dibromide
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dibromide
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He helped the agency impose controls on hazardous waste, restore and protect Chesapeake Bay in Maryland and Virginia and remove the pesticide ethylene dibromide, also known as EDB, from use on U.S. farms.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2019
The EPA cancelled the registrations of ethylene dibromide, 2,4,5-T, dieldrin, and parathion, Milbourn said.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 6, 2014
The cause of the panicked shelf cleaning was a chemical called ethylene dibromide, or EDB.
From Time Magazine Archive
Scientists have known for a decade that ethylene dibromide, a pesticide and gasoline additive, is one of the most powerful known carcinogens.
From Time Magazine Archive
If you are not equipped to spray, you may obtain some control by treating the soil under the trees with ethylene dibromide at a depth of 5 inches.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 by Northern Nut Growers Association
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