Sittig's Handbook of Pesticides and Agricultural Chemicals is specifically designed for use by those engaged in the agricultural and food processing industries, both vital to our nation's health and economy. People in every phase of food production, from the farm to the fork, will find a wealth of material here. It will also be of interest to professionals in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and personal care industries who use agricultural products as ingredients. It provides crop, chemical, regulatory, health and safety information on nearly 800 pesticides, fertilizers, and other agricultural chemicals. These chemicals are organized withg unique identifiers so that all who may have contact with or interest in them can find critical information quickly.
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"This up-to-date handbook is meticulously compiled and is full of information anyone with even the slightest involvement in agrochemicals will appreciate." - USFDA Library
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Provides detailed profiles of pesticides, fertilizers, and other agricultural chemicals used in milk, meat, poultry, eggs, fats, oils, cereals, beans, fruits, nuts, grains, grasses, cotton, herbs, and vegetables for human and animal consumption.
Profiled agrochemicals include insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, miticides, algaecides, rodenticdes and other pesticides; biocide and fertilizers.
Profiles contain use type; crop specific residue limits; endocrine disruptor and reproductive toxicity information, as appropriate, among more than 30 fields of important information.
Every chemical profile contains references and web sites to original and current expanded source information from the U.S. EPA, e.g. Reregistration Eligibility Decisions (RED), U.S. OSHA, the World Health Organization (WHO), and other agencies.
Includes directories of basic agrochemical manufacturers, national and international professional agrochemical and food-related organizations, and federal, state, and international regulatory agencies with addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers, Email addresses, and web sites.
Contains indices of EPA product codes; CAS number cross index; and an index to the basic agrochemical manufacturers mentioned in the book.
Includes a record for acrylamide, a carcinogen formed in cooking and manufactured as a soil conditioning agent.
Includes a hazard rating for long-term human toxicity provided in parts per billion (ppb) as calculated by the EPA.
Includes a hazard rating for fish toxicity based on maximum toxicant concentration (MACT) and calculates toxicity threshold for active ingredients expressed in parts per billion (ppb).
Profiled agrochemicals include insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, miticides, algaecides, rodenticdes and other pesticides; biocide and fertilizers.
Profiles contain use type; crop specific residue limits; endocrine disruptor and reproductive toxicity information, as appropriate, among more than 30 fields of important information.
Every chemical profile contains references and web sites to original and current expanded source information from the U.S. EPA, e.g. Reregistration Eligibility Decisions (RED), U.S. OSHA, the World Health Organization (WHO), and other agencies.
Includes directories of basic agrochemical manufacturers, national and international professional agrochemical and food-related organizations, and federal, state, and international regulatory agencies with addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers, Email addresses, and web sites.
Contains indices of EPA product codes; CAS number cross index; and an index to the basic agrochemical manufacturers mentioned in the book.
Includes a record for acrylamide, a carcinogen formed in cooking and manufactured as a soil conditioning agent.
Includes a hazard rating for long-term human toxicity provided in parts per billion (ppb) as calculated by the EPA.
Includes a hazard rating for fish toxicity based on maximum toxicant concentration (MACT) and calculates toxicity threshold for active ingredients expressed in parts per billion (ppb).
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breathing overexposure, respirator for organophosphate pesticides, concentration reporting level, nothing except keep victim warm, remove any contact lenses, first aid for pulmonary edema, chemical contacts the skin, unconscious person vomit, not give activated charcoal, pralidoxime relieves, support using protocols, remove from exposure, undelinted seed, transfer promptly, preemployment levels, following acute overexposure, combined atropine, including careful exposure history, poison control instructs, involving carbamate pesticides, containing petroleum solvents, plasma levels return, cardiac sensitizing agents, chlorophenoxy pesticides, victim from the contaminated area Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Environmental Protection Agency, Chemical Class, Chemical Code, Permissible Exposure Limits, Label Signal Word, Regulatory Authority, Routes of Entry, Senior Services, Office of Pesticide Programs, Air Pollutant Standard Set, Crop Protection, Chemical Profile, Oregon State University, Extension Toxicology Network, Pesticide Information Profile, Chemical Contaminants, Chemical Emergency Preparedness Program, California Prop, New York, North Dakota, Disease Registry, Maximum Allowable Residue Levels, Severely Restricted, Drexel Chemical, Safe Drinking Water Act New!
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breathing overexposure, respirator for organophosphate pesticides, concentration reporting level, nothing except keep victim warm, remove any contact lenses, first aid for pulmonary edema, chemical contacts the skin, unconscious person vomit, not give activated charcoal, pralidoxime relieves, support using protocols, remove from exposure, undelinted seed, transfer promptly, preemployment levels, following acute overexposure, combined atropine, including careful exposure history, poison control instructs, involving carbamate pesticides, containing petroleum solvents, plasma levels return, cardiac sensitizing agents, chlorophenoxy pesticides, victim from the contaminated area Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Environmental Protection Agency, Chemical Class, Chemical Code, Permissible Exposure Limits, Label Signal Word, Regulatory Authority, Routes of Entry, Senior Services, Office of Pesticide Programs, Air Pollutant Standard Set, Crop Protection, Chemical Profile, Oregon State University, Extension Toxicology Network, Pesticide Information Profile, Chemical Contaminants, Chemical Emergency Preparedness Program, California Prop, New York, North Dakota, Disease Registry, Maximum Allowable Residue Levels, Severely Restricted, Drexel Chemical, Safe Drinking Water Act New!
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