Overview
Sheds light on the usage and circulation of pesticides
Informs about the consequences of pesticides to nature, health and environment
Offers alternative concepts to the use of pesticides
Discusses the sustainable use of pesticides
Written by an expert in the field and based on scientific research and literature
Succinctly and concisely communicated in an easy-to-read-manner
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Table of contents (3 chapters)
Keywords
- Pesticides and health
- pesticides in food
- pesticides in the environment
- agriculture and chemicals
- pesticides and consequences to human health
- glyphosate in agriculture
- agroecosystems
- environmental ecology
- responsible consumption and production
- pesticides in daily life
- contact with pesticides
- reducing food waste
- herbicides
- insects dying worldwide
- insects dying
- silent spring
- glyphosate
- sustainability
- sustainable future
- sustainable agriculture
About this book
This book is a sound science report about the consequences of pesticides to nature, health and environment.
The book shares essential insights into the use of pesticides in agriculture, discusses the politics, rhetoric and profits involved, addresses the potential health and ecological risks of pesticides in our daily lives, and debates possible solutions. Does sustainable agriculture exist, and is agriculture without pesticides possible at all?
Moreover, the author gives insight into his scientific work, the set-up of the experiments, and also writes about his very own experiences with the media and press after publication of his studies.
For many years, Johann G. Zaller, an ecologist at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, and his team, have been researching applied chemicals and their effects on the environment. Their findings, together with relevant literature and media reports, are presented in this book, which offers a unique resource for anyone who wants to know the nature and background of pesticides and how we come into contact with them in our daily lives.
Ever ate an apple? Read this book!
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Johann G. Zaller is Associate Professor at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, Austria. He studied biology, botany and ecology at the Universities of Salzburg and Innsbruck in Austria. During his postgraduate research career he worked and studied in the United States, Argentina, Switzerland and Germany.
His research group at the University of Vienna investigates how environmental changes influence organisms and ecosystem functions. The group especially is interested in the effects of agricultural management measures (e.g. tillage, crop rotation, mowing, fertilising, pesticide applications) and the impacts of global changes (e.g. elevated atmospheric CO2, ultraviolet-B radiation, rainfall and temperature variations, invasive species).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Daily Poison
Book Subtitle: Pesticides - an Underestimated Danger
Authors: Johann G. Zaller
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50530-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-50529-5Published: 29 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-50530-1Published: 28 October 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 305
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Additional Information: English translation from the German language edition: Unser Täglich Gift - Pestizide - Die Unterschätzte Gefahr by Johann G. Zaller Copyright © Deuticke im Paul Zsolnay Verlag Wien 2018
Topics: Popular Life Sciences, Ecology, Popular Science in Nature and Environment, Agriculture, Pharmacology/Toxicology