Pesticides.See alsoAgricultural pesticides;
Commercial pesticides; Household
pesticides; Lawn and garden
pesticides; Synthetic pesticides: in
agriculture, 9–10, 25–63; air, water,
and soil, 187–218; airborne
contamination, 195–96; in the
aquatic environment, 200–201;
asthma and, 144–46; banned,
225–26; becoming hazardous waste,
36; blunders in the home, 168–170;
the body burden and, 95, 239–240;
cause, 67; caveats and uncertainty, 14;
contamination of groundwater, 13;
cosmetic, 236–37; daily exposures,
85, 86–87t; detectable residues, 67;
disposal, 163–64; education,
179–180; eight fallacies about,
118–120; exposure numbers, 223;
factors involved in health risks,
161–62; fate in the environment, 7;
Federal regulation, 14–15; financial
problems of regulation, 42–43; future
prospects, 20–21; GAO study,
11–12; harmful breakdown products,
85; health effects on children, 3–4;
historical patterns of use, 2–3;
historical study efforts on water
pollution, 202–03; homeowner
awareness of pesticide risks, 163;
homes, lawns, and gardens, 157–185;
the human costs, 228–29; illegal
application, 167–68; inadequate legal
enforcement, 16–17; incidents in
schools across the nation, 134–143;
incomplete label data, 167–68;
indoor surfaces, 160;
inert ingredients, 8; information
needs for registration, 16;
international regulation, 220–21;
international trade in, 219–233;
leaching, 205; misuse of, 224;
monitoring exposure, 43; myth of,59–60; new discoveries, 4–5; pets
and, 168; picture in Asia, 226–27;
poisoning of children, 4; potency of,
46; product stewardship, 227; public
concern, 97–98; public consciousness,
242–43; realistic considerations, 181;
regulation/certification, 52–54;
residues and tolerances, 17–18;
resistance, 6; restricted and canceled
uses, 95–97; risks to children, 162;
runoff, 204; safety myths, 6; in
schools, 113–155; schools and,
10–11; scope of exports, 220; small
vendors, 222; soil, 208–15; State
regulations, 15–16; store employees
untrained regarding use, 168; three
major groups, 5–6; toxicity, 7–8,
44–45; tracking water pollution,
207–08; types of produce and score,
83–84; usage, 5; using farm pesticides
in the home, 161; water quality and,
12–13, 199–208; in wells, 202
Pest management: persistence factors, 214;
store employees untrained regarding
use, 168
Pest resistance: genetic variations and,
46–47
Pets: exposure to pesticides, 160; pesticides
and, 168
Photochemical degradation, 7
Photodegradation: pesticides in soil, 212
Playground toxins, 143–44
Poisoning: of children, 4; specific cases, 229
Policy reforms, 235–36
PON-1 enzyme: pesticides and, 95–96
Posting: notification signs for pesticide
applications, 177; problems with
lawn postings, 178
Precautionary principle, 236
Primary care providers: pesticide issues
and, 37–38
Prior Informed Consent (PIC) clause: FAO
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