environmentally benign

基本解釋

Some of the most environmentally benign and high-tech products turn out to have very dirty origins indeed.
一些最環(huán)保與高技術(shù)的產(chǎn)品事實(shí)上成了非常骯臟的真正源頭。
North American ethanol is mostly made from corn (maize), which is less efficient, and often produced in distilleries powered by coal; it is thus neither as cheap nor as environmentally benign.
北美的乙醇大多數(shù)來自谷物（玉米），效率較低而且常常在以煤為動力的蒸餾廠里生產(chǎn)出來；所以它既不便宜也不環(huán)保。
The most environmentally benign form of agriculture appears to be “no till” farming, which involves little or no ploughing and relies on cover crops and carefully applied herbicides to control weeds.
最環(huán)保的農(nóng)業(yè)生產(chǎn)方式似乎是“免耕”播種，這一生產(chǎn)方式很少或不再耕作，依賴表層植被并謹(jǐn)慎使用除草劑。

After years of reviews, in September 2010, the FDA released a long-awaited comprehensive guidance analysis that found the salmon environmentally benign and safe for human consumption.
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Although the total amount (weight) of herbicides used with (and without) genetically engineered, herbicide-tolerant crops in the United States may have increased relative to usage levels 10 years ago, there has been a concomitant shift to more environmentally benign, rapidly degraded herbicides.
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It is specifically modified to be used with glyphosate, marketed by Monsanto as Roundup, an herbicide considered less damaging to crops, less environmentally harmful than the range of pesticides used in conventional farming and toxicologically benign.
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