The Pesticide Question

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

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.

• animals
• environment
• environmental pollution
• health effects
• pesticide
• pesticides
• pollution
• ecotoxicology

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Ecos
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Journal of Applied Toxicology
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Journal of Pesticide Reform

Policies and ethics