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1992 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

Pesticide Protective Clothing

verfasst von : Elizabeth P. Easter, Herbert N. Nigg

Erschienen in: Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Verlag: Springer New York

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The use of pesticides in the United States has grown 10-fold in the past three decades, and it continues to grow. The dilemma of using pesticides is that “they protect crops from insects, weeds, disease and hunger, but they are also associated with hazards ranging from acute toxicity to cumulative effects such as cancer, birth defects, genetic mutations and sterility” (Boraiko 1980).

Metadaten
Titel
Pesticide Protective Clothing
verfasst von
Elizabeth P. Easter
Herbert N. Nigg
Copyright-Jahr
1992
Verlag
Springer New York
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7106-9_1