Bitter experience has taught us not to accept bland reassurances
from government ministers, scientists and civil servants when
denying yet another environmental disaster. Wargo, an American
authority on environmental policy, has catalogued a damning litany
of negligence and ignorance in the way we risk our health and that
of future generations. Pesticides and herbicides, all generally
developed to treat problems in designated areas, often have
unforeseen consequences when the combined effects of all these
local uses become evident. Without hysteria or hyperbole, Wargo
urges us to examine the way we are dousing our planet with a
potentially lethal cocktail of chemicals. Recommended for lecturers
and professionals working in this area, this book, which outlines
the history of pesticide law and our scientific understanding about
pesticides, is rather technical and policy-oriented. Addressing the
legal ramifications of environmental policy Wargo argues that more
reforms are needed to deal with the substantial health risks faced
by children. (Kirkus UK)
During this century, hundreds of billions of pounds of pesticides
have been released to the global environment. How are we exposed to
them? What can we do to protect ourselves? In this extraordinary
analysis, John Wargo, one of the nation's leading experts in
pesticide policy, traces the history of pesticide law and science,
with a focus on the special hazards faced by children. By 1969,
nearly 60,000 separate pesticide products were registered for use
by the U.S. government, each with the expectation that pesticides
could be used safely, that they quickly broke down into harmless
substances, or that dangerous levels of exposure could be
accurately predicted and somehow avoided. Faith in these
assumptions was gradually eroded as experts grew to understand the
persistence, movement, and toxicity of the chemicals involved.
Nevertheless, government continues to hold the discretion to
balance risks against economic benefits in its licensing decisions.
The underlying legal strategy, Wargo claims, has been one that
places extraordinary faith in government's ability to somehow
ensure that only safe levels of contamination and exposure occur.
And the effect has been systematic neglect of those exposures and
risks faced by children. Wargo presents a compelling case that
children are more heavily exposed to some pesticides than adults
and are especially vulnerable to some adverse effects. How should
the fractured body of environmental law be repaired to manage the
distribution of risk? This is the central question Wargo addresses
as he suggests fundamental reforms of science and law necessary to
understand and contain the health risks faced by children.
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