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Chemical pesticide markets, health risks and residues / Jeremy Harris, CABI Bioscience (UK Centre), Ascot, UK.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Biopesticides series ; 1.Publisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2000Copyright date: 2000Description: 1 online resource (vii, 54 pages) : illustrations, chartsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Chemical pesticide markets, health risks and residues.DDC classification:
  • 363.738/4 23
LOC classification:
  • RA1270.P4 H365 2000eb
Online resources: Also available in print format.
Contents:
Chemical pesticide markets -- Pesticide exposure and health effects -- Pesticide residues -- Obsolete pesticide stocks.
Abstract: A short book designed to provide a review of information on the scale of manufacture, import, export and use of chemical pesticides, examples of direct risks to human welfare in terms of acute poisonings caused by occupational exposure and pesticide residues in food, and examples of problems with the storage of obsolete stocks of pesticides in developing countries. The main emphasis is on acute problems in developing countries, particularly in Latin America, Asia and Africa, but some information is also provided about developed countries. There are four chapters (Chemical pesticide markets, Pesticide exposure and health effects, Pesticide residues and Obsolete pesticide stocks) and an index is included.
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A short book designed to provide a review of information on the scale of manufacture, import, export and use of chemical pesticides, examples of direct risks to human welfare in terms of acute poisonings caused by occupational exposure and pesticide residues in food, and examples of problems with the storage of obsolete stocks of pesticides in developing countries. The main emphasis is on acute problems in developing countries, particularly in Latin America, Asia and Africa, but some information is also provided about developed countries. There are four chapters (Chemical pesticide markets, Pesticide exposure and health effects, Pesticide residues and Obsolete pesticide stocks) and an index is included.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chemical pesticide markets -- Pesticide exposure and health effects -- Pesticide residues -- Obsolete pesticide stocks.

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