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1 online resource (317 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Financial Support; Chapter One: Plan and Sources; Selection of Pesticide Materials Included; Sources of Information on Pesticides; Chapter Two: How To Use This Guide; The Charts; Use of the Index of Names; Transformation Products, Contaminants, Components; Toxicity; Effects on Mammals; Immediate Toxicity; Immediate Toxicity Ratings; Long-term Toxicity; Cumulative; Biomagnification; Carcinogen; Suspect Carcinogen; Mutagen; Suspect Mutagen; Teratogen; Suspect Teratogen; Fetotoxin |
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Organ DamageNeurotoxin; Delayed Toxicity; Immunotoxin; Viral Enhancer; Explanation of Terms on the Charts; Transformation Products, Contaminants, Components; Classes of Pesticides; Chief Pesticide Use and Status; Statements in Quotation Marks; Question Marks; Persistence; Adverse Effects on other Non-target Species: Physical Properties; Biocide; Immediate Toxicity, Long-term Toxicity; Mutations in Plants; Physical Properties; Water Solubility; Oil Solubility; Scales for Rating Solubility of Toxic Materials; Volatility; Fire Hazard; Environmental Effects |
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Varying Vulnerability to Pesticide PoisoningChapter Three: Index of Pesticide Names; Chapter Four: Charts of Pesticide Characteristics; Chapter Five: Chemical Classes of Pesticides; Chapter Six: References; Commonly Used Sources; References for Charts; Essential Background References; Appendix One: Using Pesticides; Appendix Two: Alternatives to Pesticides; IPM; Appendix Three: The Meaning of Carcinogenicity Testing; Appendix Four: Pesticides and Our Environment; Appendix Five: Environmental and Economic Impacts of Pesticide Use; Appendix Six: U.S. Federal Regulation of Pesticides, 1910-1988 |
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Print version record |
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Pesticides -- Toxicology.
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Pollutants.
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Environmental Pollutants
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Pesticides -- adverse effects
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Pesticide residues |
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Toxic substances |
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Adverse effects |
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Pollutants |
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pollutants.
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Pollutants
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Pesticides -- Toxicology
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Pestizid
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Toxizität
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Strauss, Steven
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| ISBN |
9781351464604 |
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1351464604 |
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9781351464598 |
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1351464590 |
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