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carcinogen or carcinogenic - Capable of causing cancer. A suspected carcinogen is a substance that may cause cancer in humans or animals but for which the evidence is not conclusive.

certified applicator - A person who is authorized to apply “restricted-use” pesticides as result of meeting requirements for certification under FIFRA-mandated programs. Applicator certification programs are conducted by states, territories and tribes in accordance with national standards set by EPA. “Restricted use pesticides” may be used only by or under the direct supervision of specially trained and certified applicators.

certified pesticide applicator - Any individual who is certified under Section 4 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) as authorized to use or supervise the use of any pesticide which is classified for restricted use. Any applicator who applies registered pesticides, only to provide a service of controlling pests without delivering any additional pesticide supplies, is not deemed to be a seller or distributor of pesticides under FIFRA.

biochemicals - Chemicals that are either naturally occurring or identical to naturally occurring substances. Examples include hormones, pheromones, and enzymes. Biochemicals function as pesticides through non-toxic, non-lethal modes of action, such as disrupting the mating pattern of insects, regulating growth, or acting as repellants. Biochemicals tend to be environmentally compatible and are thus important to Integrated Pest Management programs.

biological pesticide - A chemical which is derived from plants, fungi, bacteria, or other non-man-made synthesis and which can be used for pest control.

biological pesticide - Certain microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, viruses, and protozoa that are effective in controlling target pests. These agents usually do not have toxic effects on animals and people and do not leave toxic or persistent chemical residues in the environment.

BMD - Benchmark Dose associated with a 10% response adjusted for background.

bactericide - A pesticide used to control or destroy bacteria, typically in the home, schools, or on hospital equipment.

Benchmark Response (BMR) - A designated level or percent of response relative to the control level of response used in calculating a BMD.

Best Management Practices (BMP) - Procedures or controls other than effluent limitations to prevent or reduce pollution of surface water (includes runoff control, spill prevention, and operating procedures).

bioaccumulation/biomagnification - A process where chemicals are retained in fatty body tissue and increase in concentration over time. Biomagnification is the increase of tissue accumulation in species higher in the natural food chain as contaminated food species are eaten.
bioassay - A method of testing a material’s effects on living organisms.

The article is from http://www.ecpa.eu/website/page.asp?cust=3&lang=en&mi=2&si=9&dt=18#

Effective but environmentally friendly
When developing a new crop protection product, scientists first search for the plant pests’ weaknesses and then seek to develop a molecule to attack this weak point. This active ingredient controls the problem weed, insect or fungus while having no effect on other non-target organisms.

Research and product development
Searching for that active molecule, however, is just the beginning of the development process. For every active ingredient that eventually makes it into a farmer’s field, another 39.000 are left aside. This is because each successful molecule must clear a huge array of hurdles before it can be approved as a crop protection product, just as with new medicines.

The researchers need to be sure they will be able to synthesise the molecule in commercial quantities. It also has to be formulated so it can be applied in the field. For example, the new molecule may not be soluble in water. Yet the vast majority of crop protection products are applied in water.

While the chemists are working on these issues, biologists test the effectiveness of the molecule in controlling the target pest. Running concurrently with the chemists’ and biologists’ work, other scientists investigate the molecule’s toxicology and environmental fate. Environmental scientists must find out how the new molecule behaves in the environment. Does it break down quickly in the soil? Are any residues left on the crop?

It is also important to know what effect the new molecule might have on people, including those who come into close contact with the product (such as manufacturers, the operators who apply it and the consumer). The earlier any such problems can be identified and the sooner the molecule can be eliminated from the research programme, the better. All the data must be collated to produce the dossier that will be submitted to the regulatory authorities for their approval.

The 12th Middle East International Agricultural exhibitions will be held on April 8 to 10 , 2008.

The agricultural exhibition has 10 years of history. With the experience of successful holding on large-scale international exhibition ,the exhibition provide a good bridge between exhibitors and trade professional audiences .

The exhibition is at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre, the exhibition of the exhibits are as follows:
Agriculture: Plant Protection pesticides and chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, plant growth regulators, greenhouse construction materials, greenhouse automation, irrigation, pumps and drainage systems, agricultural products, feed, seed, and so on;

Fisheries: Seafood categories: category fresh, frozen category, further processed products, brands and private label products; fish processing equipment, warehousing, packaging equipment and aquatic feed additives; aquatic refrigeration equipment;

Livestock: animal husbandry, fresh products, meat, poultry, eggs, dairy products, feed, fertilizer, amino acids, health and laboratory services, egg products processing and packaging machinery, dairy equipment, incubators; keeping system supply and rearing, aquaculture technology, feed supplements, feed machinery; gene, moderate temperature control technology, breeding culture; livestock management, milking machines, packaging and labelling of equipment, management software, etc.;

Flower: Flower, plant, fresh cut flowers, flower pots, floral containers, display and design shop, flower packaging, sorting seed, seed ball (Miao), potted vegetables, fruits and horticultural materials, gardening tools; grass seed, lawn construction conservation, afforestation projects, the construction of urban landscape design, garden machinery, irrigation systems; ornamental plants, flowers, bonsai, cacti, Miao Lin, simulation plants.

22nd of April is the birthday of Mr. Liang, who is the vice president of Nanjing Essence Fine-Chemical Co., Ltd.

Mr. Liang was not majoring in crop protection, while he is familiar with Automation equipment, pesticide analysis and environment-friendly engineering, he is also good at pesticide registration. Since the foundation of Nanjing Essence, he is in charge of sales and marketing administration. Under his leadership, sales increase steadily every quarter.

With more than 25 years’ experience, Mr. Liang guide not only on customer communication, but also on processing technology and pesticide application for plant protection. Anyone including employees and customers can get help from him on the problems in pesticide industry. We hereby wish Engineer Liang a happy birthday and a success on career.

On administration, Mr. Liang continues to learn and accumulate experience for exploit new thought of mind. He always focuses on company’s culture and team building. He call himself “the link man” who is responsible for making all the strength of employees from departments of the company work together to reach our ultimate goal, that is, to supply quality products and service to our clients.

We have the reasons to believe that along with Mr. Liang, we Nanjing Essence will work hard together to get a brighter future in the line of business.

Whether in developed or developing countries, we hope that food is fresh with high quality, free from disease and insect damage or any possible contamination. Crops compete with 30,000 species of weeds, 3,000 species of nematodes and 10,000 species of plant-eating insects.

Nowadays, we can count on chemical pesticides to control the pests that threaten our food supply helping to keep farming profitable. Simply put, an adequate, reliable food supply cannot be guaranteed without the use of crop protection products.
Nanjing Essence Fine-chemical Co., Ltd is a company focusing on developing of crop protection products. We create, you harvest! Welcome to our website www.essencechem.com or www.essenagrochem.com for more information and details.

Right coming back from CAC 2008, we Nanjing Essence started reading session in the hope of encouraging the employees to read a book intensively which involved in his major or job.

Essence reading session was scheduled at the very beginning of 2008. With the purpose of further development, Mr. Zhang, our CEO, pointed out that every member of Nanjing Essence should improve himself by studying continuously on his major or job. By doing so, we can be more talent, more professional and then we can serve the customers better.

Until now, the general manager and the vice president have given us wonderful report on what they read such as on art of leadership, administration of a company and accountancy etc. Our general engineer also shared with us the history and trend of agrochemical development.
The session is really meaningful activity which helps us learn more from each other and learn more from the book others read. The session will continue and so does the development of our company.

April 4th is the birthday of celine xiang, who is the export manager of NANJING ESSENCE. Majoring in foreign trade English, celine is familiar with trade procedure and trade terms. She has great ability in international trade. Because of excellent communication with customers, she makes a wonderful achievement on sales, what’s more, the sales that work under her has made much progress with her help.
She is diligent on careers. She spends her spare time on learning another language or other knowledge to broad her mind. What a wonderful woman she is! We do believe that the sales can be increased steadily under her leadership.

Sponsored by Bulgarian Agricultural and Forestry administration, the international agriculture exhibition in Bulgaria was held as scheduled. As one of the largest exhibition on agriculture, it has been accepted as a member of UFI because of well organized performance. In recent years, the exhibition has increasingly influence with more and more exhibitors and visitors.

Bulgaria is one of the most important areas that produce main part of the foodstuffs in Eastern and middle Europe. It is also called “garden of fruits and vegetables”. As one of the leading manufacturers of pesticide formulation in China, we Nanjing Essence always pay much attention on this market. Our strengths on formulating of insecticide, fungicide, herbicide, especially on molluscicide helps us exploit more business opportunities. You are free to contact us for more details of our company or products