Pesticides : minimizing the risks / Nancy N. Ragsdale, editor ; Ronald J. Kuhr, editor ; developed from a symposium sponsored by the Division of Agrochemicals at the 191st Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New York, New York, April 13-18, 1986.
Material type: TextSeries: ACS symposium series ; 336 | ACS symposium series ; 336Publication details: Washington, DC : American Chemical Society, 1987.Description: vii, 183 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780841210226
- 0841210225
- 632.95 PES
- 632/.95 19
- SB950.93 .P476 1987
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Includes bibliographies and indexes.
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.
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.