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Autore |
Matthews G. A |
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Titolo |
Pesticides [[electronic resource] ] : health, safety and the environment / / G.A. Matthews |
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Oxford ; ; Ames, Iowa, USA, : Blackwell Pub., 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-74843-5 |
9786610748433 |
0-470-76249-7 |
0-470-99585-8 |
1-4051-7298-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Pesticides |
Pesticides - Environmental aspects |
Pesticides - Health aspects |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Pesticides and agricultural development -- Approval of pesticides -- Application of pesticides -- Operator exposure -- Spray drift, bystander, resident and worker exposure -- Environmental aspects of spray drift -- Residues in food -- The future of pesticides. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Over the last five decades pesticides have undoubtedly helped to increase agricultural production and control vectors of disease, however the environmental impact of long term agro-chemical use has been cause for concern along with the effects on human health. In Pesticides, Graham Matthews begins by looking at the developmental history of pesticides, and how crop protection was achieved before they were in use, how pesticides are registered for use and what happens to pesticides in food and the environment. Pesticide application and operator safety is investigated and the |
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