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| Author(s): | Dushoff, Johnathan;
Caldwell, Brian;
Mohler, Charles L. |
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| Title: | Evaluating the environmental effect of pesticides: A critique of the environmental impact quotient |
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| Section: | Research
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| Source: | American Entomologist. Vol. 40, No. 3, Fall 1994, p. 180-184. |
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| Publishing Information: | Lanham, MD: Entomological Society of America |
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| # of Pages: | 5 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Pesticides; Impact tests; Environmental control; Environmental effects
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| Abstract/Contents: | "The environmental impact quotient (EIQ) developed by Kovach et al. (J. Kovach, C. Petzoldt, J. Degni & J. Tette. 1992. A method to measure the environmental effect of pesticides. N. Y. Food Life Sci. Bull. No. 139.) is an effort to fill an important gap: the need to provide growers and others with easy-to-use information about the adverse effects of pesticides. However, flaws in both the formula and its conceptual underpinnings serve to make the information provided misleading. Although Kovach et al. provides a great deal of information and many interesting ideas, we recommend that EIQ presented there not be used as a tool to evaluate field application of pesticides. Further, current understanding of pesticides and their effects is not sufficient to allow the environmental effects of a pesticide to be captured by a single number. We discuss alternate ways to provide growers and policymakers with usable information about pesticides." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 16 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Dushoff, J., B. Caldwell, and C. L. Mohler. 1994. Evaluating the environmental effect of pesticides: A critique of the environmental impact quotient. American Entomologist. 40(3):p. 180-184. |
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