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Pesticides : developments, impacts, and controls /
This volume covers the developments in pesticide usage, with particular emphasis on the regulations that safeguard users, consumers and the environment. It provides a comprehensive guide to the use of pesticides and the efforts of manufacturers to develop pesticides that are both effective and envir...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge [England] :
The Royal Society of Chemistry,
1995.
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| Colección: | Special publication (Chemical Society (Great Britain)) ;
no. 174. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Pesticides
- Developments, Impacts, and Controls; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1. Monitoring and Adapting to the Changes in Pesticide Use Profiles That Occur in Response to Modern Pest Control and Environmental Requirements; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE DRIVING FORCES; 3. CONCLUSION
- FACING THE CHALLENGES; 3. CONCLUSION
- FACING THE CHALLENGES; References; Chapter 2. Non-agricultural Uses of Herbicides: Triazines to Glyphosate; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 NON-AGRICULTURAL HERBICIDES; 3 THE PROBLEM; 4 ACTIONS TAKEN; 4 RESULTS; 5 CONCLUSIONS; References.
- Chapter 3. Synthetic Pyrethroids Success StoryI INTRODUCTION; 2 WHAT IS A PYRETHROID?; 3 COMMERCIAL SUCCESS; 4 PROSPECTS FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS; References; Chapter 4. Analysis of Exposure to Pesticides Applied in a Regulated Environment; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. PREDICTIVE APPROACHES TO RISK ASSESSMENT; 3. ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR ASSESSMENT OF EXPOSURE; 4. DISCUSSION; References; Chapter 5. The Assessment of Operator Risk from Sheep Dipping Operations Using Organophosphate Based Dips; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 MATERIALS AND METHODS; 3 RESULTS; 4 DISCUSSION; 5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 6 REFERENCES.
- Chapter 6. Application Technology1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SPRAY DRIFT; 3.1 Other methods of application; 4.1 DISCUSSION; References; Chapter 7. Pesticides in Foodstuffs; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 LEGISLATION SPECIFIC TO PESTICIDES; 3 MONITORING OF PESTICIDE RESIDUES; 4 OVERALL MONITORING RESULTS; 5 SUMMARY; 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Chapter 8. The Poisoning of Non-target Animals; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 RESULTS OF INCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS; 3 SUMMARY; Acknowledgement; References; Chapter 9. Assessing the Environmental Impact of Sheep Dip on Surface Waters in Northern Ireland; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 STUDY AREA; 3 METHODS.
- 4 RESULTSDISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 10. Pesticides in Freshwaters from Arable Use; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 STANDARDS; 3 PESTICIDE USE; 4 SURVEILLANCE MONITORING; 5 PESTICIDE DETECTION; 5 ANALYTICAL METHODS DEVELOPMENT; 6 POLLUTION FROM ARABLE SOURCES OF PESTICIDES; 7 SOLUTIONS; Chapter 11. Pesticides in Groundwater; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 GROUNDWATER CHARACTERISTICS; 3 PATHWAYS OF CONTAMINATION; 4 PESTICIDES DETECTED; 5 PESTICIDE PROPERTIES WHICH DETERMINE MOVEMENT TO WATER; 6 ANALYSIS AND MONITORING; 7 GROUNDWATER PROTECTION POLICIES; 8 CONCLUSIONS; Acknowledgements; References.
- Chapter 12. The Removal of Pesticides During Drinking Water Treatment1. INTRODUCTION; 2. POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; 3. GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; 4. OZONE, OZONE+HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; 5. OZONE + GAC; 6. BIOLOGICAL, DEGRADATION; 7. MEMBRANES; 8. CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 13. Pesticide Usage in Marine Fish Farming
- The Role of the Chemist; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 USE OF CHEMICALS IN MARINE FISH FARMING; 3 REGULATION OF FISH MEDICINES; 4 ASSESSMENT OF THE SAFETY OF MEDICINES; 5 FUTURE OF CHEMICAL USAGE IN FISH FARMING; REFERENCES.