Lecture 4 - Special Topic: Pesticide Residues
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Learning Objectives
- Develop an introductory understanding of pesticide use and monitoring in the human food chain.
- Know the major classes of pesticides.
- Understand the legal basis for monitoring of pesticides and their use.
- Comprehend the risk vs. benefits analysis of FIFRA and FQPA.
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Advance Reading
- Richards 2nd ed., pp 402-408; 436-437.
- USEPA "What is a Pesticide?".
- The Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) Background.
- Familiarize yourself with the USEPA Pesticide Science and Risk Assessment.
Resources
Keywords
- Aggregate exposure
- Additive (common mechanism) toxicity
- Bio-pesticide
- Endocrine disruption
- FIFRA
- FQPA
- Fungicide
- Herbicide
- Insecticide
- Integrated pest management
- Pesticide
- "Reasonable certainty of no harm"
- Reference dose
- Daily intake
- Right-to-know
- Rodenticide
- Safer, reduced risk pesticides
- Section 18
- Theoretical maximum residue
- Tolerance
Suggested Reading
- Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children, National Academy of Sciences, Commission on Life Sciences, 1993
- USGS Annual Pesticide Use Maps
- Environmental Working Group, A Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce
- Extoxnetsite review
- USDA, AMS Pesticide Data Program
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