Our Children's Toxic Legacy

by John Wargo

Book Overview

During this century, hundreds of billions of pounds of pesticides have been released to the global environment. How are we exposed to them? What can we do to protect ourselves? In this extraordinary analysis, John Wargo, one of the nation's leading experts in pesticide policy, traces the history of pesticide law and science, with a focus on the special hazards faced by children. By 1969, nearly 60,000 separate pesticide products were registered for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300074468
• ISBN13: 9780300074468
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"