Pesticides
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Pesticides

Developments, Impacts and Controls

  1. 180 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Pesticides

Developments, Impacts and Controls

About this book

This volume covers the developments in pesticide usage, with particular emphasis on the regulations that safeguard users, consumers and the environment. It provides a comprehensive guide to the use of pesticides and the efforts of manufacturers to develop pesticides that are both effective and environmentally benign. The difficulties and hazards associated with their applications, their environmental effects, particularly in wate and the control of storage, uses and residue levels in non-agricultural habitat and in foodstuffs are also discussed.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Pesticides – Developments, Impacts, and Controls
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Contributors
  7. Chapter 1. Monitoring and Adapting to the Changes in Pesticide Use Profiles That Occur in Response to Modern Pest Control and Environmental Requirements
  8. Chapter 2. Non-agricultural Uses of Herbicides: Triazines to Glyphosate
  9. Chapter 3. Synthetic Pyrethroids Success Story
  10. Chapter 4. Analysis of Exposure to Pesticides Applied in a Regulated Environment
  11. Chapter 5. The Assessment of Operator Risk from Sheep Dipping Operations Using Organophosphate Based Dips
  12. Chapter 6. Application Technology
  13. Chapter 7. Pesticides in Foodstuffs
  14. Chapter 8. The Poisoning of Non-target Animals
  15. Chapter 9. Assessing the Environmental Impact of Sheep Dip on Surface Waters in Northern Ireland
  16. Chapter 10. Pesticides in Freshwaters from Arable Use
  17. Chapter 11. Pesticides in Groundwater
  18. Chapter 12. The Removal of Pesticides During Drinking Water Treatment
  19. Chapter 13. Pesticide Usage in Marine Fish Farming - The Role of the Chemist
  20. Chapter 14. Assessing Risk Should Not Be a Hazardous Business
  21. Chapter 15. The Control of Pesticides in Water: The EQO/EQS Approach
  22. Chapter 16. Storage of Pesticides and the Training of Users
  23. Chapter 17. Pesticide Loading to the North Sea: the Red List Reductions
  24. Subject Index