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Pesticides

Pesticidas

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The Worker Protection Standard (WPS)

Estándares de protección de trabajadores (WPS)

The University of Florida's Pesticide Information and Education Program provides information, educational programs, and materials to:
<ul>
<li>Persons who use pesticides as a part of their livelihood</li>
<li>Consumers with questions about use and impact of pesticides in their daily lives</li>
<li>Faculty and students</li>
<li>Decision makers, such as local, state, and federal government regulators and legislators</li>
</ul>

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Entities

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Regulations:&nbsp;A law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, esp. to regulate conduct.

Substances

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Agrochemicals are commercially produced, usually synthetic, chemical compounds used in farming such as a fertilizer, pesticide or soil conditioner.,Any substanceor mixture of substances used or intended to be used for preventing, destroying, repelling, attracting, inhibiting, or controlling any insects, rodents, birds, nematodes, bacteria, fungi, weeds or other forms of plant, animal or microbial life regarded as pests. [AGROVOC]

Los agroqu&iacute;micos son compuestos qu&iacute;micos producidos comercialmente, generalmente sint&eacute;ticos, que se utilizan en la agricultura, como fertilizantes, pesticidas o acondicionadores del suelo. Son sustancias utilizadas o destinadas a ser utilizadas para prevenir, destruir, repeler, atraer, inhibir o controlar cualquier insecto, roedores, aves, nematodos, bacterias, hongos, malas hierbas u otras formas de vida vegetal, animal o microbiana consideradas plagas &nbsp;[<a href="http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24430">AGROVOC</a>]

Agrochemicals

Agricultural Chemicals

Agroquímicos 

A pesticide is any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest. [NALT]
Insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants and any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying or controlling any pest, including vectors of human or animal disease, unwanted species of plants or animals causing harm during or otherwise interfering with the production, processing, storage, transport or marketing of food, agricultural commodities, wood and wood products or animal feedstuffs, or substances which may be administered to animals for the control of insects, arachnids or other pests in or on their bodies. [AGROVOC]

Pesticide Law

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The Worker Protection Standard (WPS)

Publications

2021 Handbook of Florida Water Regulation: Florida Pesticide Law

Applying Pesticides in Compliance with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)

Experimental-Use Permits

Federal Regulations Affecting Use of Pesticides

Florida Rules for Direct Supervision of Unlicensed Pesticide Applicators

Florida's Organo-Auxin Herbicide Rule—2021

How to Obtain an Aldicarb Application Permit for Florida Cotton or Peanut

Licensing of Pesticide Dealers in Florida

Surviving the FDACS Inspection: Walking through an Inspection

The Florida Handbook of Solid and Hazardous Waste Regulation: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

Understanding FDACS Pesticide Inspections

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