Agricultural chemicals and the environment
Enormous increases in agricultural productivity can properly be associated with the use of chemicals. This statement applies equally to crop production through the use of fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides, as to livestock production and the associated use of drugs, steroids and other growth acc...
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| Other Authors | , |
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Cambridge, U.K. :
Royal Society of Chemistry, Information Services,
©1996.
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| Series | Issues in environmental science and technology ;
5. |
| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781847550088 1847550088 1591244129 9781591244127 0854042202 9780854042203 |
| ISSN | 1350-7583 ; |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xi, 127 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Fertilizers and nitrate leaching / Thomas M. Addiscott
- Eutrophication of natural waters and toxic algal blooms / Alastair J.D. Ferguson, Mick J. Pearson and Colin S. Reynolds
- Impact of agricultural pesticides on water quality / Kathryn R. Eke, Alan D. Barnden and David J. Tester
- Agricultural nitrogen and emissions to the atmosphere / David Fowler [and others]
- Drugs and dietary additives, their use in animal production and potential environmental consequences / Thomas Acamovic and Colin S. Stewart
- Detection, analysis and risk assessment of cyanobacterial toxins / Stephen G. Bell and Geoffrey A. Codd.