The pesticide hazard: a global health and environmental audit. Dinham, B. Zed Books, London, 1993. abstract bibtex Pesticides are responsible for some 20 000 deaths and 3 million cases of acute poisoning annually a burden borne, in particular, by agricultural workers and rural communities worldwide. The industry has felt compelled to respond to the international concern on both health and environmental grounds which has been expressed, notably by NGOs lobbying for higher safety standards and export controls. This book assesses what progress has been made in both safety and environmental terms since the introduction of the FAO's voluntary Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides in 1985 and the Prior Informed Consent procedure of 1989. It is argued that it is not yet clear whether tighter information disclosure requirements and trade controls on the export of banned or severely restricted pesticides can effectively reduce the hazards posed by powerful agro-chemicals in the South. Instead, research effort ands financial resources ought to be switched from 'risk education' and 'safe use' procedures, towards developing more environmentally-friendly techniques of sustainable agricultural production. The book is divided into two parts. Part 1 looks at the issues at stake, covering trade, health and safety, and the environment. The trade chapter focuses in particular on European exports, and asks whether trade controls can be effective in reducing pesticide problems in the Third World. Monitoring and assessment of the success of trade control measures to reduce hazards will assume a new importance. The section on trade focuses particularly on pesticide exports from the EC, the home of six of the 10 top agrochemical manufacturers. It highlights the lack of information about the nature and extent of exports, particularly those exported in bulk for formulation elsewhere. It looks at the extent to which trade controls, exercised through the EC, can be expected to reduce pesticide hazards. Chapters 3 and 4 provide an overview of the health and environmental hazards identified. Chapter 4 also looks at background to the Earth Summit (UNCED), and the quest for sustainable agriculture. It documents initiatives undertaken in some of the countries surveyed in this report. Policies to promote pesticide reduction, and more sustainable alternatives would not be starting from scratch, but would require greater political and economic commitment than has been seen to date. It is clear from these reports that while awareness of hazards has increased, pesticides continue to be sold, now with messages promoting safe use. But as the country reports (Chapters 5 to 13) in Part II indicate, safe use is often not possible in the conditions under which these chemicals are used. Chapter 14 makes recommendations. The nine country reports provide detailed information on the scale of pesticide use, health, safety, environment, and legislative issues in Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela, Egypt, South Africa, India and Malaysia.
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