Includes bibliographical references and index.

Background to pesticide hazards -- International regulation for pesticides -- Controls on pesticide trade -- About the Pesticide hazard -- Issues at stake -- Trading in hazard -- Global pesticide market -- Pesticide trade and the FAO code of conduct -- Exporters' responsibilities -- European exports -- Production moving to the Third World -- Trade liberalisation and the free market -- Health and safety -- Numbers game -- Agricultural labourers face highest risk -- Poor countries/poor statistics -- Chronic exposure: a chronic problem -- Records over-emphasise suicides -- Aerial spraying: a blanket hazard -- Storage and disposal: limitations -- Food contamination -- Pesticide poisoning: can doctors diagnose? -- Labelling: not an antidote -- Dare we spray? environment and alternatives -- Pesticides in the environment -- Insect resistance -- Water pollution -- Destruction of non-target animals -- Localised pollution -- Aerial spraying -- Alternatives -- Country reports -- Brazil -- Costa Rica -- Ecuador -- Paraguay -- Venezuela -- Egypt -- South Africa -- India -- Malaysia.