Index
Acceptable daily intake (ADI), 80
Acidity (pH) of soil: pesticide leaching
and, 211
Adsorption in soil: pesticide leaching and, 211
Aerial spraying, 193
Aggregate exposure, 19
Agribusiness: inroads into organic
agriculture, 105–6
Agricultural pesticides, 9–10, 25–63;
disruption of soil activity, 211–12;
runoff, 204; spraying, 189–90; use in
the home, 161
Agriculture: changes, 237; organic, 238–39;
sustainable: IPM and, 238
Air: movement, spray drift and, 188;
pesticides in, 187–92
Airborne contamination: human health
and, 195–96; toxic air contaminant
law, 196
Air pollution: indoor, 157; off-target spray,
194
Aldicarb, 200, 225
Aldrin, 165, 226
American Association of Poison Control
Centers’ Toxic Exposure Surveillance
System, 11, 39–40
American Public Health Association:
support of IPM, 114
Antioxidants: in organic foods, 101–102
Aquatic environment: pesticides in, 200–201
Arsenic compounds, 2; use on
playgrounds, 143–44
Asia Crop Protection Association
(APCPA), 226
Asthma: pesticides and, 144–46
Atmosphere: pesticide residue and, 192–93
Atrazine, 48; danger of, 203; factors that
affect the fate of, 204; health effects
of, 203–4; populations at risk, 204;
regulation in drinking water, 204
A-200 Pyrinate, 165Bayer: corporate accountability, 230
Biological degradation, 7
Birth defects: pesticides and, 3–4
Body burden, 95, 239–40
Breakdown products: of pesticides, 85
Breakdown rate: indoor versus outdoor
pesticides, 160CaaD: pesticide residue breakdown in soil,
214