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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A substance or agent used to kill pests, such as unwanted or harmful insects, rodents, or weeds.
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- noun A
substance , usuallysynthetic although sometimesbiological , used tokill orcontain theactivities ofpests
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- noun a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)
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Examples
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The term pesticide also includes these substances:
Types of pesticides 2008
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Though often misunderstood to refer only to insecticides, the term pesticide also applies to herbicides, fungicides, and various other substances used to control pests.
What is a pesticide 2008
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Though often misunderstood to refer only to insecticides, the term pesticide also applies to herbicides, fungicides, rodenticides, molluscicides and various other substances used to control pests.
Pesticide 2008
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EPA's actions under FQPA have been credited for a major reduction in pesticide risks, and in what was then considered revolutionary -- targeting pesticides in foods most commonly eaten by children.
Donald Carr: Taxpayers Funding Pro-Pesticide PR Campaign Donald Carr 2010
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When you read a pitch from some enviro group about some pesticide, knowing that this pesticide is unstable and degrades in air, you soon realize that these people are lying through their teeth, either that or are ignorant of chemistry and are just making stuff up because is sounds good.
Archive 2007-11-01 2007
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When you read a pitch from some enviro group about some pesticide, knowing that this pesticide is unstable and degrades in air, you soon realize that these people are lying through their teeth, either that or are ignorant of chemistry and are just making stuff up because is sounds good.
Fun with History 2007
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I can see why he opposes the word pesticide; nevertheless, MA is a flavoring agent that isn’t harmful to humans.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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I can see why he opposes the word pesticide; nevertheless, MA is a flavoring agent that isn’t harmful to humans.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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I can see why he opposes the word pesticide; nevertheless, MA is a flavoring agent that isn’t harmful to humans.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Piperonyl Butoxide or N-Octyl Bicycloheptene Dicarboximide Not poisons on their own, these so-called pesticide synergists block the enzyme that breaks down pyrethrin in insects.
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