Pesticide Residues in Food and Drinking Water

Human Exposure and Risks
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-471-48991-7
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 736 g

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hamilton, Denis

Crossley, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltkriminalität, Umweltrecht
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Analytische Chemie Umweltchemie, Lebensmittelchemie
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technische Zuverlässigkeit, Sicherheitstechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.