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Term

active ingredient

Term

In any pesticide product, the component that kills, or otherwise controls, target pests. Pesticides are regulated primarily on the basis of active ingredients.

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Definition source publication

US EPA.

Publication year

Definition source URL

http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/aterms.html

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US EPA

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Subjects

Agriculture and Rural Areas

Long definition

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