Pesticide risk assessment / edited by Sumitra Arora.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arora, Sumitra, author.

Contributor:

Arora, Sumitra, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pesticides--Risk assessment.

Pesticides.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (426 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England ; Boston, Massachusetts : CABI, [2019]

Summary:

This book reviews the environmental risks of pesticides and their mixtures, their method of estimation and assessment, and their regulation. Beginning with an overview of pesticide toxicity and risk assessment, it covers historical background, environmental impact, methodology, diagnostic and assessment tools, and legislation.

Contents:

Impact and estimation of pesticides

Pesticides

Impact of pesticides on environment

Pesticides risk and assessment

Toxicity of pesticides based on their mode of action

Diagnostic tools for pesticides detection

Toxicity of pesticides in mixtures with same mode of action

Toxicity of pesticides in mixtures with different mode of action

Techniques for pesticides risk assessment

Co-relation of pesticides risk and body characters

Co-relation of toxicity and classification of pesticides

Remediation to reduce pesticides risk

Pesticides risk case studies

Alternatives for reducing pesticides risk

Awareness for reducing pesticides risk

Regulation of pesticides and associated risks.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781780646664

1780646666

9781780646343

1780646348