Ebook: The Pesticide Question: Environment, Economics, and Ethics

Pesticides have contributed impressively to our present-day agricultural productivity, but at the same time they are at the center of serious concerns about safety, health, and the environment. Increasingly, the public wonders whether the benefits of pesticides - `the perfect red apple' - outweigh the costs of environmental pollution, human illness, and the destruction of animals and our habitat. Scientists and government officials are suspected of promoting commercial interests rather than protecting human welfare.

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Pesticides have contributed impressively to our present-day agricultural productivity, but at the same time they are at the center of serious concerns about safety, health, and the environment. Increasingly, the public wonders whether the benefits of pesticides - `the perfect red apple' - outweigh the costs of environmental pollution, human illness, and the destruction of animals and our habitat. Scientists and government officials are suspected of promoting commercial interests rather than protecting human welfare.

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Pesticides have contributed impressively to our present-day agricultural productivity, but at the same time they are at the center of serious concerns about safety, health, and the environment. Increasingly, the public wonders whether the benefits of pesticides - `the perfect red apple' - outweigh the costs of environmental pollution, human illness, and the destruction of animals and our habitat. Scientists and government officials are suspected of promoting commercial interests rather than protecting human welfare.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
New Directions for Pesticide Use....Pages 3-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
The Impact of Pesticides on the Environment....Pages 13-46
Assessment of Environmental and Economic Impacts of Pesticide Use....Pages 47-84
The Relationship Between “Cosmetic Standards” for Foods and Pesticide Use....Pages 85-105
Risk of Pesticide-Related Health Effects: An Epidemiologic Approach....Pages 106-125
Pesticides and Natural Toxicants in Foods....Pages 126-150
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Socioeconomic Impacts and Social Implications of Reducing Pesticide and Agricultural Chemical Use in the United States....Pages 153-181
Swedish Pesticide Policy in a Changing Environment....Pages 182-205
Reducing Pesticide Use by 50% in the Province of Ontario: Challenges and Progress....Pages 206-222
Environmental and Economic Impacts of Reducing U.S. Agricultural Pesticide Use....Pages 223-278
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
Government Policies That Encourage Pesticide Use in the United States....Pages 281-306
Pesticide Use Trends and Issues in the United States....Pages 307-336
Alar: The EPA’s Mismanagement of an Agricultural Chemical....Pages 337-343
Front Matter....Pages 345-345
Values, Ethics, and the Use of Synthetic Pesticides in Agriculture....Pages 347-379
Growing Public Concern Over Pesticides in Food and Water....Pages 380-389
Pesticides: Historical Changes Demand Ethical Choices....Pages 390-417
Front Matter....Pages 419-419
Seeking a Balanced Perspective....Pages 421-425
An Increasing Public Concern....Pages 426-430
Back Matter....Pages 431-441

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Pesticides have contributed impressively to our present-day agricultural productivity, but at the same time they are at the center of serious concerns about safety, health, and the environment. Increasingly, the public wonders whether the benefits of pesticides - `the perfect red apple' - outweigh the costs of environmental pollution, human illness, and the destruction of animals and our habitat. Scientists and government officials are suspected of promoting commercial interests rather than protecting human welfare.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
New Directions for Pesticide Use....Pages 3-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
The Impact of Pesticides on the Environment....Pages 13-46
Assessment of Environmental and Economic Impacts of Pesticide Use....Pages 47-84
The Relationship Between “Cosmetic Standards” for Foods and Pesticide Use....Pages 85-105
Risk of Pesticide-Related Health Effects: An Epidemiologic Approach....Pages 106-125
Pesticides and Natural Toxicants in Foods....Pages 126-150
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Socioeconomic Impacts and Social Implications of Reducing Pesticide and Agricultural Chemical Use in the United States....Pages 153-181
Swedish Pesticide Policy in a Changing Environment....Pages 182-205
Reducing Pesticide Use by 50% in the Province of Ontario: Challenges and Progress....Pages 206-222
Environmental and Economic Impacts of Reducing U.S. Agricultural Pesticide Use....Pages 223-278
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
Government Policies That Encourage Pesticide Use in the United States....Pages 281-306
Pesticide Use Trends and Issues in the United States....Pages 307-336
Alar: The EPA’s Mismanagement of an Agricultural Chemical....Pages 337-343
Front Matter....Pages 345-345
Values, Ethics, and the Use of Synthetic Pesticides in Agriculture....Pages 347-379
Growing Public Concern Over Pesticides in Food and Water....Pages 380-389
Pesticides: Historical Changes Demand Ethical Choices....Pages 390-417
Front Matter....Pages 419-419
Seeking a Balanced Perspective....Pages 421-425
An Increasing Public Concern....Pages 426-430
Back Matter....Pages 431-441
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