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Pesticides
pesticides - chemical or biological substances used for combating pests and plant diseases, weeds, pests of stored agricultural products, household pests, and external parasites of animals, as well as for regulating plant growth, pre-harvest leaf removal (defoliants), and pre-harvest drying of plants (desiccants);
Source: Federal Law No. 109-FZ dated July 19, 1997 (as amended on July 19, 2011) "On Safe Handling of Pesticides and Agrochemicals"