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English translation: agrochemicals / toxic agrochemicals

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Portuguese term or phrase:	agrotóxicos
English translation:	agrochemicals / toxic agrochemicals
Entered by:	Jorge Rodrigues

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16:50 Feb 28, 2007

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Science - Agriculture / corn pests

Portuguese term or phrase: agrotóxicos

Produtos químicos usados na agricultura.

Jorge Rodrigues KudoZ activity Questions: 200 (1 open) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 1520 Brazil
Local time: 03:14

agrochemicals / toxic agrochemicals

Explanation:
Agroquímicos - produtos químicos usados na agricultura. Agroquímicos tóxicos, se usados em níveis que provoquem toxicidade

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mfs_trad
Portugal
Local time: 07:14

Grading comment

Muito grato a todos. Acho que esta solução é que se encaixa melhor no meu contexto.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +4

pesticide..agrochemical..agrotoxin

airmailrpl

5 +2

agricultural chemicals

John Milan

4 +1

agrotoxic

Paula Vaz-Carreiro

pesticides

Paul Dixon

agrochemicals / toxic agrochemicals

mfs_trad

pesticide, chemical mixture used to kill pests and insects

Romulo Maciel

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

agricultural chemicals

Explanation:
Em inglês, o termo politicamente correto é "chemicals" ... independentemente de ser tóxico ou não.

Reference: http://toxics.usgs.gov/topics/agchemicals.html

John Milan
United States
Local time: 02:14
Native speaker of:

English

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

agrotoxic

Explanation:
I'm pretty sure that's what it is. I live in a farm now ;-)

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Uruguay: The agro-export model increases the use of pesticides ...
Apple crops, for example, use 100 kilos of agrotoxic substances per hectare in ... Uruguay evidences an increase in the use of agrotoxic substances, ...
www.rel-uita.org/agricultura/agrotoxicos/ modelo_agroexportador_plaguicidas-eng.htm

SchNEWS 514 - Tory Bliar speaks at the Labour Party conference ...
The surrounding lands and rivers have been sucked dry, or contaminated by agrotoxic chemicals from the plantations. The company uses illegally out-sourced ...
www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news514.htm

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ESTUDIO DE DERECHO COMPARADO EN BIOSEGURIDAD
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the farmer in terms of agrotoxic applications. Until now, we have been informed from the part of the. Government of Rio Grande do Sul, that there is a ...
www.field.org.uk/files/Brazil.eng.pdf

Paula Vaz-Carreiro
Local time: 07:14
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,

English

16 mins confidence:

agrochemicals / toxic agrochemicals

Explanation:
Agroquímicos - produtos químicos usados na agricultura. Agroquímicos tóxicos, se usados em níveis que provoquem toxicidade

mfs_trad
Portugal
Local time: 07:14
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Muito grato a todos. Acho que esta solução é que se encaixa melhor no meu contexto.

17 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

pesticide..agrochemical..agrotoxin

Explanation:
agrotóxico - pesticide, agrochemical (conotação neutra), agrotoxin (conotação negativa)
http://www.nota10vestibulares.com.br/ing/vocab/07.htm

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 03:14
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

21 mins confidence:

pesticide, chemical mixture used to kill pests and insects

Explanation:
Esta e a traducao correta.

Romulo Maciel
Local time: 02:14
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

1 hr confidence:

pesticides

Explanation:
This is the simplest and most common form. Ah, and with an S because agrotóxicos is in the plural.

Paul Dixon
Local time: 03:14
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese

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