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The Pesticide Question

Environment, Economics and Ethics

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  • © 1993

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  1. David Pimentel
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  2. Hugh Lehman
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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. New Directions for Pesticide Use

      • Hugh Lehman
      Pages 3-9

  3. Social and Environmental Effects of Pesticides

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. The Impact of Pesticides on the Environment

      • Clive A. Edwards
      Pages 13-46

    3. Assessment of Environmental and Economic Impacts of Pesticide Use

      • David Pimentel, H. Acquay, M. Biltonen, P. Rice, M. Silva, J. Nelson et al.
      Pages 47-84

    4. The Relationship Between “Cosmetic Standards” for Foods and Pesticide Use

      • David Pimentel, Colleen Kirby, Anoop Shroff
      Pages 85-105

    5. Risk of Pesticide-Related Health Effects: An Epidemiologic Approach

      • Stanley Schuman
      Pages 106-125

    6. Pesticides and Natural Toxicants in Foods

      • Thomas W. Culliney, David Pimentel, Marcia H. Pimentel
      Pages 126-150

  4. Methods and Effects of Reducing Pesticide Use

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
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    2. Socioeconomic Impacts and Social Implications of Reducing Pesticide and Agricultural Chemical Use in the United States

      • Frederick H. Buttel
      Pages 153-181

    3. Swedish Pesticide Policy in a Changing Environment

      • Olle Pettersson
      Pages 182-205

    4. Reducing Pesticide Use by 50% in the Province of Ontario: Challenges and Progress

      • G. A. Surgeoner, W. Roberts
      Pages 206-222

    5. Environmental and Economic Impacts of Reducing U.S. Agricultural Pesticide Use

      • David Pimentel, Lori McLaughlin, Andrew Zepp, Benyamin Lakitan, Tamara Kraus, Peter Kleinman et al.
      Pages 223-278

  5. Government Policy and Pesticide Use

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 279-279
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    2. Government Policies That Encourage Pesticide Use in the United States

      • Kenneth A. Dahlberg
      Pages 281-306

    3. Pesticide Use Trends and Issues in the United States

      • Craig Osteen
      Pages 307-336

    4. Alar: The EPA’s Mismanagement of an Agricultural Chemical

      • Janet S. Hathaway
      Pages 337-343

  6. History, Public Attitudes, and Ethics in Regard to Pesticide Use

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 345-345
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    2. Values, Ethics, and the Use of Synthetic Pesticides in Agriculture

      • Hugh Lehman
      Pages 347-379
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About this book

Pesticides have contributed impressively to our present-day agricultural productivity, but at the same time they are at the center of serious concerns about safety, health, and the environment. Increasingly, the public wonders whether the benefits of pesticides - `the perfect red apple' - outweigh the costs of environmental pollution, human illness, and the destruction of animals and our habitat. Scientists and government officials are suspected of promoting commercial interests rather than protecting human welfare.

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`A comprehensive discussion of the pesticide policy debate.'
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`...useful, in places, as a source of information and is certainly stimulating.'
Journal of Applied Toxicology
`... a useful presentation of the problems connected with pesticide use.'
Journal of Pesticide Reform

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Pesticide Question

  • Book Subtitle: Environment, Economics and Ethics

  • Editors: David Pimentel, Hugh Lehman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b102353

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-412-03581-4Published: 30 April 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-6998-2Published: 05 March 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-585-36973-0Published: 15 August 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 442

  • Topics: Ecotoxicology, Ecology, Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Life Sciences, general

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology

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