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Pesticides play an important role in controlling pests that carry diseases and threaten crop production. In recent years, however, there has been increased concern about the adverse impacts of pesticides and their degradation products on public health and the environment. A considerable amount of work is being done to develop nonchemical methods of
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Further Readings
- Contributors
- Chapter 1: Uses and Environmental Pollution of Biocides
- Chapter 2: Environmental Fate and Transport of Pesticides
- Chapter 3: Degradation of Pesticides
- Chapter 4: Pesticide Degradation in Water
- Chapter 5: Microbial Remediation of Pesticides
- Chapter 6: Pesticide Residues in the Environment
- Chapter 7: Pesticide Residues in the Atmosphere
- Chapter 8: Response of Soil Microflora to Pesticides
- Chapter 9: Pesticide Residues in Surface Water and Groundwater
- Chapter 10: Pesticide Residues in Vegetation
- Chapter 11: Pesticide Residues in Aquatic Invertebrates
- Chapter 12: Pesticide Residues in Soil Invertebrates
- Chapter 13: Pesticide Residues in Fish
- Chapter 14: Pesticide Residues in Birds and Mammals
- Chapter 15: Pesticide Residues in Man
- Chapter 16: Pesticides and Skin Diseases in Man
- Chapter 17: Pesticide Residues in Mother’s Milk
- Chapter 18: Pesticide Residues in Milk and Milk Products
- Chapter 19: Biopesticides
- Chapter 20: Endocrine-Disrupting Pesticides
- Index
- Back Cover