the chemical weapon that kills life : the USSR's tragic experience /
First Statement of Responsibility
Lev A. Fedorov, Alexey V. Yablokov ; [translated by Lilia P. Poger].
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Sofia :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Pensoft,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (136 pages).
SERIES
Series Title
Pensoft environmental series ;
Volume Designation
no. 4
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-136).
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Experience of all former Soviet republics with the use of pesticides is imminent in order to properly understand the causes and effects of pesticide dissemination all over the globe. Never in any country has so much medical and biological research on the consequences of pesticide use been seen as in the USSR in the 1970's through 1980's. These data mostly remained secret until the 1990's. Part of this material is being presented here to the Western reader for the first time. Among the problems discussed, there are: regulation, control, and economic use of pesticides in USSR agriculture; air, water and soil contamination; transformation of pesticides in the environment and in food products; human and animal poisoning by different types of pesticide; morbidity and mortality associated with pesticides, genetic effects, and effects on reproduction, endocrine and other systems; bioaccumulation; pesticides as poisons for cultivated plants; pesticide resistance in target species; connection of chemical weaponry plants with pesticide production.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS NOTE (ELECTRONIC RESOURCES)
Text of Note
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Pesticides.
International Standard Book Number
9789546422057
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Pesticides-- Environmental aspects-- Former Soviet republics.