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zinc phosphide
noun
Chemistry.
- a dark-gray, gritty, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, Zn 3 P 2 , used chiefly as a rodenticide.
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What they鈥檙e continuing to do is baiting with zinc phosphide.
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The advantage of zinc phosphide is that it doesn鈥檛 accumulate in the environment, so the danger of other animals having long-term exposure to some poison is minimized.
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He鈥檚 battling them with zinc phosphide baits, the only legal chemical control for mice used in broad-scale agriculture in Australia.
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Many of the illegal growers use fertilizers and pesticides long restricted or banned in the United States, including carbofuran and zinc phosphide.
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Many of the illegal growers use fertilizers and pesticides long restricted or banned in the United States, including carbofuran and zinc phosphide.
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