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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) define a pesticide as “any substance, or mixture of substances of chemical or biological ingredients intended for repelling, destroying or controlling any pest, or regulating plant growth.” Of course this definition of a pesticide requires a further definition of the term pest, which FAO/WHO defines as “any species, strain or biotype of plant, animal or pathogenic agent injurious to plants and plant products, materials or environments and includes vectors of parasites or pathogens of human and animal disease and animals causing public health nuisance” (FAO and WHO 2014). Pesticides are used broadly around the world to enhance agricultural production, to protect human health, and to play a variety of roles in preserving materials or environments important to...
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Hainze, J. (2019). Pesticide Use Ethics. In: Kaplan, D.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1179-9_631
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