The pesticide detox : towards a more sustainable agriculture /
Since the 1960s the world's population has more than doubled and agricultural production per person has increased by a third. Yet this growth in production has masked enormous hidden costs arising from widespread pesticide use - massive ecological damage and high incidences of farmer poisoning...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; Sterling, VA :
Earthscan,
2005.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Since the 1960s the world's population has more than doubled and agricultural production per person has increased by a third. Yet this growth in production has masked enormous hidden costs arising from widespread pesticide use - massive ecological damage and high incidences of farmer poisoning and chronic health effects. Whereas once the risks involved with pesticide use were judged to be outweighed by the potential benefits increasingly the external costs of pesticides to environments and human health are being seen as unacceptable. In response to this trend recent years have seen millions of. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 294 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-283) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781849773188 1849773181 9781601197054 1601197055 9781844071425 1844071421 9781844071418 1844071413 1417583223 9781417583225 1280475110 9781280475115 |