Product Description
Environmental-friendliness, issues of public health, and the pros and cons of genetically-modified crops all receive regular coverage in the world's media. This, in turn, has led to increased questioning and investigation of chemical pesticides.Stenersen's concise introduction to chemical pesticides describes these compounds according to their biochemical mode of action, such as whether they are enzyme inhibitors, receptor ligands, or free radical generators. Chemical Pesticides provides answers to why pesticides are toxic to the target organism, how resistance develops, why pesticides are toxic to some organisms and not others. The book also discusses legal matters and concerns as well as potential environmental problems.

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Reference guide for toxicologists, libraries, public health officials, and lay people. Consists of a pesticide name index, charts of their characteristics, their chemical classes, and references. Staff of the Rachel Carson Council is coauthor.

Standard Pesticide User's Guide, The (7th Edition)
by Bert L. Bohmont (Author)

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