Emerging health concerns about pesticide residues

Pease, W

Emerging health concerns about pesticide residues

Author

William Pease

Author Affiliations

W. Pease is Toxicologist, Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 48(1):17-17. DOI:10.3733/ca.v048n01p17. January 1994.

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Abstract

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For more than 30 years, most public and regulatory concern about pesticide residues in food has focused on whether life-long exposure to some chemicals in the diet could increase the incidence of cancer.

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