Unwelcome harvest : agriculture and pollution
著者
書誌事項
Unwelcome harvest : agriculture and pollution
Earthscan, 1991
大学図書館所蔵 件 / 全18件
-
該当する所蔵館はありません
- すべての絞り込み条件を解除する
注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Agriculture pollutes - pesticides can destroy wildlife and some are toxic to humans; some fungicides and herbicides cause cancer. Nitrates result in the contamination of drinking water and produce the risk of the "blue-baby" syndrome in infants and of stomach cancer in adults. Agriculture produces methane, ammonia, nitrous oxide and the products of buring off, all of which add to the world's problems of acid rain, depletion of the ozone layer and global warming. This book, which focusses on the UK, the USA and Third World countries, is the first comprehensive review of agriculture and pollution, it examines the facts and assesses the relative dangers of each pollution problem. It also considers the effects of pollution on agriculture itself, crop yields are depressed and livestock damaged by various forms of pollution from all sources. The authors also offer solutions to these apparently overwhelming problems and describe existing technology which would allow us to deal with them.
目次
- Introduction to agriculture and pollution
- pesticides and the environment
- pesticides and human health
- fertilizers and the environment
- fertilizers and health
- farm wastes
- agriculture as a global polluter
- the impact of land and water pollution on agriculture
- the control of pollution
- agriculture without pollution.
「Nielsen BookData」 より
