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Description: |
xvii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: Information of the constituents, characteristics, health effects, environmental impact of pesticides, and the pesticides' toxic effects on mammals, other forms of life, and the environment. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Alternatives to pesticides / Robert van den Bosch -- Meaning of carcinogenicity testing / William Lijinsky -- Pesticides and our environment / Charles R. Walker -- Environmental and economic impacts of pesticide use / David Pimentel, et al -- U.S. federal regulation of pesticides, 1910-1988 / Shirley A. Briggs. |