The 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".
A pesticide may be a chemical substance or biological agent (such as a virus or bacteria) used against pests..
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