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2) Pesticides
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Explores a variety of issues related to pesticides, including whether they are negatively affecting human health, how they are interacting with the environment, whether they are needed to feed the world, and what the future of pesticides might be.
Author
Publisher
Island Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It's the pesticide on our dinner plates, a chemical so pervasive it's in the air we breathe, our water, our soil, and even found increasingly in our own bodies. Known as Monsanto's Roundup by consumers, and as glyphosate by scientists, the world's most popular weed killer is used everywhere from backyard gardens to golf courses to millions of acres of farmland. For decades it's been touted as safe enough to drink, but a growing body of evidence indicates...
Author
Publisher
Praeger Publishers
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
"This book is a comprehensive examination of pesticide use, pesticide harm, and alternatives to harmful pesticides. Levine highlights the role of farming, because a substantial majority - 70 percent or more annually - of pesticides are applied in agricultural uses, thereby making their way into the food chain and into the water supply."--Jacket.
Author
Publisher
The American Phytopathological Society
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"This comprehensive book delivers everything we have come to appreciate and expect from a Schumann and D'Arcy offering. It tells the stories of plant pathology with a passionate voice and laces each tale with the essential research-based information to help readers understand the interrelationship between agriculture, the human condition, and the science that connects the two. The book examines the effects plant diseases have had on human culture...
13) Formulation of microbial biopesticides: beneficial microorganisms, nematodes and seed treatments
Publisher
Springer-Science+Business Media, B.V
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
15) Pesticides
Author
Series
Publisher
KidHaven Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Looks at the benefits and costs of pesticides, discussing how they affect the environment.