Providing information on more than 500 pesticides and 100 agricultural chemicals, this informative handbook outlines methods for selecting proper respiratory protection, chemical protective clothing, and chemical storage. The text describes proper response procedures for fires, …
Environmental and consumer activists have for a long time blamed pesticides, fertilizers and other aspects of intensive farming for causing environmental degradation and human disease. Yet, as the authors in this book show, intensive farming has enabled growth in food production…
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