Quiet sufferers of the silent spring.

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  • Author(s): Bartle, Hazel
  • Source:
    New Scientist. 5/18/91, Vol. 130 Issue 1769, p30. 6p. 6 Color Photographs.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      ORGANOPHOSPHORUS compounds; PESTICIDES; ORGANOCHLORINE compounds
    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED KingdomReport Available
    • Abstract:
      Reports on health effects of organophosphate pesticides on people in Great Britain. Use of organophosphates in military research on chemical weapons; Advantages of organophosphates over organochlorines; Toxicity of the early organophosphates to both insects and people; Impact of organophosphates on the lives and bodies of those who survive exposure to the pesticide; Factors attributed to the under-reporting of poisoning events.