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Endothall
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1560
GENERAL INFORMATION Endothall is an organic solid of white odorless crystals. Endothall is used as a defoliant for a wide range of crops and as a herbicide for both terrestrial and aquatic weeds. It is used as a desiccant on lucerne and on potato, for the ...
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Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1555
GENERAL INFORMATION Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate is the most commonly used of a group of related chemicals called phthalates or phthalic acid esters. The greatest use of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate is as a plasticizer for polyvinylchloride (PVC) and other po ...
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Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1554
GENERAL INFORMATION Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate is a light-colored, oily liquid with an aromatic odor. Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate is used in making plastics. It is also used as a solvent; in aircraft lubricants; as a hydraulic fluid; as a plasticizer or solven ...
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Diquat
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1558
GENERAL INFORMATION Diquat is an organic solid of colorless or yellow crystals. A water solution is dark red-brown. Diquat is a herbicide that has been used extensively in the United States since the late 1950s to control both crop and aquatic weeds. It i ...
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Dinoseb
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1557
GENERAL INFORMATION Dinoseb is an organic solid-- yellowish crystals with a pungent odor. Its greatest use is as a contact herbicide for post-emergence weed control in cereals, undersown cereals, seedling lucerne and peas. Dinoseb is also used as a corn e ...
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Dibromochloropropane
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1556
GENERAL INFORMATION 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane, or DBCP, is a dense yellow organic liquid with a pungent odor. It is used primarily as an unclassified nematocide for soil fumigation of cucumbers, summer squash, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, snap beans, ...
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Chlordane
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1552
GENERAL INFORMATION Chlordane, a synthetic organic chemical, is a viscous liquid, colorless to amber, with a slight chlorine-like aromatic odor. Chlordane was used in the past to kill a variety of insects. The only commercial use of chlordane products sti ...
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Carbofuran
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1551
GENERAL INFORMATION Carbofuran is a white crystalline solid with a slightly phenolic odor. Carbofuran is a broad spectrum insecticide that is sprayed directly onto soil and plants just after emergence to control beetles, nematodes and rootworm. The greate ...
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Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (as N)
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1539
GENERAL INFORMATION Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen or TKN is defined as total organic nitrogen and ammonia nitrogen. Nitrogen occurs in wastewater and ground water in several forms, including inorganic forms like nitrate (NO 3), nitrite (NO 2), and ammonia (NH ...
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2,4-D (2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid)
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1546
GENERAL INFORMATION 2,4-D is a colorless, odorless powder. 2,4-D is used as a herbicide for the control of broad-leaf weeds in agriculture, and for control of woody plants along roadsides, railways, and utilities rights of way. The major source of 2,4-D i ...