Regulating Pesticides

Regulating Pesticides

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309029469
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309554121
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 1980
  • Month: January
  • Pages: 303
  • Language: English
  • Cover
  • Front Matter
  • 1. Summary and Major Recommendations
  • 2. FIFRA and the RPAR Process
  • 3. Selecting and Scheduling Compounds
  • 4. Risk Assessment
  • 5. Benefit Assessment
  • 6. Evaluation of the Regulatory Options: Weighing the Risks and Benefits
  • 7. Application to Chlorobenzilate
  • Appendix A: Scientific Limitations to Extrapolating Data on Cancer Risk From Animals to Humans
  • Appendix B: The Carcinogenic Activity Indicator
  • Appendix C: Estimates of the Carcinogenicity of Chlorobenzilate
  • Appendix D: Literature Search on the Biological Aspects of the Use of the Pesticide Dimethoate
  • Appendix E: Estimates of Acre-Treatments for Chlorobenzilate Substitutes
  • Appendix F: Construction of Confidence Intervals for Mathematical Combinations of Random Variables
  • Appendix G: List of Abbreviations Used in This Work

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