fungicide
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The five substances targeted include the fungicides mancozebe, thiophanate-methyl, carbendazim and benomyl, used on produce ranging from avocados and mangos to wheat and soybeans.
From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026
They hope that their work will shed light on how fungicides that are routinely used to protect the bee hives will affect these microbes.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2024
Per the EWG, four of the five pesticides found most frequently on the Dirty Dozen are fungicides — namely fludioxonil, pyraclostrobin, boscalid and pyrimethanil.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2024
High concentrations of fungicides, however, may be harmful to the endocrine system, although more studies are necessary to understand just how dangerous they are to human health.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2024
The average purchaser is completely bewildered by the array of available insecticides, fungicides, and weed killers, and has no way of knowing which are the deadly ones, which reasonably safe.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Microbiology - High School
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