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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 ...
The Burnside Chemical Works in Dunedin was the first of its type in New Zealand. [2] Kempthorne Prosser constructed further superphosphate plants in Auckland , Christchurch , and Wanganui . From this stemmed a major chemical fertiliser industry, of national importance to the agricultural and pastoral economy.
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.
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Pentachlorophenol (PCP) is an organochlorine compound used as a pesticide and a disinfectant.First produced in the 1930s, it is marketed under many trade names. [5] It can be found as pure PCP, or as the sodium salt of PCP, the latter of which dissolves easily in water.
1930 in New Zealand sport (3 C, 2 P) Pages in category "1930 in New Zealand" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
The 24th New Zealand Parliament continued with the coalition of the United Party and the Reform Party. In November the 1935 New Zealand general election resulted in a massive win for the opposition Labour Party. Speaker of the House – Charles Statham; Prime Minister – George Forbes then Michael Joseph Savage
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