Pesticides. Minimizing the Risks

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Content: Minimizing the risk associated with pesticide use : an overview / Alvin L. Young --
Current toxicology requirements for registration / Raymond A. Cardona --
Acute versus chronic toxicity and toxicological interactions involving pesticides / Raymond S.H. Yang --
New approaches for the use of short-term genotoxicity tests to evaluate mutagenic and carcinogenic potential / Frederick J. de Serres --
Simulation modeling in toxicology / J.T. Stevens and D.D. Sumner --
Vulnerability of pests : study and exploitation for safer chemical control / Robert M. Hollingworth --
Pests as part of the ecosystem / L.V. Madden --
Principles governing environmental mobility and fate / James N. Seiber --
Mammalian metabolism / H. Wyman Dorough --
Molecular modeling : a tool for designing crop protection chemicals / Erich R. Vorpagel --
Pesticide use : the need for proper protection, application, and disposal / W.K. Hock --
Educating the public concerning risks associated with toxic substances / Ronald W. Hart and Angelo Turturro --
Mass media's effect on public perceptions of pesticide risk : understanding media and improving science sources / JoAnn Myer Valenti --
Summary and discussion / Robert E. Menzer.

Author(s): Nancy N. Ragsdale and Ronald J. Kuhr (Eds.)
Series: ACS Symposium Series 336
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Year: 1987

Language: English
Pages: 180
City: Washington, DC