Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chemical compound used in its gaseous state as a pesticide or disinfectant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Fuming.
- noun A substance used in fumigation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Fuming.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any substance used, in the
gaseous state, tofumigate ordisinfect
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a chemical substance used in fumigation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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[A fumigant called MIDAS] was approved by EPA during the Bush administration despite the protests of many independent scientists, who sent a petition citing significant health concerns. ...
Nancy Chuda: As TSCA Collapses, Toxic Baby Fights Back (VIDEO) Nancy Chuda 2010
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We also learn that the California Department of Pesticide Regulation approved methyl iodide for use as a fumigant in December of last year.
Michael Brune: Rachel's Kids Michael Brune 2011
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[A fumigant called MIDAS] was approved by EPA during the Bush administration despite the protests of many independent scientists, who sent a petition citing significant health concerns. ...
Nancy Chuda: As TSCA Collapses, Toxic Baby Fights Back (VIDEO) Nancy Chuda 2010
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[A fumigant called MIDAS] was approved by EPA during the Bush administration despite the protests of many independent scientists, who sent a petition citing significant health concerns. ...
Nancy Chuda: As TSCA Collapses, Toxic Baby Fights Back (VIDEO) Nancy Chuda 2010
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We also learn that the California Department of Pesticide Regulation approved methyl iodide for use as a fumigant in December of last year.
Michael Brune: Rachel's Kids Michael Brune 2011
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[A fumigant called MIDAS] was approved by EPA during the Bush administration despite the protests of many independent scientists, who sent a petition citing significant health concerns. ...
Nancy Chuda: As TSCA Collapses, Toxic Baby Fights Back (VIDEO) Nancy Chuda 2010
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Experts come in, actually envelope the whole dwelling in a giant tent - and send a very powerful fumigant, lethal to the varmints and unwelcome creatures, into every nook and cranny of the house.
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The findings come as state regulators are debating whether to allow strawberry producers to use the fumigant methyl iodide, which environmentalists allege could be toxic to agricultural workers and people that live near nonorganic strawberry farms.
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So, you know, strawberries remain a very pesticide-dependent crop and one that also still utilizes a soil fumigant called methyl bromide that's been very much involved in the climate change debate.
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But if that wasn't enough, now the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is about to approve yet another dangerous chemical to be used as a soil fumigant for strawberry crops: methyl iodide.
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