Description:This volume covers the latest developments in pesticide usage, with particular emphasis on the regulations that safeguard users, consumers and the environment. It provides a comprehensive guide to the use of pesticides: from the efforts of manufacturers to develop pesticides that are both effective and environmentally benign; the difficulties and hazards associated with their applications; their environmental effects, particularly in water; and the control of storage, uses and residue levels in non-agricultural habitat and in foodstuffs.