Product stewardship, 227
Public perception: importance of, 52
Pyrethins, 165
Pyrethroids: use in schools, 117
Pyrethrum, 2
Reentry intervals: establishment of, 32;
poor enforcement, 34
Reference dose (RFD), 79; EPA
establishment of, 80–81
Reference exposure levels (RELs), 195
Registries: for prior notification of
application, 177
Regulation/certification: loopholes and
amendments, 55; pesticide use,
52–54; regulatory authority myth,
59; safety and, 58–59
Residues and tolerances, 17; breakdown by
CaaD in soil, 214; detectable, 67;
FDA monitoring of, 77–78; non-
detect factor, 85, 88; in organic
foods, 102–03; reducing dietary risks,
68–70; revising criteria, 71–72; in
soil, 210; storage and processing
impact, 88–89; tolerance and food
safety, 75; underreporting of, 69;
violations or presumed violations, 68;
violative residues, 68
Resistance: cross-resistance, 47; genetic
variations in pest populations, 46–47;
to pesticides, 6–7
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
of 1976 (RCRA), 36
Rid, 165
Risk assessment, 18; adolescent Latino
knowledge and risk perception,
51–52; exposure calculation, 88;
farmers working to reduce pesticide
risk, 55; scientific studies of tolerance
levels, 76
Rodenticides, 2
Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed
Consent, 221
Roundup (glyphosate), 116
Runoff, 204Safe Drinking Water Act, 201–02; tracking
pesticide use, 207–08; unacceptable
risks, 206–07
Safe-pesticide use versus safer-pesticide use,
223–24
Safety: California study, 33; food, 65–111;
government regulation effects, 58–59;
legality and, 80–82; myths, 6;
personal protective equipment use,
33; training deficiencies, 32–33
Schools: herbicide use on grounds,
143–44; indoor pesticide
applications, 129–130; IPM in, 114,
120–25; legal aspects of asthma, 145;
nature of exposure in, 115–16;
outdoor pesticide applications, 130;
pesticide incidents across the nation,
134–143; pesticides and, 10–11;
pesticides in, 113–155; prohibition
on pesticide use, 130; restricted spray
zones around property, 129; three
pesticides to avoid, 116–17
Scientific studies: in risk assessment
process, 76
Secondary pests, 47
Signal words: toxicity categories,
45–46
Silent Spring, Rachel Carson, 2–3
Simazine, 164
Single-residue methods (SRM): FDA
testing of food shipments, 77
Soil, 208–15; adsorption: pesticide
leaching and, 211; pesticide
breakdown (degradation), 210;
properties and leaching potential,
210–11; texture: pesticide leaching
and, 210
Source reduction, 193–94
Source Water Assessment Plans (SWAPs),
207–08Index | 255