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Poisoned Harvest

Consumer's Guide to Pesticide Use and Abuse

Christopher Robbins (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

1991
Gollancz (Verlag)
978-0-575-04797-6 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.3.1991
Zusatzinfo	forms transparencies
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	126 x 198 mm
Gewicht	240 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	0-575-04797-6 / 0575047976
ISBN-13	978-0-575-04797-6 / 9780575047976
Zustand	Neuware