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  2. Exploding trousers - Wikipedia

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    In New Zealand in the 1930s, farmers reportedly had trouble with exploding trousers as a result of attempts to control ragwort, an agricultural weed. [1] Farmers had been spraying sodium chlorate, a government recommended weedkiller, onto the ragwort, and some of the spray had ended up on their clothes. Sodium chlorate is a strong oxidizing ...

  3. List of herbicides - Wikipedia

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    The names on the list are the ISO common name for the active ingredient which is formulated into the branded product sold to end-users. [1] The University of Hertfordshire maintains a database of the chemical and biological properties of these materials, [2] including their brand names and the countries and dates where and when they have been ...

  4. Category:1930s disestablishments in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... companies or other things that ended or were disestablished in the 1930s in New Zealand. 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s;

  5. Pesticides in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    In New Zealand, glyphosate is an approved herbicide for killing weeds, [6] with the most popular brand being Roundup. [6] [7] Genetically modified crops designed to resist glyphosate are absent in New Zealand. [6] Crops applied with glyphosate must be regulated under the HSNO Act 1996 and ACVM Act 1997.

  6. Category:Companies established in the 1930s - Wikipedia

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    Transport companies established in the 1930s (11 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Companies established in the 1930s" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.

  7. Index of pesticide articles - Wikipedia

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    DDT in New Zealand; ... Dow Chemical Company; E ... List of herbicides; List of insecticides This page was last edited on 2 January ...

  8. Category:1930s in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Help ... 1930s in New Zealand cinema (1 C, 1 ...

  9. List of state-owned enterprises of New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    Toll New Zealand (rolling stock and inter-island ferries) Ontrack (track and infrastructure) Formerly New Zealand Rail (1990–1995), Tranz Rail (1995–2002), Toll New Zealand (2002–2008) Kordia: 1 July 1989 Subsidiary of Television New Zealand: Formerly Broadcast Communications Limited or BCL, renamed 2006. Landcorp: 1 April 1987