Skip to main content
Taylor & Francis Group Logo
    Advanced Search

    Click here to search products using title name,author name and keywords.

    • Login
    • Hi, User  
      • Your Account
      • Logout
      Advanced Search

      Click here to search products using title name,author name and keywords.

      Breadcrumbs Section. Click here to navigate to respective pages.

      Book

      Unwelcome Harvest
      loading

      Book

      Unwelcome Harvest

      DOI link for Unwelcome Harvest

      Unwelcome Harvest book

      Agriculture and pollution

      Unwelcome Harvest

      DOI link for Unwelcome Harvest

      Unwelcome Harvest book

      Agriculture and pollution
      ByGordon R. Conway, Jules N. Pretty
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 1991
      eBook Published 30 September 2013
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315066844
      Pages 676
      eBook ISBN 9781315066844
      Subjects Environment and Sustainability
      Share
      Share

      Get Citation

      Conway, G.R., & Pretty, J.N. (1991). Unwelcome Harvest: Agriculture and pollution (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315066844

      ABSTRACT

      Agriculture Pollutes: pesticides can destroy wildlife and some are toxic to humans; some fungicides and herbicides cause cancer. Nitrates result in the contamination of drinking water and produce the risk of the �blue-baby� syndrome in infants and of stomach cancer in adults. Agriculture produces methane, ammonia, nitrous oxide and the products of burning off, all of which add to the world's problems of acid rain, depletion of the ozone layer and global warming. This book, which focuses on the UK, the USA and Third World countries, is the first comprehensive review of agriculture and pollution: it examines the facts and assesses the relative dangers of each pollution problem. It also considers the effects of pollution on agriculture itself � crop yields are depressed and livestock damaged by various forms of pollution from all sources. The authors offer solutions to these apparently overwhelming problems, and describe existing technology which would allow us to deal with them. Originally published in 1991

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter 01|16 pages

      Introduction to Agriculture and Pollution

      chapter 02|76 pages

      Pesticides and the Environment

      chapter 03|64 pages

      Pesticides and Human Health

      chapter 04|68 pages

      Fertilizers and the Environment

      chapter 05|47 pages

      Fertilizers and Health

      chapter 06|49 pages

      Farm Wastes

      chapter 07|49 pages

      Agriculture as a Global Polluter

      chapter 08|75 pages

      The Impact of Air Pollution on Agriculture

      chapter 09|60 pages

      The Imapct of Land and Water Pollution on Agriculture

      chapter 10|50 pages

      The Control of Pollution

      chapter 11|82 pages

      Agriculture Without Pollution

      T&F logoTaylor & Francis Group logo
      • Policies
        • Privacy Policy
        • Terms & Conditions
        • Cookie Policy
        • Privacy Policy
        • Terms & Conditions
        • Cookie Policy
      • Journals
        • Taylor & Francis Online
        • CogentOA
        • Taylor & Francis Online
        • CogentOA
      • Corporate
        • Taylor & Francis Group
        • Taylor & Francis Group
        • Taylor & Francis Group
        • Taylor & Francis Group
      • Help & Contact
        • Students/Researchers
        • Librarians/Institutions
        • Students/Researchers
        • Librarians/Institutions
      • Connect with us

      Connect with us

      Registered in England & Wales No. 3099067
      5 Howick Place | London | SW1P 1WG © 2022 Informa UK Limited