Agricultural chemicals and the environment /
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 acc...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, U.K. :
Royal Society of Chemistry, Information Services,
[1996]
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| Series: | Issues in environmental science and technology ;
5. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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 issues which currently are subject to wide-ranging debate and are of concern not only to the scientific establishment and to students, but also to farmers, landowners, managers, legislators, and to the general public. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 127 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781847550088 1847550088 1591244129 9781591244127 |
| ISSN: | 1350-7583 ; |