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Перевод: pesticide

[существительное]
пестицид ; химическое средство для борьбы с вредителями; ядохимикаты

Тезаурус:

1. Babies eat larger amounts of fruit and vegetables than adults, weight for weight, so if they contain pesticide residues, infants will consume proportionately more.
2. The selectivity of a pesticide can be greatly enhanced by using sex pheromones, the insect's own chemical attractants.
3. The recent volte-face by the British government on the dangers of pesticide residues (see p 309) raises doubts about official assurances on other safety matters.
4. The Pharmacopoeia has played an increasingly important role in defining common criteria and control standards for medicinal substances and is now developing analytical methods for solvent and pesticide residues and strengthening its role in the standardisation of biologicals such as blood products and vaccines.
5. Are we looking for freshness and flavour, or are we happy to forgo these for the headier feeling that longevity might be achieved if we avoid imbibing pesticide residues.
6. A 21,000-gallon leak from a pesticide warehouse in the north was reported by a UN environment official.
7. Options include diversification into non-food uses (such as natural fibres to save petrochemicals), inbred disease resistance to prevent wastage, biological pest control to reduce pesticide inputs, biofixation of nitrogen, and use of information technology (for instance to target pesticide use and reduce inputs).
8. The lab offers a range of environmental analytical and toxicology tests, particularly in the areas of water testing and pesticide and herbicide detection.
9. For example, when it was discovered in the 1970s that male workers in America and Costa Rica had been made permanently sterile by a pesticide called dibromochloropropane, the substance was banned.
10. "We can tell very quickly what's happening, so we can tackle the problem as soon as it arises rather than using a pesticide until it fails.
11. Small droplets of the pesticide are electrostatically-charged to reduce the tendency of the liquid to drift.
12. However, addition of a synergist such as triphenyl phosphate (TPP) can overcome this resistance, probably by competing with the malathion and saturating the carboxylesterase enzyme ( Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology , vol 17, p 149).
13. The successful candidate will be expected to lead a team of two to three graduates engaged in the determination of pesticide and agrochemical residues in crops and soils.