LD 1890
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LR 2618
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25. Pesticide. "Pesticide" means any substance or mixture of
substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or
mitigating any pests, and any substance or mixture of substances
intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant.
This definition also "Pesticide" includes "highly toxic
pesticide."

 
26. Plant regulator. "Plant regulator" means any substance
or mixture of substances, intended through physiological action,
for accelerating or retarding the rate of growth or rate of
maturation, or for otherwise altering the behavior of plants or
the produce thereof, but shall.__"Plant regulator" does not
include substances to the extent that they are intended as plant
nutrients, trace elements, nutritional chemicals, plant
inoculants and or soil amendments.

 
27. Protect health and the environment. "Protect health and
the environment" means protection to protect against any
unreasonable adverse effects on the environment.

 
28. Registrant. "Registrant" means a person who has
registered any pesticide pursuant to the provisions of this
subchapter.

 
29. Registration. "Registration" also means includes
reregistration.

 
30. Restricted use pesticide. "Restricted use pesticide"
means any pesticide or pesticide use classified for restricted
use by the Administrator, EPA Administrator.

 
31. Rodent. "Rodent" means any member of the animal group of
the order rodentia, including but not limited to rats, mice,
gophers, porcupines and squirrels.

 
32. Unreasonable adverse effects on the environment.
"Unreasonable adverse effects on the environment" means any
unreasonable risk to man human beings or the environment, taking
into account the economic, social and environmental costs and
benefits of the use of any pesticide.

 
33. Weed. "Weed" means any plant which that grows where it
is not wanted.

 
34. Wildlife. "Wildlife" means all living things that are
neither human, domesticated nor, as defined in this subchapter,
pests, including but not limited to mammals, birds and aquatic
life.


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