daminozide in English
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a growth retardant sprayed on vegetables and fruit, especially apples, to enhance the quality of the crop. In the US, the application of daminozide is now restricted to ornamental plants owing to the potential health risks of consuming the chemical.
In perhaps its most famous fight, Mothers & Others led a campaign in the late 1980s against the use of the chemical daminozide .
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1. Alar, (pronounced AL-lahr) trade name for daminozide, a chemical used to keep fruit firm and full-colored beyond its natural shelf life, has not been used since 1989, when growers voluntarily
2. Among those chemicals was Alar (trade name for daminozide), a growth regulator (not a pesticide) that's sprayed on apple trees to cut waste and labor costs by keeping fruit from falling before it