Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2002;59:202-203; doi:10.1136/oem.59.3.202-b
Copyright © 2002 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2002;59:202-203
© 2002 Occupational and Environmental Medicine
© 2002 Occupational and Environmental Medicine
BOOK REVIEW
Chemistry and Specifications of Pesticides (WHO Technical Report Series 988)
16th report of the who expert committee on vector biology and control. (SFr 14.00 (SFr 9.80 in developing countries)) 2001. Geneva: World Health Organisation
This booklet in the technical report series of the World Health Organisation (WHO), is one of a series of periodically published booklets on the chemistry and specifications of pesticides that are used in vector control, mostly in developing countries. The book comprises an introduction, which lists the questions asked of the expert committee. The next section explains the role of the WHO pesticide evaluation scheme (WHOPES). The third section deal with trends in pesticidal use for vector control, starting appropriately with Africa, the WHO region with the greatest burden of tropical disease. It is educational to compare the pattern of use of pesticides in, for example, malaria control, with the use of pesticides in northern countries. The scale of use of DDT is notable. The other regions specifically covered are the Eastern mediterranean, south east Asia and the western Pacific. The risk that the increased dependence on synthetic pyrethroids will
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