Pesticide Residues in Food and Drinking Water (eBook, PDF)

Human Exposure and Risks
Redaktion: Hamilton, Denis; Crossley, Stephen

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores human exposure and consumer risk assessment in response to issues surrounding pesticide residues in food and drinking water. All the three main areas of consumer risk assessment including human toxicology, pesticide residue chemistry and dietary consumption are brought together and discussed. * Includes the broader picture - the environmental fate of pesticides * Takes an international approach with contributors from the European Union, USA and Australia * Highlights the increasing concerns over food safety and the risks to humans

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 378
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470091609
• Artikelnr.: 37290381

Autorenporträt

Denis Hamilton is the editor of Pesticide Residues in Food and Drinking Water: Human Exposure and Risks, published by Wiley. Stephen Crossley is the editor of Pesticide Residues in Food and Drinking Water: Human Exposure and Risks, published by Wiley.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors

Series Preface

Preface

1. Introduction (Denis Hamilton and Stephen Crossley)

2. Environmental Fate of Pesticides and the Consequences for Residues in Food and Drinking Water (Jack Holland and Phil Sinclair)

3. Pesticide Metabolism in Crops and Livestock (Michael W. Skidmore and ´ Arp´ad Ambrus)

4. Effects of Food Preparation and Processing on Pesticide Residues in Commodities of Plant Origin (Gabriele Timme and Birgitt Walz-Tylla)

5. Toxicological Assessment of Agricultural Pesticides (Mike Watson)

6. Diets and Dietary Modelling for Dietary Exposure Assessment (J. Robert Tomerlin and Barbara J. Petersen)

7. Chronic Intake (Les Davies, Michael O'Connor and Sheila Logan)

8. Acute Intake (Kim Z. Travis Denis Hamilton, Les Davies, Matthew O'Mullane and Utz Mueller)

9. Natural Toxicants as Pesticides (John A. Edgar)

10. International Standards: The International Harmonization of Pesticide Residue Standards for Food and Drinking Water (Wim H. Van Eck)

11. Explaining the Risks (Sir Colin Berry)

Index

Rezensionen

"...as someone working in the field, I will value this book as anexcellent source of fundamental information..." (Chemistry &Industry, 15 Mar 2004)
"...very well-documented..." (International Journal ofEnvironmental Analytical Chemistry, Vol.84, No.14 - 15, 10 - 20December 2004)

"...a concise and well-organised work..." (AppliedOrganometallic Chemistry, Vol 19 (9), September 2005)