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Pesticides are
substances that are used to
control pests. They
include herbicides, insecticides, nematicides, fungicides, and many
others (see table)....
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pesticide poisoning occurs when
pesticides,
chemicals intended to
control a pest,
affect non-target
organisms such as humans, wildlife, plants, or bees...
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environmental effects of
pesticides describe the
broad series of
consequences of
using pesticides. The
unintended consequences of
pesticides is one of the main...
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Restricted use
pesticides (RUP) are
pesticides not
available to the
general public in the
United States.
Fulfilling its
pesticide regulation responsibilities...
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Pesticide resistance describes the
decreased susceptibility of a pest po****tion to a
pesticide that was
previously effective at
controlling the pest...
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Under United States law,
pesticide misuse is
considered to be the use of a
pesticide in a way that
violates laws
regulating their use or
endangers humans...
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Pesticides vary in
their effects on bees.
Contact pesticides are
usually spra**** on
plants and can kill bees when they
crawl over spra****
surfaces of plants...
- Gene
silencing pesticides are
pesticides that use gene silencing, and RNA
interference (RNAi) in
particular to
target individual species while leaving...
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Organizations regulating organic products may
restrict the use of
certain pesticides and
fertilizers in the
farming methods used to
produce such products....
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Copper pesticides are
copper compounds used as bactericides, algaecides, or fungicides. They can kill bacteria,
oomycetes and algae, and
prevent fungal...
