Agricultural Chemicals and the Environment (eBook)

UK) Harrison R M (University of Birmingham, UK) Hester R E (University of York (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: PDF

2007
140 Seiten
Royal Society of Chemistry (Verlag)
978-1-84755-008-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This book explores a variety of issues which currently are subject to wide-ranging debate and are of concern to many.

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Enormous increases in agricultural productivity can properly be associated with the use of chemicals. This statement applies equally to crop production through the use of fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides, as to livestock production and the associated use of drugs, steroids and other growth accelerators. There is, however a dark side to this picture and it is important to balance the benefits which flow from the use of agricultural chemicals against their environmental impacts which sometimes are seriously disadvantageous. Agricultural Chemicals and the Environment explores a variety of issues which currently are subject to wide-ranging debate and are of concern not only to the scientific establishment and to students, but also to farmers, landowners, managers, legislators, and to the general public.

Inhalt

Fertilizers and Nitrate Leaching; Eutrophication of Natural Waters and Toxic Algal Blooms; Impact of Agricultural Pesticides on Water Quality; Agricultural Nitrogen and Emissions to the Atmosphere; Drugs and Dietary Additives, Their Use in Animal Production and Potential Environmental Consequences; Detection, Analysis and Risk Assessment of Cyanobacterial Toxins; Subject Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.10.2007
• Reihe/Serie: ISSN
• Reihe/Serie: ISSN
• Verlagsort: Cambridge
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: Acamovic • Addiscott • Agricultural • Anthony • Barbour • Barnden • Bell • Burdett • C • Cairns • chave • chemicals • Codd • Crutzen • D • David • Doyle • E • Eke • Environment • Ferguson • fish • Fowler • Frederick • g • geoffrey • Gittins • h • Harries • Harrison • hester • Hopke • Houghton • Hugh • J • John • JR • K • King • m • Matsui • Michael • N • P • Paul • Pearson • Peter • Philip • R • Reynolds • S • Saburo • Slater • Spiro • Stewart • Sutton • T • Taylor • Tester • Warner
• ISBN-10: 1-84755-008-8 / 1847550088
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84755-008-8 / 9781847550088