Download or read book Toxicological Profile for DDT DDE and DDD written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Before Silent Spring written by James C. Whorton and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-08 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern consumers are well aware that the food they eat is tainted by pesticidal residues; they are less aware that their great-grandparents faced the same hazard. James C. Whorton's history of this public health menace emphasizes that insecticides have been contaminating produce since the introduction of chemical pesticides in the 1860s. The book examines the period before the publication of Rachel Carson's famous Silent Spring, tracing the origins of the residue problem and exploring the complicated network of interest groups that formed around the issue. The author shows how economic necessities, technological limitations, and pressures on regulatory agencies have brought us to "our present dilemma of seemingly having to poison our food in order to protect it." In Part I, the agricultural and medical literature of the past century is used to analyze the emergence by 1920 of a public health danger of serious proportions. Part II draws heavily on the unpublished records of the Food and Drug Administration to document how the ineffective handling of this danger established precedents for present pesticide abuses. Originally published in 1975. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Download or read book From Arsenic to DDT written by Paul William Riegert and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Riegert examines the role played by insects in western Canada. He outlines efforts made by amanteurs and trained scientists to identify, study, and understand, and then to control and neurtralize the harmful effects of, a great array of insect pests.

Download or read book The Effect of Lead Arsenate and DDT in Soils on Plant Growth written by James Albert Porter and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book American Pests written by James E. McWilliams and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the still-revolutionary theories of Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring," McWilliams argues for a more harmonious and rational approach to people's relationship with insects, one that does not harm the environment and, consequently, ourselves along the way.

Download or read book Toxicological Profile for Arsenic Update written by Selene Chou and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Characterizes the toxicologic and adverse health effects for arsenic, which has been found in many sites targeted for long-term fed. cleanup activities. Contents: (1) The examination, summary, and interpretation of available toxicologic info. and epidemiologic evaluations on arsenic to ascertain the levels of significant human exposure for the substance and the associated chronic health effects; (2) A determination of whether adequate info. on the health effects of arsenic is available to determine levels of exposure that present a significant risk to human health of chronic health effects; and (3) Identification of toxicologic testing needed to identify the types or levels of exposure that may present significant risk of adverse health effects in humans. Illus.

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Download or read book The Role of Some Substitutes for Lead Arsenate Or DDT in the Apple Spray Program written by Walter Seneff Hough and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Drug Book written by Michael C. Gerald and published by Union Square + ORM. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A beautiful and well-researched historical guide to significant drugs” from the author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Prescription Drugs (Library Journal). Throughout history, humans everywhere have searched for remedies to heal our bodies and minds. Covering everything from ancient herbs to cutting-edge chemicals, this book in the hugely popular Milestones series looks at 250 of the most important moments in the development of life-altering, life-saving, and sometimes life-endangering pharmaceuticals. Illustrated entries feature ancient drugs like alcohol, opium, and hemlock; the smallpox and the polio vaccines; homeopathic cures; and controversial medical treatments like ether, amphetamines, and Xanax—while shining a light on the scientists, doctors, and companies who brought them to us. “These true tales of discovery in The Drug Book by Michael C. Gerald might change the way you think about your medicine.” —The Healthy “An excellent starting point for student researchers and is very browsable for the general reader.” —Booklist

Download or read book Arsenic Treatment Technologies for Soil Waste and Water written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Toxic Histories written by David Arnold and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the challenge that India's poison culture posed for colonial rule and toxicology's creation of a public role for science.

Download or read book Insecticide Report written by North Carolina. Department of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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