Provides detailed profiles of pesticides, fertilizers, and other agricultural chemicals used in milk, meat, poultry, eggs, fats, oils, cereals, beans, fruits, nuts, grains, grasses, cotton, herbs, and vegetables for human and animal consumption. Profiled agrochemicals include insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, miticides, algaecides, rodenticdes and other pesticides; biocide and fertilizers. Profiles contain use type; crop specific residue limits; endocrine disruptor and reproductive toxicity information, as appropriate, among more than 30 fields of important information. Includes a record for acrylamide, a carcinogen formed in cooking and manufactured as a soil conditioning agent. Includes a hazard rating for long-term human toxicity provided in parts per billion (ppb) as calculated by the EPA.

Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Preface ix -- Introduction xi -- How to Use This Book xi -- Key to Abbreviations, Symbols, and Acronyms xlv -- Pesticide Records A to Z 1 -- Bibliography 917 -- Appendix A: List of Companies Cited 921 -- Appendix B: Directory of Agrochemical Manufacturers 928 -- Appendix C: Directory of Federal and International Regulatory Agencies -- for the Environment and Pesticides 971 -- Appendix D: Directory of State Regulatory Agencies -- for the Environment and Pesticides Management 983 -- Appendix E: Directory of Industrial and Professional Agrochemical -- and Food-related Organizations 990 -- Appendix F: Directory of Useful Hotlines, Databases, and Web Sites 1006 -- Appendix G: Agrochemical Web Sites: Sources of Information -- about Agrochemicals and Food Safety 1013 -- Index 1: Synonym and Trade Name-Cross Index 1017 -- Index 2: Index of EPA Product Codes 1178 -- Index 3: CAS Number-Cross Index 1183.