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A pesticide is any substance used to control a pest or to prevent or reduce the damage caused by them. The tricky part is that there are a great many kinds of pesticides.

Learning Objectives:

  • Know whether a product is a pesticide
  • Understand the language of pesticides
  • Be familiar with some of the many pesticide groups.
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