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Main Title Pesticides : minimizing the risks /
Author Ragsdale, Nancy N. ; Kuhr, Ronald J.
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Author Title of a Work
Ragsdale, Nancy N.
Kuhr, Ronald J.
CORP Author American Chemical Society. Division of Agrochemicals.; American Chemical Society. Meeting
Publisher American Chemical Society,
Year Published 1987
OCLC Number 15162235
ISBN 0841210225; 9780841210226
Subjects Pesticides--Congresses ; Pesticides--Safety measures--Congresses ; Pesticides--Toxicology--Congresses ; Pesticidas ; Toxicologia Em Area Ambiental
Additional Subjects Pesticides--Congresses ; Pesticides--Safety measures--Congresses ; Pesticides--Toxicology--Congresses
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/book/10.1021/bk-1987-0336
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EKCM  SB950.93.P476 1987 CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL 01/01/1988
Collation vii, 183 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Notes
Minimizing the risk associated with pesticide use : an overview / Alvin L. Young -- Current toxicology requirements for registration / Raymond A. Cardona -- Acute versus chronic toxicity and toxicological interactions involving pesticides / Raymond S.H. Yang -- New approaches for the use of short-term genotoxicity tests to evaluate mutagenic and carcinogenic potential / Frederick J. de Serres -- Simulation modeling in toxicology / J.T. Stevens and D.D. Sumner -- Vulnerability of pests : study and exploitation for safer chemical control / Robert M. Hollingworth -- Pests as part of the ecosystem / L.V. Madden -- Principles governing environmental mobility and fate / James N. Seiber -- Mammalian metabolism / H. Wyman Dorough -- Molecular modeling : a tool for designing crop protection chemicals / Erich R. Vorpagel -- Pesticide use : the need for proper protection, application, and disposal / W.K. Hock -- Educating the public concerning risks associated with toxic substances / Ronald W. Hart and Angelo Turturro -- Mass media's effect on public perceptions of pesticide risk : understanding media and improving science sources / JoAnn Myer Valenti -- Summary and discussion / Robert E. Menzer.