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Lecture 4 - Special Topic: Pesticide Residues

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Learning Objectives

  1. Develop an introductory understanding of pesticide use and monitoring in the human food chain.
  2. Know the major classes of pesticides.
  3. Understand the legal basis for monitoring of pesticides and their use.
  4. Comprehend the risk vs. benefits analysis of FIFRA and FQPA.

Advance Reading

  1. Richards, pp 354-358; 385-386.
  2. USEPA "What is a Pesticide?". 
  3. The Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) Background.
  4. Familiarize yourself with the USEPA Office of Pesticide Programs Home Page.

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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

  1. Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children , National Academy of Sciences, Commission on Life Sciences, 1993
  2. USGS Annual Pesticide Use Maps
  3. Environmental Working Group, A Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce
  4. EXTOXNET site review
  5. USDA, AMS Pesticide Data Program

 

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