Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Toxicology, Agricultural Insecticides & Herbicides, Hazardous Substance Law, Technical & Industrial Chemistry, Industrial Health & Safety
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Overview
During this century, hundreds of billions of pounds of pesticides have been released to the global environment. How are we exposed to them? What can we do to protect ourselves? In this extraordinary analysis, John Wargo, one of the nation's leading experts in pesticide policy, traces the history of pesticide law and science, with a focus on the special hazards faced by children. Wargo presents a compelling case that children are more heavily exposed to some pesticides than adults and are especially vulnerable to some adverse effects. How should the fractured body of environmental law be repaired to manage the distribution of risk? This is the central question Wargo addresses as he suggests fundamental reforms of science and law necessary to understand and contain the health risks faced by children.Editorials
Booknews
Wargo (Yale U. School of Forestry and Environmental Studies) provides a comprehensive assessment of pesticide regulation, demonstrates that children are substantially more susceptible than adults to the toxic effects of pesticides, and describes the current threat from pesticides around the globe. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Steve Heilig
"[Wargo] has produced a Silent Spring for the 90's." -- San Francisco ChronicleBook Details
Published
November 1, 1996
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c1996.
Pages
396
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780300066869