Table of Contents
Chapter 1
How to Order
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Designer Poisons: How to Protect Your Health and Home From Toxic Pesticides.
Chapter 1 What this Book is About and How to Use It . page 11 - Purpose of the book. Lists important health questions answered in the book. Chapter contents and sources of information.
Chapter 2 Exposure to Pesticides. 17 - What pesticides are. How pesticides enter the body. Children's exposures. Packaging of pesticides. Hazards of foggers and aerosols. Inert ingredients.
Chapter 3 How to Read a Pesticide Label. 32 - Active and inert ingredients. Misleading labels. Warning words. Precautionary statements. Proposition 65. EPA Registration.
Chapter 4 Acute Health Effects of Pesticides. 39 - Rashes, poisoning, other short- term effects of different classes of pesticides. Nerve-gas type pesticides. Seeing the doctor. Asthma, allergies. Label first aid statements.
Chapter 5 Chronic Health Effects of Pesticides. 69 - Cancer in children. Cancer in adults, including breast cancer. Reproductive damage. Brain damage. Parkinson Disease. Public health implications. Table listing chronic toxicity results in animals.
Chapter 6 Indoor Use Pesticides. 101 - General discussion, focus on cockraches, ants, fleas. Nontoxic and less toxic alternatives. Table of brand name products with ingredients and chronic toxicity.
Chapter 7 Outdoor Use Pesticides. 148 - General discussion, focus on lawn care: fire ants, chinch bugs, fleas, dandelions, other weeds. Concerns with herbicide use. Nontoxic and less toxic alternatives. Table of brand name products with ingredients and chronic toxicity.
Chapter 8 Pet Use Pesticides. 216 - General discussion with focus on fleas on cats and dogs. Professional pet grooming. Risk to pets. Nontoxic and less toxic alternatives. Table of brand name products with ingredients and chronic toxicity.
Chapter 9 Human Use Pesticides. 244 - Lice and scabies. Lindane (Kwell®). The insect repellent deet. Children's exposures. Non-toxic alternatives. Chronic toxicity of brand name products.
Chapter 10 Commercial Use Pesticides. 257 - Pesticides used by pest control companies. Hiring an exterminator. Boric acid products. Termite control. Carpenter ants. Nontoxic and less toxic alternatives. Table listing acute and chronic toxicity of commercial use pesticides.
Chapter 11 Law, Policy, and Recommendations. 302 - Brief overview federal pesticide laws. Table of banned and restricted pesticides. California laws: SB950, Proposition 65, mandatory reporting. Problems with the EPA. Recommeded changes to protect public health.
Appendix A Pronunciation Guide 319
Appendix B
Cholinesterase Testing 324
Appendix C Active Ingredients in Brand Name
Products 328
Appendix D Petroleum Inerts in Brand Name Products 366
Appendix E Brand/Common Name Cross Reference 368
Appendix
F.1Common by Chemical Name Cross Reference 373
Appendix
F.2Chemical by Common Name Cross Reference 382
Appendix G Chronic
Toxicity Summary 391
Appendix H References 396
Appendix I
Units of Measurement 402
Appendix J Further Information 403
IllustrationsPages 22, 23, 99, 147, 256, 287
Index 405
Order forms 414
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