Publisher's Synopsis
This text covers recent developments in pesticide usage, with particular emphasis on the regulations that safeguard users, consumers and the environment. It also provides a comprehensive guide to the whole "story" of the pesticide business, from the efforts of manufacturers to produce products that are both effective and environmentally benign; the difficulties and hazards associated with the application of these substances; their environmental effects, particularly in water; and to the control of storage, use and residue levels in non-agricultural habitat and in foodstuffs.;The book covers the use of chemicals in fish farming and weed control, and methods of detection of pesticide residues in ground water, rivers and the North Sea. To do so it draws on a wide range of expertise and experience, with contributors active at the various stages, demonstrating the value of good science in presenting relevant and reliable data on environmental impacts.
