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RECORD NUMBER: 454 OF 4625| Main Title | Basic guide to pesticides : their characteristics and hazards / | ||||||||||||||||
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| Author | Briggs, Shirley A. | ||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, | ||||||||||||||||
| Year Published | 1992 | ||||||||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 29483423 | ||||||||||||||||
| ISBN | 1560322535; 9781560322535 | ||||||||||||||||
| Subjects | Pesticides--Toxicology ; Pollutants ; Environmental Pollutants ; Pesticides--adverse effects ; Pesticiden ; Milieueffecten ; Environmental Pollutants--handbooks ; Pesticides--adverse effects--handbooks | ||||||||||||||||
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| Collation | xvii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Contents Notes | Plan and Sources -- How To Use This Guide -- Index of Pesticide Names -- Charts of Pesticide Characteristics -- Chemical Classes of Pesticides -- References -- Using Pesticides -- Alternatives to pesticides / Robert van den Bosch -- The 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. |