Table of Contents

New Directions for Pesticide Use.- Social and Environmental Effects of Pesticides.- The Impact of Pesticides on the Environment.- Assessment of Environmental and Economic Impacts of Pesticide Use.- The Relationship Between “Cosmetic Standards” for Foods and Pesticide Use.- Risk of Pesticide-Related Health Effects: An Epidemiologic Approach.- Pesticides and Natural Toxicants in Foods.- Methods and Effects of Reducing Pesticide Use.- Socioeconomic Impacts and Social Implications of Reducing Pesticide and Agricultural Chemical Use in the United States.- Swedish Pesticide Policy in a Changing Environment.- Reducing Pesticide Use by 50% in the Province of Ontario: Challenges and Progress.- Environmental and Economic Impacts of Reducing U.S. Agricultural Pesticide Use.- Government Policy and Pesticide Use.- Government Policies That Encourage Pesticide Use in the United States.- Pesticide Use Trends and Issues in the United States.- Alar: The EPA’s Mismanagement of an Agricultural Chemical.- History, Public Attitudes, and Ethics in Regard to Pesticide Use.- Values, Ethics, and the Use of Synthetic Pesticides in Agriculture.- Growing Public Concern Over Pesticides in Food and Water.- Pesticides: Historical Changes Demand Ethical Choices.- The Benefits and Risks of Pesticides: Two Views.- Seeking a Balanced Perspective.- An Increasing Public Concern.

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`A comprehensive discussion of the pesticide policy debate.'
Ecos
`...useful, in places, as a source of information and is certainly stimulating.'
Journal of Applied Toxicology
`... a useful presentation of the problems connected with pesticide use.'
Journal of Pesticide Reform