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agrochemical |
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agrochemicalAny chemical used in agriculture, including chemical fertilizers, herbicides, and insecticides. Most are mixtures of two or more chemicals; active ingredients provide the desired effects, and inert ingredients stabilize or preserve the active ingredients or aid in application. Together with other technological advances, including tractors, mechanical harvesters, and irrigation pumps, agrochemicals have increased the per-acre productivity of regions such as the Great Plains by 200–300% since the 1930s. Their long-term effects on the environment and the stability of agricultural systems that use them are hotly debated. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| 1998, Use of a crop and job specific exposure
matrix for retrospective assessment of long-term exposure in studies of
chronic neurotoxic effects of agrichemicals. The concept has also drawn interest from Valent BioSciences, a
major American agrichemical corporation currentiy working on a project
with Rio Forest. Just as Rachel Carson and
others who questioned agrichemical use were once ridiculed, biotech
critics are now labeled animal lovers, against both science and progress
- even though, to date, the United States is the only nation to allow
the patenting of animals. |
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