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fumigation
Definition:
application of chemical compounds in gaseous or smoke form to insects or harmful animals with the purpose of killing them
Context:
Context:
The fumigants are usually applied in a gas form to the containers, a process termed fumigation. The major fumigants used today are methyl bromide (MeBr) and phosphine (PH3).
Term reference
EU-OSHA,Home » Campaigns & Awards » Healthy Workplaces Campaigns »2018–19 Campaign: Healthy Workplaces Manage Dangerous Substances, https://osha.europa.eu/en/healthy-workplaces-campaigns/dangerous-substances-18-19
Translations
- Български: фумигация
- Čeština: fumigace
- Dansk: gasning
- Deutsch: Begasung
- Ελληνικά: υποκαπνισμός
- English: fumigation
- Español: fumigación
- Eesti: fumigatsioon
- Suomi: kaasudesinfektio
- Français: fumigation
- Hrvatski: fumigacija
- Magyar: fumigálás
- Íslenska: svæling
- Italiano: fumigazione
- Lietuvių: fumigacija
- Latviešu: fumigācija
- Malti: fumigazzjoni
- Nederlands: fumigatie
- Norsk: utgassing
- Polski: fumigacja
- Português: fumigação
- Română: fumigație
- Slovenčina: fumigácia
- Slovenščina: zaplinjevanje
- Svenska: gasning