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Pesticides on a plate: a consumer guide to pesticide issues in the food chain [1]

This booklet gives a simple overview for a non-technical audience on what pesticides are and the hazards they pose, with a focus on pesticide residues in food and how to avoid these. It also discusses how farmers and farm workers can be affected, particularly in developing countries, and the costs society pays for pesticide problems.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2007
Pesticide Action Network [2]
Tags:
Pesticides [3], Food Crops [4], Food Supply [5], Pesticides And Toxins [6], Pesticide Residues [7], Food Safety [8], United Kingdom (UK) [9]

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/pesticides-plate-consumer-guide-pesticide-issues-food-chain

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/pesticides-plate-consumer-guide-pesticide-issues-food-chain
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/pesticide-action-network
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticides
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-crops
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-supply
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticides-and-toxins
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticide-residues
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-safety
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-kingdom-uk