Synthetic pesticide use in Africa : impact on people, animals, and the environment
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Synthetic pesticide use in Africa : impact on people, animals, and the environment
（World food preservation center book series / series editor, Charles L. Wilson）
CRC Press, 2021
- : hbk
Available at 1 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Impact of synthetic pesticides on the health of the African people, animals, and environment / Peter Mokaya
- Glyphosate's impact on humans, animals, and the environment / Don M.Huber
- Health, nutrition, and sustainability : precious commodities in jeopardy from agricultural pesticides / Arden Andersen
- Agricultural pesticides and the deterioration of health / Stephanie Seneff
- Synthetic pesticides and the brain / Prahlad K.Seth and Vinay K.Khanna
- Insufficient evidence for pesticide safety / Andre Leu
- Pesticides and the crisis in children's health / Michelle Perro
- Animal health issues with increased risk from exposure to Glyphosate-based herbicides / Arthur Dunham
- Agricultural pesticide threats to animal production and sustainability / Ted Dupmeier
- Disruption of the soil microbiota by agricultural pesticides / Robert J.Kremer
- Bio-decontamination of mycotoxin patulin / Hongyin Zhang, Qiya Yang, and Gustav Komla Mahunu
- The montreal protocol and the methyl bromide phaseout in the soil sector : key success factors and lessons learned to eliminate synthetic pesticide use in Africa / Mohamed Besri
- Regulatory collusion and the illusion of safety / Carey Gillam
- The myth of substantial equivalence and safety evaluation of genetically engineered crops : a CytoSolve systems biology analysis / V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai and P. Deonikar
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Explains the relationship of synthetic pesticides to escalating noncommunicable human and animal diseases in Africa and developing countries.
Discusses the impact of the herbicide glyphosate on the health of humans, animals, and the environment.
Reviews the disease causing mode of action of glyphosate and other synthetic pesticides on nutrient density and human and animal bodies.
Warns of the special vulnerability of children to synthetic pesticide toxicity.
Recommends needed legal initiatives to use synthetic pesticides more judiciously.
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface..............................................................................................................................................vii
Editors................................................................................................................................................ix
Contributors.......................................................................................................................................xi
Chapter 1 Impact of Synthetic Pesticides on the Health of the African People,
Animals and Environment............................................................................................1
Peter Mokaya
Chapter 2 Glyphosate's Impact on Humans, Animals, and the Environment...............................7
Don M. Huber
Chapter 3 Health, Nutrition, and Sustainability: Precious Commodities in
Jeopardy from Agricultural Pesticides........................................................................ 21
Arden Andersen
Chapter 4 Agricultural Pesticides and the Deterioration of Health............................................. 33
Stephanie Seneff
Chapter 5 Synthetic Pesticides and the Brain.............................................................................. 43
Prahlad K. Seth and Vinay K. Khanna
Chapter 6 Insufficient Evidence for Pesticide Safety................................................................... 61
Andre Leu
Chapter 7 Pesticides and the Crisis in Children's Health............................................................ 71
Michelle Perro
Chapter 8 Animal Health Issues with Increased Risk from Exposure to
Glyphosate-Based Herbicides.....................................................................................83
Arthur Dunham
Chapter 9 Agricultural Pesticide Threats to Animal Production and Sustainability................ 129
Dr. Ted Dupmeier
Chapter 10 Disruption of the Soil Microbiota by Agricultural Pesticides................................... 147
Robert J. Kremer
Chapter 11 Bio-decontamination of Mycotoxin Patulin.............................................................. 165
Hongyin Zhang, Qiya Yang, and Gustav Komla Mahunu
Chapter 12 The Montreal Protocol and the Methyl Bromide Phaseout in the Soil
Sector: Key Success Factors and Lessons Learned to Eliminate Synthetic
Pesticide Use in Africa.............................................................................................. 187
Mohamed Besri
Chapter 13 Regulatory Collusion and the Illusion of Safety....................................................... 199
Carey Gillam
Chapter 14 The Myth of Substantial Equivalence and Safety Evaluations of Genetically
Engineered Crops: A CytoSolve Systems Biology Analysis....................................209
V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai and P. Deonikar
Index...............................................................................................................................................249
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