Book Review: Pesticide Toxicology and International Regulation

Abstract

This book brings together key features of the toxicology of pesticides and the way their use is regulated in the main trading regions of the world. There are chapters on each of the main groups of insecticides, namely organochlorines, anticholinesterases and pyrethrins and pyrethroids. Pesticide Toxicology and International Regulation; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Frequently Used Abbreviations; Toxicity Classifications and Hazard Ratings; 1 Pesticides: An Overview of Fundamentals; Definition and introductory generalizations; Major historical features; Classification and nomenclature; Exposure to pesticides; routes, monitoring, and protection; Health issues; Regulation of pesticides; References; Part I Insecticides; 2 Toxicology of Organochlorine Insecticides; 3 Anticholinesterase Insecticides; 4 Toxicology of Pyrethrins and Synthetic Pyrethroids.