Pesticide Residues in Coastal Tropical Ecosystems
Subtitle: Distribution, Fate and Effects
Contributors: Milton D Taylor (Editor); Stephen J. Klaine (Editor); Fernando P. Carvalho (Editor); Damia Barcelo (Editor); Jan Everaarts (Editor)
Publisher: CRC
Published: November 21, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 536
ISBN-13: 9780415239172
First sentence: Since the 1940s the use of pesticides has grown steadily at about 11 percent a year, reaching five million T in 1995.