Pesticides : Health, Safety and the Environment

by Matthews, Graham

• ISBN13: 9781405130912
• ISBN10: 1405130911
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-07-11
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

There continues to be massive media coverage and public concern over the use of pesticides, the possible negative impacts on human health either by contact with residues in the environment or on our food, the impact on wildlife and the effects of long-term agrochemical use on the environment.Pesticides: health, safety and the environment examines how crop protection was achieved before pesticides were in use, how pesticides are registered for use now, pesticide application and the concerns over operator safety, and what happens to pesticides in food and the environment. Also included is an important chapter covering the future of pesticides in light of the growing use of crops which have been genetically modified to resist disease and attack by pests.Written by Professor Graham Matthews, one the world's foremost authorities on pesticides, Pesticides: health, safety and the environment is an essential purchase for all those dealing with pesticides whether in research, registration, formulation, application or sales.

Author Biography

Graham Matthews is Emeritus Professor at the Department of Biosciences, Imperial College, London, and is one of the world's foremost authorities on pesticides.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
Pesticides and agricultural development	1	(28)
Principal pesticides	3	(6)
Major crops	9	(6)
Forests	15	(1)
Tillage	15	(1)
Amenity areas and home gardens	16	(1)
Nuisance pests and vector control	16	(1)
Legislation	16	(13)
Approval of pesticides	29	(17)
Retrospective assessment	38	(2)
Environmental aspects	40	(1)
Endocrine disrupters	41	(2)
Approval in relation to efficacy	43	(1)
Operator proficiency	43	(1)
Waste management	44	(2)
Application of pesticides	46	(32)
Hydraulic sprayers	46	(20)
Space treatment equipment	66	(2)
Granule application	68	(1)
Seed treatment	69	(1)
Storage of pesticides and equipment	70	(1)
Timing and number of spray applications	71	(7)
Operator exposure	78	(30)
Methodology of measuring exposure	85	(3)
Exposure of hands	88	(3)
Inhalation exposure	91	(1)
Biomonitoring	92	(2)
First aid	94	(1)
Periods of exposure	95	(13)
Spray drift, bystander, resident and worker exposure	108	(25)
What is drift?	109	(1)
How is drift measured?	110	(2)
Airborne droplets	112	(3)
Bystander exposure	115	(5)
Residential exposure	120	(6)
Worker exposure	126	(7)
Environmental aspects of spray drift	133	(35)
Protecting water	133	(14)
Protecting vegetation	147	(4)
Protecting birds	151	(4)
Overall environmental impact assessments	155	(13)
Residues in food	168	(16)
The future of pesticides	184	(23)
Weed management	184	(1)
Disease management	185	(1)
Insect management	186	(1)
Traditional plant breeding	187	(4)
Present day pesticides	191	(3)
Other insecticides	194	(2)
More selective applications	196	(1)
Pheromones	197	(2)
GM crops	199	(2)
Perceptions and hopes for the future	201	(6)
Appendix 1 -- Some standard terms and abbreviations used in the approval of pesticides	207	(12)
Appendix 2 -- Checklist of important actions for pesticide users	219	(2)
Appendix 3 -- A note on the publication of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution Report and replay by the Advisory Committee on Pesticides	221	(2)
Index	223