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ShareThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or USEPA) defines a pesticide as "any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest".
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A pesticide may be a chemical substance or biological agent (such as a virus or bacteria) used against pests.
For more information about the topic Pesticide, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
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Editor's Note: This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
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