Those modern agricultural chemicals are what made the Green Revolution of the mid-20th century possible.

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It specializes in so-called nonrow agricultural chemicals--herbicides and pesticides for fruit and nut trees instead of crops like corn grown in rows.

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It has banned the use of several agricultural chemicals.

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Dams, agricultural chemicals, overfishing and other ills have led to a catastrophic drop in numbers, particularly in North America (where the first European settlers probably ate eel, not turkey, at the first Thanksgiving).

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Those very herbicide-resistant plants, now grown on more than 220 million acres annually worldwide, have spurred the adoption of more environment-friendly herbicides and agricultural practices--changes that have markedly reduced soil erosion, the runoff of agricultural chemicals and carbon dioxide emissions, and increased yields.

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Volume for its two largest merchandise products, agricultural products and chemicals, fell 7% and 8% respectively.

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Top American exports in 2010 included computers and electronics, agricultural products, chemicals, transportation equipment, and other machinery, particularly airplanes, the USCBC said.

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The problem is that anyone who can produce modern drugs, vaccines and chemicals for agricultural and industrial use also can produce deadly viruses, toxins and nerve agents.

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At the college library one day, he read a journal article by the late Jay Bailey , a Caltech chemical engineer who was trying to use genetic engineering to fashion "designer" bacteria to produce drugs, agricultural products and industrial chemicals.

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