Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News
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Page : 532 pages
File Size : 27,46 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Pesticides
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Page : 532 pages
File Size : 27,46 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Pesticides
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Author : Oliver Milman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 20,43 MB
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1324006609
A devastating examination of how collapsing insect populations worldwide threaten everything from wild birds to the food on our plate. From ants scurrying under leaf litter to bees able to fly higher than Mount Kilimanjaro, insects are everywhere. Three out of every four of our planet’s known animal species are insects. In The Insect Crisis, acclaimed journalist Oliver Milman dives into the torrent of recent evidence that suggests this kaleidoscopic group of creatures is suffering the greatest existential crisis in its remarkable 400-million-year history. What is causing the collapse of the insect world? Why does this alarming decline pose such a threat to us? And what can be done to stem the loss of the miniature empires that hold aloft life as we know it? With urgency and great clarity, Milman explores this hidden emergency, arguing that its consequences could even rival climate change. He joins the scientists tracking the decline of insect populations across the globe, including the soaring mountains of Mexico that host an epic, yet dwindling, migration of monarch butterflies; the verdant countryside of England that has been emptied of insect life; the gargantuan fields of U.S. agriculture that have proved a killing ground for bees; and an offbeat experiment in Denmark that shows there aren’t that many bugs splattering into your car windshield these days. These losses not only further tear at the tapestry of life on our degraded planet; they imperil everything we hold dear, from the food on our supermarket shelves to the medicines in our cabinets to the riot of nature that thrills and enlivens us. Even insects we may dread, including the hated cockroach, or the stinging wasp, play crucial ecological roles, and their decline would profoundly shape our own story. By connecting butterfly and bee, moth and beetle from across the globe, the full scope of loss renders a portrait of a crisis that threatens to upend the workings of our collective history. Part warning, part celebration of the incredible variety of insects, The Insect Crisis is a wake-up call for us all.
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Page : 346 pages
File Size : 19,3 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Pesticides
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Author : Jeremy Harris
Publisher : CABI
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 22,59 MB
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0851994768
During recent decades, there has been a steady increase in the use of chemical pesticides in both developed and developing countries. This has caused widespread concern about their impact on human health and on the environment. This is particularly the case in less developed countries which may lack appropriate resources to minimize the risks and rectify problems. The purpose of this book is to provide a review of:information on the scale of manufacture, import, export and use of chemical pesticides; examples of direct risks to human welfare in terms of acute poisonings caused by occupational exposure and pesticide residues in food; examples of problems with the storage of obsolete stocks of pesticides in developing countries. The focus is on acute problems in developing countries, particularly in Latin America, Asia and Africa, but some information is also provided about developed countries.
Author : National Agricultural Chemicals Association
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Page : 436 pages
File Size : 30,55 MB
Release : 1966-10
Category : Fungicides
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Author : IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,18 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Carcinogens
ISBN : 9789283201502
This volume of the IARC Monographs provides evaluations of the carcinogenicity of some organophosphate insecticides and herbicides, including diazinon, glyphosate, malathion, parathion, and tetrachlorvinphos. Diazinon acts on a wide range of insects on crops, gardens, livestock, and pets, but most uses have been restricted in the USA, Canada, and the European Union since the 1980s. Glyphosate is the most heavily used agricultural and residential herbicide in the world, and has been detected in soil, air, surface water, and groundwater, as well as in food. Malathion is one of the oldest and most widely used organophosphate insecticides, and has a broad spectrum of applications in agriculture and public health, notably mosquito control. The insecticide parathion has been largely banned or restricted throughout the world due to toxicity to wildlife and humans. Tetrachlorvinphos is banned in the European Union, but continues to be used in the USA and elsewhere as an insecticide on animals, including in pet flea collars. The IARC Monographs Working Group reviewed epidemiological evidence, animal bioassays, and mechanistic and other relevant data to reach conclusions as to the carcinogenic hazard to humans of these agents.
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Page : 394 pages
File Size : 30,34 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Pesticides
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Page : 578 pages
File Size : 23,91 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Pesticides
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Page : pages
File Size : 34,36 MB
Release : 1976
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Author : William George Smith
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Page : 16 pages
File Size : 40,59 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Information storage and retrieval systems
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