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Record Nr.

UNINA9910142519303321

Titolo

Agricultural chemicals and the environment / / editors, R.E. Hester and R.M. Harrison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, U.K., : Royal Society of Chemistry, Information Services, c1996

ISBN

1-84755-008-8

1-59124-412-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (142 p.)

Collana

Issues in environmental science and technology, , 1350-7583 ; ; 5

Altri autori (Persone)

HesterR. E (Ronald E.)

HarrisonRoy M. <1948->

Disciplina

577.27/3

Soggetti

Agricultural chemicals - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BK9780854042203-FX001; BK9780854042203-FP001; BK9780854042203-FP005; BK9780854042203-FP007; BK9780854042203-FP009; BK9780854042203-FP010; BK9780854042203-00001; BK9780854042203-00027; BK9780854042203-00043; BK9780854042203-00057; BK9780854042203-00085; BK9780854042203-00109; BK9780854042203-00123

Sommario/riassunto

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 i