Environmental Toxicology of Pesticides

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
CONTRIBUTORS, Pages ix-xii
PREFACE, Pages xiii-xiv
IMPACT OF PESTICIDE USE ON THE JAPANESE ENVIRONMENT, Pages 1-32
CURRENT PESTICIDE SITUATION IN THE UNITED STATES, Pages 33-60
PESTICIDES IN BRITAIN, Pages 61-114
MICROBIAL CONVERSION OF MERCURY COMPOUNDS, Pages 115-133
RESEARCH ON THE DISTRIBUTION AND ACCUMULATION OF ORGANOMERCURIALS IN ANIMAL BODIES, Pages 135-164
HUMAN TOXICOLOGY OF MERCURY, Pages 165-175
RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF ORGANOMERCURY FUNGICIDES SPRAYED ON RICE PLANTS, Pages 177-191
FACTORS RELATED TO BIOCONCENTRATION OF PESTICIDES, Pages 193-228
BHC RESIDUES IN THE ENVIRONMENT, Pages 229-238
CONTAMINATION OF MILK WITH CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON PESTICIDES, Pages 239-256
LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT OF PESTICIDES, Pages 257-280
PHYTOTOXIC METABOLITES OF PENTACHLORO-BENZYL ALCOHOL, Pages 281-306
METABOLISM OF ORGANOPHOSPHORUS INSECTICIDES IN PLANTS, Pages 307-325
DEGRADATION OF ORGANOPHOSPHORUS FUNGICIDES, Pages 327-339
METABOLISM OF PESTICIDES IN HIGHER PLANTS, Pages 341-364
MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF PESTICIDES, Pages 365-383
DEGRADATION OF SEVERAL HERBICIDES IN SOILS UNDER DIFFERENT CONDITIONS, Pages 385-400
ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PESTICIDE-MICROBIAL RELATIONSHIPS, Pages 401-422
PHOTONUCLEOPHILIC REACTIONS OF PESTICIDES, Pages 423-433
THE PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF SEVERAL PESTICIDES, Pages 435-447
ROLE OF PHOTOSENSITIZERS IN ALTERATION OF PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN SUNLIGHT, Pages 449-469
ECOSYSTEMIC TRANSFERAL OF PESTICIDES RESIDUES IN AN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT, Pages 471-485
EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES ON FISH AND WILDLIFE, Pages 487-500
STUDIES OF INSECTICIDE DETOXICATION IN INVERTEBRATES; AN ENZYMOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM OF BIOLOGICAL MAGNIFICATION, Pages 501-524
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF TOXIC PESTICIDAL CONTAMINANTS AND TERMINAL RESIDUES, Pages 525-548
SPECTRAL CHANGES OF CHLOROPLASTS AS A MEANS TO EXAMINE PHYTOTOXIC EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES, Pages 549-570
THE FEASIBILITY OF INSECT CONTROL UTILIZING A SEX PHEROMONE: STUDY ON FEMALE SEX PHEROMONES OF CADRA, PLODIA, AND ANAGASTA, Pages 571-586
A NEW APPROACH IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIODEGRADABLE PESTICIDES, Pages 587-606
ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION OF SYSTEMIC FUNGICIDES, Pages 607-632
SUBJECT INDEX, Pages 633-637