Pesticides A Toxic Time Bomb in Our Midst

Pesticides: A Toxic Time Bomb in Our Midst Marvin J. Levine PRAEGER http://www.ebook3000.com ...

Pesticides A Toxic Time Bomb in Our Midst Marvin J. Levine ...

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Levine, Marvin J., 1930– Pesticides : a toxic time bomb in our midst / Marvin ...

Contents - One The Pesticide Problem Preface vii - Two Pesticides in Agriculture Three Pesticides in Food Four Pes ...

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Preface The writing of this book came about through a serendipitous circumstance. I wrote a book dealing with child labor in the ...

Furthermore, in too many of the 110,000 school districts across the nation, untrained personnel are making critical decisions da ...

One One The Pesticide Problem Preface vii If we don’t change direction soon, we’ll end up where we’re going. —Professor Irwin Co ...

Historical Patterns of Pesticide Use The era of pesticides began in the nineteenth century when sulfur compounds were developed ...

the perceived) benefits of pesticides, along with questions about environmental and public health risks.^13 The pathways of huma ...

and parks, in food, and in water. Nationwide, 85 percent of households had at least one pesticide, and 47 percent of households ...

Though there is no conclusive evidence to date, several studies have indicated that chemicals that imitate estrogen might cause ...

organophosphates. These pesticides are often highly toxic to humans, but generally do not remain in the environment for long. Di ...

higher percentage of the population, until a highly resistant strain of pest evolves. When the conditions are right, the pestici ...

The designation given to a pesticide indicating its relative level of toxicity is called the lethal dose, or LD 50 value. This v ...

believing it to mean ‘‘harmless.’’ Since neither federal law nor the regulations define the term ‘‘inert’’ on the basis of toxic ...

agriculture can vary considerably from year to year, depending on weather, pest out- breaks, crop acreage, and economic factors ...

Pesticide opponents estimate there are some fifty insecticides, herbicides, and fungi- cides commonly used in and around schools ...

Eight states collect information on the use of pesticides within their states, but only two collect information on pesticides u ...

may be appropriate. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) may include crop rotation, biological control, and soil analysis and condit ...