That Can Harm Fetuses. What to Know - AOL

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   The pesticide, dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA or Dacthal), is currently undergoing review as part of a process where registered pesticides get reevaluated every 15 years to ensure that ...

7. Pesticide poisoning - Wikipedia

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   Pesticide poisoning is an important occupational health issue because pesticides are used in a large number of industries, which puts many different categories of workers at risk. Extensive use puts agricultural workers in particular at increased risk for pesticide illnesses.