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pesticide

[ US /ˈpɛstəˌsaɪd/ ]
[ UK /pˈɛstɪsˌa‍ɪd/ ]
NOUN
  1. a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)

How To Use pesticide In A Sentence

  • Adsorbed pesticide is in equilibrium with that dissolved in the water film around the soil particle.
  • Pesticides may adsorb onto plant materials such as litter in no-till or minimum-till fields, the bark of trees, or thatch in turf.
  • Simply inserting the word "conservation" in the pesticide label and slightly watering down the percentage of the active ingredient, brodifacoum, does not make this rodenticide safe for wildlife, nor will it make it any less persistent. Maggie Sergio: The Proposal to Poison a Wildlife Refuge
  • Newborns 'levels of an enzyme called paraoxonase 1 (PON1), critical to the detoxification of organophosphate pesticides, average one-third or less than those of the babies' mothers. Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
  • Do conventional pesticides and fertilisers pose a health risk? Times, Sunday Times
  • He thought this was a cheap shot by the chemical industry to divert attention away from pesticides. Times, Sunday Times
  • Agricultural pesticides may be applied by farmworkers or growers to reduce infestations of insects or rodents.
  • The government swooped in with an arsenal of pesticides: defoliant, weed killer, DDT. 365 tomorrows » 2009 » February : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
  • Detection rates and wet weight concentrations varied widely for organochlorine pesticides and PCB congeners.
  • It blames increased use of pesticides and fertilisers, habitat destruction, loss of mixed farms and changes to sowing patterns. Times, Sunday Times
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