inert ingredient

inert ingredient

In pharmaceutical manufacturing, any nonreactive substance used to facilitate the manufacturing of pills and other forms of medication.
Synonym: filler (3)
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Department of Agriculture allows the sale of unadulterated vinegar at these concentrations as an inert ingredient. However, once mixed into a defoliant, pesticide licensing regulations affect availability and distribution, and increase costs.
Horticultural Vinegar for Weed Control
"While the Sentinel, on the advice of legal counsel who had reviewed state and federal trade secrets laws, did temporarily remove the ingredient list from our Web site after five days, we subsequently, and quickly, published the name of the inert ingredient in follow-up stories and editorials, and then republished the entire list again, based on the judge's ruling in Los Angeles," Miller said, referring Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David Yaffe's rejection of Suterra's request for a temporary restraining order blocking publication of the ingredients.
UPDATE: Will Pesticide Maker Seal Info Revealed By Calif. Paper?
The three numbers on the bag are the percentages of nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium with the total of the three being the total active ingredient; the remaining percentage is the inert ingredient, which is carrier or filler.
Chapter 8 media, nutrients, and fertilizers
Experts are unsure whether chlorpyrifos - the active ingredient in Dursban - or an inert ingredient, or a combination of ingredients may be causing health problems, LaFave said.
Insecticide may pose greater risk to humans than originally believed
The medication may contain a different inert ingredient, however, and it's possible that someone might have a minor side effect from that, but it happens only rarely.
How far can you trust generics?
"But we've shown that there are changes taking place in this inert ingredient."
Recent FDA action draws big crowd in Florida: the Florida Chapter of the society of cosmetic chemists held its semi-annual sunscreen symposium and drew a big crowd as the industry sought answers to the recent rulings by the US FDA
In work published in the 19 January 2009 issue of Chemical Research in Toxicology, Nora Benachour and Gilles-Eric Seralini found that an inert ingredient used as a surfactant, polyethoxylated tallowamine, was more damaging than the active ingredient glyphosate to human umbilical cord, placental, and embryonic cells.
Mystery in a bottle: will the EPA require public disclosure of inert pesticide ingredients?
EPA recognizes that the statutory nomenclature for pesticides under FIFRA engenders public misunderstanding, stating that "many consumers have a misleading impression of the term 'inert ingredient,' believing it to mean water or other harmless ingredients" (U.S.
Unidentified inert ingredients in pesticides: implications for human and environmental health
Joe Haid, editor of several magazines about the ratite industry, says emu oil is an "inert ingredient" in sunscreens, shampoos, perfumes, and lotions.
The ruckus over ratites: some farmers see big birds earning big bucks
Ketone based solvents are indexed as inert ingredients, approved to be used in non-food use pesticide products under the FIFRA act.
Ketone Based Solvents Market Expansion Projected to Gain an Uptick During 2018 to 2028
Insecticide aerosols are sprays that contain active pesticides and other inert ingredients to kill insects.
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