Table of Contents
- Foreword
- I. Introduction
- II. Trends and Patterns of Pesticide Use
- The World Pesticide Market
- Global Patterns
- Latin America
- Asia
- Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union
- Africa
- Pesticide Application Rates
- III. Pesticide Exposure
- Introduction
- Occupational Exposure
- Farmworker Families
- Bioaccumulated Pesticide Products
- Conclusion
- IV. The Experimental and Wildlife Evidence
- Experimental Studies
- Two-Tiered Immunotoxicological Testing
- Wildlife Studies
- Conclusion
- V. The Human Evidence
- Introduction
- General Health Effects
- Cancer and Immunosuppression
- Allergic reactions
- Autoimmunity and Immune Disregulation
- Pesticides\' Effects on the Immune System
- Dioxin-Like Compounds
- More Comprehensive Studies
- Conclusion
- VI. Compounding Risk Factors
- Introduction
- Malnutrition
- Sickeness and Infectious/Parasitic Disease
- Other Immunologic Risk Factors
- The Prevalence of Compounding Risk Factors
- Synergies Among Pesticides and Compounding Risk Factors
- Pesticide-induced immunosuppression and global change
- Conclusion
- VII. Conclusions and Recommendations
- Glossary
- References