Pesticide

A pesticide is a chemical, or sometimes biological agent such as a virus or bacteria, used to control, to repel, to attract, or to kill pests, which are organisms, including insects, weeds, birds, mammals, fish, and microbes, that compete with humans for food, destroy property, spread disease, or are considered a nuisance. Pesticides are usually, but not always, poisonous to humans.

References

Books

• {{Book reference | Author=Greene, Stanley A.; Pohanish, Richard P. (editors) | Title=Sittig's Handbook of Pesticides and Agricultural Chemicals | Publisher=SciTech Publishing, Inc | Year=2005 | ID=ISBN 0815515162}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Hamilton, Denis; Crossley, Stephen (editors) | Title=Pesticide residues in food and drinking water | Publisher=J. Wiley | Year=2004 | ID=ISBN 0471489913}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Hond, Frank et.al. | Title=Pesticides: problems, improvements, alternatives | Publisher=Blackwell Science | Year=2003 | ID=ISBN 0632056592}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Kegley, Susan E.; Wise, Laura J. | Title=Pesticides in fruits and vegetables | Publisher=University Science Books | Year=1998 | ID=ISBN 0935702466}}
• Miller, G. Tyler Jr. (2002). Living in the Environment (12th Ed.). Belmont: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning. ISBN 0-534-37697-5
• {{Book reference | Author=Ware, George W.; Whitacre, David M. | Title=Pesticide Book | Publisher=Meister Publishing Co | Year=2004 | ID=ISBN 1892829118}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Watson, David H. (editor) | Title=Pesticide, veterinary and other residues in food | Publisher=Woodhead Publishing | Year=2004 | ID=ISBN 1855737345}}

Journal Articles

• {{Journal reference | Author=Walter A. Alarcon, et.al. | Title=Acute Illnesses Associated With Pesticide Exposure at Schools | Journal=Journal of the American Medical Association | Year=July 2005 | Volume=294 | Pages=455?465}}