Agriculture pesticide use

California Department of Agriculture, Pesticide Use Report 1970, Sacra-... 

G.P. Cobb and M. J. Hooper, Nonlethal wildlife monitoring to determine exposure to xenobiotics and resulting impacts, in The Population Ecology and Wildlife Toxicology of Agricultural Pesticide Use, eds. R.J. KendaU and TE. Lacher, Lewis Pubhshers, Chelsea, MI, pp. 35-46 (1994). 

David Pimentel et al. Assessment of Environmental and Economic Impacts of Pesticide Use. In The Pesticide Question, 47-84. David Pimentel and Hugh Lehman, eds. New York Chapman and Hall, 1993. Source for India 4 pesticides savings and David Pimentel et al., Environmental and Economic Impacts of Reducing U.S. Agricultural Pesticide Use. Source for cosmetic perfection. 

Pimentel D, Mclaughlin L, Zepp A, Lakitan B, Kraus T, Kleinman P, Vancini F, Roach WJ, Graap E, Keaton WS, Selig G (1993) Environmental and economic impacts of reducing US agricultural pesticide use. In Pimentel, Lehman (eds) The pesticide question environment, economics, and ethics. Chapman and Hall, New York... 

Agricultural pesticide use in the United States is about 1.2 billion pounds of active ingredient each year and total pesticide use is close to 6 billion pounds. Worldwide agricultural pesticide use is about 5 billion pounds of active ingredient each year. 

Population Ecology and Wildlife Toxicology of Agricultural Pesticide Use A Modeling Initiative for Avian Species. Kiawah Island, South Carolina, 22 to 27 Jul 1990. Published as a SETAC Special Publication by Lewis Publishers, 1994. 

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). 2003, May 1. Agricultural pesticide use may be associated with increased risk of prostate cancer. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services NIH News, http //www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/news/aghltst.htm (accessed August 22, 2006). 

Pait, A.S., De Souza, A.E., Farrow, D.R.G. (1992) Agricultural Pesticide Use in Coastal Areas A National Summary, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Rockville, Maryland. 

It has been proposed that parathion hydrolase, also known as organophosphorous phosphotriesterase, be used for pesticide detoxification as an alternative to more common treatment methods. Parathion hydrolase is produced by a number of bacteria including Pseudomonas sp., Flavobacte-rium sp. and a recombinant Streptomyces [17,54]. It has been shown to hydrolyze some of the most widely used organophosphate pesticides such as methyl and ethyl parathion, diazinon, fensulfothion, dursban, and couma-phos [18,19]. It should be noted that organophosphate pesticides constitute the major proportion of agricultural pesticides used at present and are implicated in an estimated 800,000 pesticide poisoning cases every year [18]. Hydrolysis accomplishes the detoxification of the pesticide and makes the products amenable to biological treatment. 

The information currently available to WHO on the types and amounts of household, public health and agricultural pesticides used is limited. Such information is essential for proper pesticide management. 

At the other extreme, agricultural pesticide use in the northern United States in the early spring may take place in temperatures at or barely above freezing. Pesticide handlers working in cold weather are amenable to the use of protective suits or coveralls over another set of clothing. In these conditions, however, some rubber or plastic garments may become stiff and brittle. 

Osteen, C. D. Szmedra, P. I. Agricultural Pesticide Use Trends and Policy Issues Agricultural Economic Report No. 622 U.S. Department ot Agriculture, Economic Research Service, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, DC, 1989. 

California Department of Food and Agriculture California Department of Food and Agriculture Pesticide Use Report. Annual Report California Department of Food and Agriculture ... 

Tb determine the extent of protective clothing research being conducted, an exhaustive literature search as well as personal communication with those in the forefront of protective clothing research resulted in a second document called "Summary of Research on Protective Materials for Agricultural Pesticide Uses" (13). 

Bodden, M. Cioffi, J. Fong, V. McLaughlin, M. Russell, S. "Sunrnary of Research on Protective Materials for Agricultural Pesticide Uses," U.S. Enviromental Protection Agency, 1983. 

All new chemicals recommended for agricultural pesticide use have been subjected to toxicological and hygienic investigations. The State Commission on Chemical Means for Control of Plant Pests, Diseases and Weeds, part of the... 

A recent thorough review of attempts to control the cotton boll weevil by means of pesticides (592) makes it unnecessary to go into detail here, but some perspective is presented, since the problem is massive and attempts to control this insect with pesticides have contributed to the difficulties alluded to in Section VII. A. One third of the agricultural pesticides used in the U. S. is dedicated to attempted control of the cotton boll weevil (592). 

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