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- Chemical safety: Pesticides - World Health Organization (WHO)What are pesticides? Are pesticides harmful to human health? Who is at risk? How can I protect myself when handling or applying pesticides? Are there international agreements about the use of pesticides? WHO TEAM Chemical Safety and Health Unit Fact sheets Pesticide residues in food 15 September 2022 Food safety 19 May 2022
- Pesticide | Definition & Types | Britannicapesticide, any toxic substance used to kill animals, fungi, or plants that cause economic damage to crop or ornamental plants or are hazardous to the health of domestic animals or humans. All pesticides interfere with normal metabolic processes in the pest organism and often are classified according to the type of organism they are intended to ...
- What is a Pesticide? | US EPAPesticide law defines a “pesticide” (with certain minor exceptions) as: Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest. Any substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant.
- Pesticide - WikipediaPesticides are substances that are meant to control pests. [1] This includes herbicide, insecticide, nematicide, molluscicide, piscicide, avicide, rodenticide, bactericide, insect repellent, animal repellent, microbicide, fungicide, and lampricide.
- Pesticides | US EPA - U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLast updated on November 27, 2023. This website provides easy access to all the pesticide-related information that is contained in various pesticide topical sites. It also includes news and meeting information, an A-Z index, and more.
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