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An expert in pesticide policy traces the history of pesticide law and science, focusing on the special hazards pesticides have presented to children past and present, and suggesting urgent reforms are necessary to protect them. UP.
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John Wargo is associate professor in the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and the department of political science at Yale University.
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Wargo (political science, Yale), a former member of two National Academy of Science committees researching pesticide regulations, showcases his many years of research experience in this comprehensive work. In it he contends that current regulations ignore the heightened sensitivity of children to pesticides. Wargo begins his analysis by outlining the historical development of pesticide use and regulation, including a fascinating look at the development of DDT. In so doing, he demonstrates that pesticide regulations are firmly grounded in midcentury science and technology. Regulations simply have not been brought up to date with recent advances in sampling methods, cancer research, and computer applications, with potentially disastrous consequences. Unfortunately, Wargo's writing is stiff, overly technical, and repetitive in many areas, and statistics are left largely unexplained to the lay reader. Consequently, most will leave this title on the shelf and choose less authoritative but more readable works such as Herbert L. Needleman and Philip J. Landrigan's Raising Children Toxic Free (LJ 10/1/94). Recommended for academic libraries and strong environmental collections.?Steven Anderson, Baltimore Cty. Circuit Court Law Lib., Towson, Md.
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- PublisherYale University Press
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0300066864
- ISBN 13 9780300066869
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number2
- Number of pages396
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