Poisoned harvest : a consumer's guide to pesticide use and abuse
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書誌事項
Poisoned harvest : a consumer's guide to pesticide use and abuse
V. Gollancz : 1991
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Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Pesticides are found in almost all areas of modern life: on food, the timber and carpets in people's homes, footpaths and children's playgrounds. This book is a practical guide which is designed to enable consumers to decide which pesticides are acceptable and which to avoid at all costs.
目次
- What is a pesticide? - how pesticides work - classifying pesticides
- pesticides and the environment - where are pesticides used? - the environmental assault
- pesticides and human health - acute poisoning - chronic poisoning
- safety testing and approval - safety is a matter of opinion - safety tesing philosophy - toxicity tests - toxicity to humans - environmental toxicity - inadequacy of approval procedures
- the politics of pesticide approval - science the equivocator - when politics rule safety - secrecy and trust
- legislation and regulations - The Food and Environment Protection Act, 1985, Part 3 - Control of Pesticides Regulations, 1986 - The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Food) Regulations, 1988 - COSHH The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health - Food Safety Act, 1990 - general laws and regulations
- food residues - minimizing residues in food production - what is a safe level of residue? - residues and the law - monitoring the food supply for pesticides
- food industry response - the "Poisoned Harvest" survey of pesticide policy and action in industry - supermarkets as gatekeepers
- Appendix A: how pesticides work. Appendix B: chemical families of pesticides.
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