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.
That will initially involve meeting a checklist of actions for farmers, from having 10% tree cover to reporting data on use of pesticides.
From BBC
He’s quick to point out the company is named for the monarch butterfly, which has become endangered since agricultural pesticide use increased, starting in the 1970s, the company says.
From Washington Post
At age 9, she was arrested outside a New Jersey grocery store while distributing fliers about the dangers of pesticides.
From Washington Post
In 1984 a chemical leak in a pesticide plant at the central city of Bhopal killed thousands of people, in what is acknowledged to be the world's worst industrial disaster.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
