Nancy N. Ragsdale, editor, James N. Seiber, editor
ix, 286 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm
ACS symposium series ;
734
Includes bibliographical references
Examining risks and benefits associated with pesticide use : an overview / James N. Seiber and Nancy N. Ragsdale -- Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 : major changes to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and impacts of the changes to pesticide regulatory decisions / Stephen L. Johnson and Joseph E. Bailey -- Evaluating exposures of infants and children to pesticides / R.D. Thomas -- Issues related to screening and testing for endocrine disrupting chemicals / James C. Lamb, IV and Shanna M. Brown -- Aggregate and cumulative exposure and risk assessment / Charles B. Breckenridge, Robert L. Sielken, Jr., and James T. Stevens -- New science, new processes, and new problems : the food quality protection act from a state perspective / Jean-Mari Peltier -- Natural products as leads for new pesticides with reduced risks / Gary D. Crouse -- Precision farming : technologies and information as risk-reduction tools / Franklin R. Hall -- Human exposure assessment in risk perception and risk management / R.I. Krieger -- Impact of patent policy on bioremediation with living organisms / H.N. Nigg, D.R. Saliwanchik, and R. Saliwanchik -- The role of benefits in the regulatory arena / Nancy N. Ragsdale and Ronald E. Stinner -- Pesticides and human health : the influence of pesticides on levels of naturally-occurring plant and fungal toxins / Carl K. Winter -- Importance of pesticides in integrated pest management / D. Raymond Forney -- The economic, health, and environmental benefits of pesticide use / Scott Rawlins -- Beneficial impacts of pesticide use for consumers / Leonard P. Gianessi -- Global harmonization of pesticide registrations / K.S. Rao -- Foreign competition and trade / John J. VanSickle -- Marketing agricultural products internationally / Robert L. Epstein and Carolyn Fillmore Wilson -- Current status of domestic and international controls for methyl bromide and the status of alternatives / Ralph T. Ross -- Pesticide disposal in developing countries : international training course to manage risks from obsolete pesticides / Janice King Jensen, Kevin Costello, and Kay Rudolph
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Pesticides.
Pesticides-- Environmental aspects-- United States, Congresses