pesticide
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The chemicals shown to damage gut bacteria include pesticides such as herbicides and insecticides commonly applied to crops.
From Science Daily
These range from maintaining hedgerows and reducing pesticide use to attending online courses on sustainable farming practices.
From BBC
It also plays a large role in pesticides, chemicals for drilling and refining, and the specialized compounds, coatings and composites used in advanced electronics and defense manufacturing.
Others include multiple types of exposures associated with fume events: chemicals that appear in both pesticides and engine oils; high levels of ultrafine particles and solvents like formaldehyde; and brain trauma.
The term derives from the white crystalline powder used in cleaning, soldering, glass making and in pesticides, which in centuries past was sold as a cure-all.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
