Pesticide Residues in Food and Drinking Water

Contributors ix

Series Preface xi

Preface xiii

1 Introduction 1
Denis Hamilton and Stephen Crossley

2 Environmental Fate of Pesticides and the Consequences for Residues in Food and Drinking Water 27
Jack Holland and Phil Sinclair

3 Pesticide Metabolism in Crops and Livestock 63
Michael W. Skidmore and Arpad Ambrus

4 Effects of Food Preparation and Processing on Pesticide Residues in Commodities of Plant Origin 121
Gabriele Timme and Birgitt Walz-Tylla

5 Toxicological Assessment of Agricultural Pesticides 149
Mike Watson

6 Diets and Dietary Modelling for Dietary Exposure Assessment 167
J. Robert Tomerlin and Barbara J. Petersen

7 Chronic Intake 213
Les Davies, Michael O'Connor and Sheila Logan

8 Acute Intake 243
Kim Z. Travis Denis Hamilton, Les Davies, Matthew O'Mullane and Utz Mueller

9 Natural Toxicants as Pesticides 269
John A. Edgar

10 International Standards: The International Harmonization of Pesticide Residue Standards for Food and Drinking Water 295
Wim H. Van Eck

11 Explaining the Risks 339
Sir Colin Berry

Index 353

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