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Chemical residues that may result from the use of pesticides in agriculture are steadily increasing in importance as an international problem. This is due in part to increased use of pesticides and in part to increased public awareness of the hazards (real and imaginary) inherent in the use of toxic compounds. It is inevitable that the use of pesticides will increase, rather than diminish, as efforts are intensified throughout the world to produce food sufficient to meet the needs of a rapidly-increasing population. It is evident that international agreement on laws and regulations to control pesticide uses and the resulting residues are essential if confusion and misunderstandings between nations and interference with international trade are to be avoided.
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Logothetis, C., Westlake, W.E. (1964). The role of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in the pesticide residue problem. In: Gunther, F.A. (eds) Residue Reviews/Rückstands-Berichte. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol 7. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8389-9_1
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