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... much from increased sales as from consolidation in companies above them in the rank- ings (Table 3). In 2000 alone, Novartis and Zeneca became Syngenta, and BASF two steps (20% in 1996 and the remaining ... as vitamin-enriched rice or cho- lesterol-lowering corn. Perhaps the last point is the crux of the problem with consumers in some parts of the world. The indu...

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... are involved in finding the right balance between these two objectives they will un- derstand the trade-offs involved and will continue to support the effort. The strength of the IPM concept lies in the ... economic and environmental consequences of implementing multidisciplinary and integrated biological-cultural methods, and (3) develop methods for collecting and in...

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... registered in the United States, including Bio-Save 10, Bio-Save 11, and Aspire (Table 1). These products are used to provide coatings on fruits through bin-drench or in- line application. Bio-Save ... protect them against diseases, improve handling and visual qualities, improve shelf life, etc. These materials and treatments are coming under increasing scrutiny by the pub- l...

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... The combination of target prices, loan rates, acreage restrictions, and in exible base acreage en- couraged greater per-acre use of pesticides and other yield-increasing inputs and more continuous ... 1990s. The use of other new, low-rate insecticides, including abamectin (an antibiotic), diflubenzuron (a benzoylphenyl urea), and imidacloprid (a chloronicotinyl), in- creased d...

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... water sources. With the mandate of the 1996 FQPA, the shortage of reliable residue data became the main impediment in realistically including the drinking water path- way in the total (aggregate) ... oncogenicity in humans and in laboratory animals, the evidence of genotoxicity (causing changes in the genetic materials), and the mechanistic data regarding relev...

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... defining underlying principles. These can serve as starting points or steps in the assessment of chemi- cal processing important to the health of the environment, humans, and wildlife. In the ... evaluating environmental characteristics of candidate pesticides [10] . The benchmark approach and other early developments in screen- ing or predicting environmental behavior,...

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... may vary depending on the sample type and the purpose of the analysis. In the United This chapter was not prepared on behalf of the California Department of Food and Agriculture and therefore does ... throughout the world. We seek rather to demonstrate commonalities and differences among MRMs and to gain insight into the basic T ABLE 2 Continued PAM-I PAM-I Meth....

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... marketplace and to meet the marketing standards of the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and USDA and Food and Drug Ad- ministration standards for pest parts in processed foods. In the United ... substantial increase in the cost of foods, which would result in the greatest hardship being borne by the lower income population. Along with in- wise been lost in...

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... Agriculture and Environ- ment. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1998. The United Nations and national governments have long been interested in ascertaining the resistance situation. A 1984 study initiated by the ... Mosquito pipiens glasshouses in the Netherlands [59], where 22 sprays in just 10 months led to 47-fold levels of resistance. In another instance, intense use of bu...

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... convenient and to reduce exposure for the people who use pesticide prod- ucts. Bulk-handling and mini-bulk-handling systems are available to store, trans- port, and handle liquid and granular pesticides. ... charging of the spray solution at the nozzle. Contact charging adds 40,000 V to the liquid spray solution in a charging chamber and then distributes the solution i...

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