Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Plural form of agrichemical.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word agrichemicals.

Examples

  • To begin, rather than the routine dousing of her skin with toxic pesticides and agrichemicals, we might consider reducing her exposure to these chemicals and cultivate an approach to agriculture, like the one recently recommended by the United Nations, that isn't chemically or fossil fuel dependent.

    Robyn O'Brien: An Earth as Sick as Our Children Robyn O'Brien 2011

  • In fact, "Intolerable Risk" analyzed the hazards of 23 agrichemicals found in common fruits and vegetables consumed by American children during the first six years of life, and considered the cancer hazard, toxicity to the central nervous system and inadequacies in the pesticide regulatory system designed to protect public health.

    Wendy Gordon: The True Alar Story Wendy Gordon 2011

  • To begin, rather than the routine dousing of her skin with toxic pesticides and agrichemicals, we might consider reducing her exposure to these chemicals and cultivate an approach to agriculture, like the one recently recommended by the United Nations, that isn't chemically or fossil fuel dependent.

    Robyn O'Brien: An Earth as Sick as Our Children Robyn O'Brien 2011

  • To begin, rather than the routine dousing of her skin with toxic pesticides and agrichemicals, we might consider reducing her exposure to these chemicals and cultivate an approach to agriculture, like the one recently recommended by the United Nations, that isn't chemically or fossil fuel dependent.

    Robyn O'Brien: An Earth as Sick as Our Children Robyn O'Brien 2011

  • We have poured fossil fuel over her skin, filled her airways with pollution and poisoned her water with everything from oil to agrichemicals to pharmaceutical drugs.

    Robyn O'Brien: An Earth as Sick as Our Children Robyn O'Brien 2011

  • To begin, rather than the routine dousing of her skin with toxic pesticides and agrichemicals, we might consider reducing her exposure to these chemicals and cultivate an approach to agriculture, like the one recently recommended by the United Nations, that isn't chemically or fossil fuel dependent.

    Robyn O'Brien: An Earth as Sick as Our Children Robyn O'Brien 2011

  • We have poured fossil fuel over her skin, filled her airways with pollution and poisoned her water with everything from oil to agrichemicals to pharmaceutical drugs.

    Robyn O'Brien: An Earth as Sick as Our Children Robyn O'Brien 2011

  • And since industrial crop production is exempt from most federal regulations, farm bill conservation programs like the Conservation Reserve Program are often our only line of defense against erosion and water contamination by toxic agrichemicals.

    Donald Carr: The Farm Bill Is a Climate Bill Donald Carr 2012

  • We have poured fossil fuel over her skin, filled her airways with pollution and poisoned her water with everything from oil to agrichemicals to pharmaceutical drugs.

    Robyn O'Brien: An Earth as Sick as Our Children Robyn O'Brien 2011

  • We have poured fossil fuel over her skin, filled her airways with pollution and poisoned her water with everything from oil to agrichemicals to pharmaceutical drugs.

    Robyn O'Brien: An Earth as Sick as Our Children Robyn O'Brien 2011

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.