Product Description
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.

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Guide Still a Great Reference by Steve Sutter

5 Stars
January 10, 2007
Bear in mind the book was published in 1992. But the text has withstood the test of time. It's a wealth of information for pesticide educators that can now be supplemented by on-line information. To give you a clue, I don't plan to sell my used copy because of the extensive pesticide-specific data, and the excellent articles I can't find anywhere else. A tribute to Rachel herself.

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