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Agricultural chemicals and the environment / editors, R.E. Hester and R.M. Harrison.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Issues in environmental science and technology ; 5.
- Issues in environmental science and technology, 1350-7583 ; 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agricultural chemicals--Environmental aspects.
- Agricultural chemicals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (142 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, U.K. : Royal Society of Chemistry, Information Services, c1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Enormous increases in agricultural productivity can properly be associated with the use of chemicals. This statement applies equally to crop production through the use of fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides, as to livestock production and the associated use of drugs, steroids and other growth accelerators. There is, however a dark side to this picture and it is important to balance the benefits which flow from the use of agricultural chemicals against their environmental impacts which sometimes are seriously disadvantageous. Agricultural Chemicals and the Environment explores a variety of i
- Contents:
- BK9780854042203-FX001; BK9780854042203-FP001; BK9780854042203-FP005; BK9780854042203-FP007; BK9780854042203-FP009; BK9780854042203-FP010; BK9780854042203-00001; BK9780854042203-00027; BK9780854042203-00043; BK9780854042203-00057; BK9780854042203-00085; BK9780854042203-00109; BK9780854042203-00123
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781847550088
- 1847550088
- 9781591244127
- 1591244129
- OCLC:
- 843640529
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