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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 60351 |
| CIS number |
93-951 |
| ISBN(s) |
1-85649-201-X (hard); 1-85649-202-8 (soft) |
| Year |
1993 |
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| Author(s) |
Dinham B.
The Pesticides Trust |
| Title |
The pesticide hazard: A global health and environmental audit |
| Bibliographic information |
Zed Books Ltd., 57 Caledonian Road, London N1 9BU, United Kingdom and 165 First Ave., Atlantic Hughlands, NJ 07716, USA, 1993. 228p. Illus. Bibl.ref. Index. |
| Abstract |
World survey of pesticide use, and of the effects of pesticides on health and the environment. Contents: introduction (background, international regulation, controls on pesticide trade); trading in pesticides; health and safety (number of workers exposed, particular problem of agricultural labourers, low-income countries and unreliable statistics, chronic exposure, overreporting of suicides, aerial spraying, problems of storage and disposal, food contamination, problems of medical diagnosis of pesticide poisoning, labelling issues); environmental issues; country reports (Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela, Egypt, South Africa, India, Malaysia). In annex: questionnaire survey addressed to major agrochemical corporations, and a summary of the responses; producers of PIC (Prior Informed Consent) pesticides still available and of potential PIC pesticides. Glossary. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
agricultural chemicals; developing countries; toxic substances; pesticides |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
India; Venezuela; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Paraguay; Malaysia; Egypt; South Africa; diagnosis; agricultural operations; crop protection; statistics; list of chemical substances; exposure evaluation; survey; questionnaire survey; environmental pollution; hazard identification; chronic poisoning; food contamination; glossary; Brazil |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
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| Browse category(ies) |
OSH in developing countries
Agricultural chemicals
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