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
Enthalten in: Professional Book Archive
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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).