Rational Environment Management of Agrochemicals ― Risk Assessment, Monitoring, and Remedial Action

Feeding and clothing the world has required a vast array of agricultural chemicals. Given increases in demand due to population growth and development, this is a situation unlikely to change. However, it is clear these chemicals must be environmentally safe. These 22 papers describe the ongoing efforts being made to assess chemical risk, monitor chemicals, and make the best and widest use of available data. Topics include simple models of off-site exposure, pesticide risk indicators, development of decision-making tools for pesticides, standard quotient and ecological relative risk methodologies, comparative hazard assessments for coca and poppies, geographical data on pesticides, rain simulation models, biosensors and other advanced devices as monitors of agricultural chemicals, optimization of recombinant antibodies, detection of human urinary biomarkers, optical immunosensor analysis, prospects for enzymatic restoration, pesticide risk reduction in cotton, lesson learned from field research and minimizing the impact of endosulfan. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)