Description
Book SynopsisAn informative selection of papers presented at the Medical Workshop on Pesticide-Related Illnesses
It is vital to understand the public health impact of pesticides used in modern day agriculture. Unfortunately, scientifically valid information is often scattered and hard to find. Proceedings from the Medical Workshop on Pesticide-Related Illness is the essential text that fills these two voids. The papers collected here make up a volume that is a timely review of key issues in both the acute and chronic health effects of pesticide exposure.
Proceedings from the Medical Workshop on Pesticide-Related Illness offers work originally presented at the groundbreaking 2002 International Conference on Pesticide Exposure and Health in Washington, DC. However, in order to reflect recent developments in the field, all of the authors have revised, updated, and expanded their presentations to address the current status of knowledge in pesticide health effec
Table of Contents
- Preface: Pesticide-Related Illnesses (Steven R. Kirkhorn)
- Introduction/Background (Lynn R. Goldman and Ana Maria Osorio)
- Contact Dermatitis in Agriculture (Sahar Sohrabian and Howard Maibach)
- Neurotoxicity of Pesticides (Matthew C. Keifer and Jordan Firestone)
- Reproductive Disorders Associated with Pesticide Exposure (Linda M. Frazier)
- Carcinogenicity of Agricultural Pesticides in Adults and Children (Michael C. R. Alavanja, Mary H. Ward, and Peggy Reynolds)
- Surveillance for Pesticide-Related Disease (Ana Maria Osorio)
- Managing Pesticide Chronic Health Risks: U.S. Policies (Lynn R. Goldman)
- Appendix A: Informational Sources on Pesticides and Health (Daniel L. Sudakin)
- Appendix B: Pesticide Intoxication Reporting Forms (Nida Besbelli)
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
