pesticide
Example Sentences
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Mr. Means has assailed American agriculture firms and claimed pesticides and the Roundup weed-killer are increasing chronic illness.
An existing air permit allows the Moorefield facility, which treats logs before overseas shipment, to annually emit nearly 10 tons of the ozone-depleting pesticide methyl bromide into the atmosphere.
From Seattle Times
He has short trees whose flowers are natural pesticides.
From New York Times
Some pesticides have proved somewhat effective in killing it off, but there are concerns that they can be harmful to bees and other pollinators.
From Washington Post
The cannabis is grown in soil using no nonorganic fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides, the website states.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
