Gunther Residue Reviews/Rückstands-Berichte

Residues of Pesticides and Other Contaminants in the Total Environment/Rückstände von Pestiziden und anderem verunreinigendem Material in der gesamten Umwelt
1972
ISBN: 978-1-4615-8482-7
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 42, 183 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

That residues of pesticide and other contaminants in the total environ ment are of concern to everyone everywhere is attested by the reception accorded previous volumes of "Residue Reviews" and by the gratifying enthusiasm, sincerity, and efforts shown by all the individuals from whom manuscripts have been solicited. Despite much propaganda to the contrary, there can never be any serious question that pest-control chemicals and food-additive chemicals are essential to adequate food production, manu facture, marketing, and storage, yet without continuing surveillance and intelligent control some of those that persist in our foodstuffs could at times conceivably endanger the public health. Ensuring safety-in-use of these many chemicals is a dynamic challenge, for established ones are continually being displaced by newly developed ones more acceptable to food technologists, pharmacologists, toxicologists, and changing pest-con trol requirements in progressive food-producing economies. These matters are of genuine concern to increasing numbers of govern mental agencies and legislative bodies around the world, for some of these chemicals have resulted in a few mishaps from improper use. Adequate safety-in-use evaluations of any of these chemicals persisting into our food stuffs are not simple matters, and they incorporate the considered judg ments of many individuals highly trained in a variety of complex biol ogical, chemical, food technological, medical, pharmacological, and toxi cological disciplines.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gunther, Francis A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The metabolism of carbamate pesticides — A literature analysis. Part I.- The metabolism of carbamate pesticides — A literature analysis. Part II.- Pesticides for plant protection in Norway: Legislation, use, and residues.- Significance of mercury in the environment.- Pesticide regulation in Egypt.