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 ix
Series Preface xi              
Preface xiii
1 Introduction 1
Denis Hamilton and Stephen Crossley
2 Environmental Fate of Pesticides and the Consequences for Residues in
Food and Drinking Water 27
Jack Holland and Phil Sinclair
3 Pesticide Metabolism in Crops and Livestock 63
Michael W. Skidmore and Árpád Ambrus
4 Effects of Food Preparation and Processing on Pesticide Residues in
Commodities of Plant Origin 121
Gabriele Timme and Birgitt Walz-Tylla
5 Toxicological Assessment of Agricultural Pesticides 149
Mike Watson
6 Diets and Dietary Modelling for Dietary Exposure Assessment 167
J. Robert Tomerlin and Barbara J. Petersen
7 Chronic Intake 213
Les Davies, Michael O'Connor and Sheila Logan
8 Acute Intake 243
Kim Z. Travis Denis Hamilton, Les Davies, Matthew O'Mullane and Utz Mueller
9 Natural Toxicants as Pesticides 269
John A. Edgar
10 International Standards: The International Harmonization of Pesticide
Residue Standards for Food and Drinking Water 295
Wim H. Van Eck
11 Explaining the Risks 339
Sir Colin Berry
Index 353           

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)