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Wargo (political science, Yale), a former member of two National Academy of Science committees researching pesticide regulations, showcases his many years of research experience in this comprehensive work. In it he contends that current regulations ignore the heightened sensitivity of children to pesticides. Wargo begins his analysis by outlining the historical development of pesticide use and regulation, including a fascinating look at the development of DDT. In so doing, he demonstrates that pesticide regulations are firmly grounded in midcentury science and technology. Regulations simply have not been brought up to date with recent advances in sampling methods, cancer research, and computer applications, with potentially disastrous consequences. Unfortunately, Wargo's writing is stiff, overly technical, and repetitive in many areas, and statistics are left largely unexplained to the lay reader. Consequently, most will leave this title on the shelf and choose less authoritative but more readable works such as Herbert L. Needleman and Philip J. Landrigan's Raising Children Toxic Free (LJ 10/1/94). Recommended for academic libraries and strong environmental collections.?Steven Anderson, Baltimore Cty. Circuit Court Law Lib., Towson, Md.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Book Description
A leading expert in pesticide policy traces the history of pesticide law and science and arrives at the alarming conclusion that we have failed to protect ourselves, and especially our children, from pesticide contamination of food, soil, water, and air. Our faith in government`s ability to ensure only safe levels of exposure to pesticides is unfounded, says John Wargo, and he suggests fundamental legal and scientific reforms to contain the special health risks faced by children.
Wargo (political science, Yale), a former member of two National Academy of Science committees researching pesticide regulations, showcases his many years of research experience in this comprehensive work. In it he contends that current regulations ignore the heightened sensitivity of children to pesticides. Wargo begins his analysis by outlining the historical development of pesticide use and regulation, including a fascinating look at the development of DDT. In so doing, he demonstrates that pesticide regulations are firmly grounded in midcentury science and technology. Regulations simply have not been brought up to date with recent advances in sampling methods, cancer research, and computer applications, with potentially disastrous consequences. Unfortunately, Wargo's writing is stiff, overly technical, and repetitive in many areas, and statistics are left largely unexplained to the lay reader. Consequently, most will leave this title on the shelf and choose less authoritative but more readable works such as Herbert L. Needleman and Philip J. Landrigan's Raising Children Toxic Free (LJ 10/1/94). Recommended for academic libraries and strong environmental collections.?Steven Anderson, Baltimore Cty. Circuit Court Law Lib., Towson, Md.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Book Description
A leading expert in pesticide policy traces the history of pesticide law and science and arrives at the alarming conclusion that we have failed to protect ourselves, and especially our children, from pesticide contamination of food, soil, water, and air. Our faith in government`s ability to ensure only safe levels of exposure to pesticides is unfounded, says John Wargo, and he suggests fundamental legal and scientific reforms to contain the special health risks faced by children.
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