The Pesticide Question

Interdisciplinary review, drawings on the work and views of biologists, chemists, agricultural scientists, lawyers, sociologists, economists and philosophers.

New directions for pesticide use, H. Lehman; social and environmental effects of pesticides - the impact of pesticides on the environment, Clive A. Edwards; assessment of environmental and economic impacts of pesticide use, D. Pimentel, et al; the relationship between "cosmetic standards" for foods and pesticide use, D. Pimentel, et al; risk of pesticide-related health effects - an epidemiologic approach, S. Schuman; pesticides and natural toxicants in foods, T. Culliney, et al; socioeconomic impacts and social implications of reducing pesticide and agricultural chemical use in the United States, F.H. Buttel; Swedish pesticide policy in a changing environment, O. Pettersson; reducing pesticide use by 50per cent in the province of Ontario - challenges and progress, G.A. Surgeoner and W. Roberts; environmental and economic impacts of reducing US agricultural pesticide ue, D. Pimentel, et al; government policy and pesticide use - government policies that encourage pesticide use in the United States, K.A.Dahlberg; pesticide use trends and issues in the United States, C. Osteen; alar - the EPA's mismanagement of an agricultural chemical, J.S. Hathaway; histor chemical, J.S. Hathway; history, public attitudes and ethics in regard to pesticide use - values, ethics and the use of synthetic pesticides in agriculture, H. Lehman; growing public concern for pesticides in food and water, C.E. Sachs; pesticides - historical changes demand ethical choices, J. Perkins and N. Holochuck; the benefits and risks of pesticides - two views - seeking a balanced perspective, N.L. Reding; an increasing public concern, R.L. Metcalf.