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Title The BMA guide to pesticides, chemicals and health
Published London : Published on behalf of the British Medical Association by Edward Arnold, [1992]
©1992

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 MELB  363.17 BMA-B  AVAILABLE
Description vii, 215 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Contents Introduction: background -- 1. The developing role of pesticides and other agrochemicals -- Managing the environment -- The history of pest control -- A developing terminology -- The need for pesticides -- Public attitudes -- Pesticides and the ecosystem -- Human health concerns -- Present use of agricultural chemicals -- 2. Pesticides, chemicals and the environment -- The water cycle -- Sources of water pollution -- Pesticides in water -- Other sources of water contamination -- Water purification -- Chemicals in soil -- Environmental controls -- 3. Pesticide manufacture and testing -- Constituents and formulation -- Pesticide production -- Manufacturing processes -- Formulation processes -- Prevention and control measures -- Testing and product development -- Pesticide approval -- Accidents during manufacture and formulation -- Storage, transport and distribution -- Exports, imports and the agrochemical market -- 4. Areas of use -- Agriculture and horticulture -- Developing training techniques -- Livestock and fish farming -- Forestry -- Public amenities and utilities -- Fumigation and wood preservation -- Manufactured products -- Homes and gardens -- 5. Effects on individual health -- Short-term health effects -- Long-term health effects -- 6. Effects on health in the community -- The idea of risk -- Assessment methods: toxicology and epidemiology -- Data collection -- Setting limits -- Risks to consumers and the general public -- Risks to children -- Risks to wildlife and the environment -- 7. Law and enforcement -- Statutes and common law -- Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 -- Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 -- Pesticides: Code of Practice 1990 -- Other UK legislation -- European Community -- World Health Organisation -- Freedom of Information -- Enforcement agencies -- 8. Education and training -- Educating the doctors -- Training the workers -- 9. Alternatives to conventional pesticides for pest control -- Integrated pest management -- Preventative methods -- Biological control -- Semiochemicals -- Biotechnology and genetic control -- Organic farming -- 10. Pesticides in the next century -- Pesticides: evaluating the risk -- The need for a pesticides policy -- Pesticides: the precautionary approach
Analysis Pesticides
Pesticides
Public health
Toxicology
Notes First published by the British Medical Association: 1990
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Credits A report from the BMA Professional Scientific and International Affairs Division
Subject Agricultural chemicals.
Environmental health.
Pesticides -- Toxicology.
Pesticides.
Pests -- Control.
Spraying and dusting in agriculture -- Safety measures.
Spraying and dusting residues in agriculture.
Agricultural chemicals.
Environmental health.
Pesticides -- Health aspects.
Pesticides -- Toxicology.
Pesticides.
Pests -- Control.
Spraying and dusting in agriculture -- Safety measures.
Spraying and dusting residues in agriculture.
Environmental Health.
Environmental Pollution.
Pesticides.
SUBJECT United Kingdom. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006113
United Kingdom. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006113
Genre/Form Legislation.
Author Gann, Robert, Consultant writer
Morgan, David R., editor
British Medical Association.
LC no. 93111599
ISBN 0340549246
Other Titles Pesticides, chemicals and health
Pesticides chemicals and health