The Global Politics of Pesticides (International Environmental Governance Set) - Softcover

Hough, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844079872 ISBN 13: 9781844079872

Publisher: Routledge, 1998

Synopsis

Pesticides pose one of the greatest dilemmas of our time. The science of pesticide use has become an accepted part of industrial food production systems, relied on to provide the levels of food production required to provide the levels of food production required y a burgeoning world population. But there is widespread unease–not only among the general public, but also among farmers and scientists–about agricultural and public health systems which are based on the deliberate introduction of toxic products into the food chain and the environment.

The Global Politics of Pesticides explores the varied, and often conflicting, interests involved in the formulation of international policies on chemical pesticide manufacture and use – in each of the main areas of environmental pollution, trade, development, public health, food security, biotechnology and industrial safety – and explains why some aspects of pesticide use are subject to strict international guidelines whilst others are not. The book breaks new ground in objectively examining the competing viewpoints of food producers and other pesticide users, the chemical industry, health officials, traders, environmental/ consumer pressure groups and the public. It also considers how international regulation can occur in spite of the fundamental differences of opinion and seemingly opposing interests held by the key actors.

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About the Author

Peter Hough is Lecturer in Politics and International Studies in the School of History and Politics, Middlesex University.

Review

.."provides an excellent insight into the national and international bodies responsible for safeguarding public health and the environment, and an important overview of existing regulations and current debates. This book is required reading for those concerned about food, agriculture or the environment": Barbara Dinham, The Pesticides Trust

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1844079872
• ISBN 13: 9781844079872
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244