The Pesticide Manual, 12th edition, CDS Tomlin (ed.) British Crop Protection Council Publications; Hardback - 1,250 pages (2000). Also available in electronic form as The e- Pesticide Manual

The 12th edition of this world compendium of pesticides. The Pesticides Manual includes profiles of 812 pesticides. Since the publication of the previous edition 3 years ago, entries for more than 40 new synthetic molecules have been added. For the first time the manual has the new classification codes from the World Health Organisation drinking water guidelines, & carcinogenicity classes given by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. The CD version, The e-Pesticide Manual, contains information on 15 extra active ingredients, 2000 extra mixture names & 2500 extra trade names.

Basic Guide to Pesticides: Their Characteristics and Hazards Rachel Carson Council Inc; Hardcover - 301 pages (22 Nov, 1992), Taylor & Francis Inc; ISBN: 1560322535

The Pesticide Handbook, Peter Hurst Paperback new edition (August 1991); Journeyman Paperback ISBN: 18517204053, Hardcover - 448 pages (31 July, 1991) Pluto Press ISBN: 1851720413

A comprehensive sourcebook covering UK pesticide issues.

The BioPesticide Manual, British Crop Protection Council; Hardcover - 2nd revised edition (1 Nov, 2001) BCPC Publications Sales; ISBN: 1901396290 

Bacillus thuringiensis: Biology, Ecology and Safety, Travis Glare and Maureen O’Callaghan; John Wiley & Sons; Hardcover - 368 pages (27 July, 2000) ISBN: 0471496308 

Encyclopaedic review of the environmental, non-target & mammalian safety of the insecticidal bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis, which forms the basis of over 90% of all biopesticides sold around the world. Click here for full review

The UK Pesticide Guide 2002, Rachel Whitehead (ed.),  Cabi Publishing; Paperback - 600 pages (31 January, 2002) ISBN: 0851996213 Also available in CD format as the e-UK Pesticide Guide 2002

List of pesticides approved for use in the UK. Includes products which have full or provisional approval for use in agriculture, horticulture and forestry, & gives the complete list of approved uses, including off-label approvals on minor crops. Herbicides, insecticides, fungicide & other pesticides are all covered.
Also allows easy identification of the pesticides likely to be used for the control of specific weeds, diseases and insects on each particular crop.      

Pests and Diseases 2000, Proceedings of an international conference held at the Brighton Hilton Metropole Hotel, UK 13-16 November 2000; British Crop Protection Council Paperback (2000) ISBN: 1901396576

The three volumes and 1300 pages of the proceedings of the annual British Crop Protection Council Conference at Brighton contain nearly 200 posters and papers. Increasingly these consider alternatives to pesticides and pesticides in a wider context. Click here for full review

Using Pesticides – A complete guide to safe effective spraying, Helen Riby (Editor); British Crop Protection Council; Paperback - 2nd revised edition 188 pages(1 Jan 1999) ISBN: 1901396010

A convenient and well-produced users guide. Wire-bound.

Metabolic Pathways of Agrochemicals, Part One: Herbicides and Plant Growth Regulators, Terry Roberts (Ed.); The Royal Society of Chemistry Hardcover - 850 pages (1 Aug, 1998) ISBN: 0854044949

The Royal Society of Chemistry's review of the metabolic pathways of herbicides & plant growth regulators; providing data on the chemical degradation of pesticides in soils, plants and animals. Most of the data comes from the agrochemical industry. Click here for full review

Pesticide residues in food—1998, No. 148 Proceedings from a Joint Meeting of the FAO Panel of  Experts on Pesticide Residues in Food and the Environment and the WHO Core Assessment Group on Pesticide Residues; WHO/FAO; 259 pages (1999) http://www.fao.org/ 

A group of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Health Organisation (WHO) experts on pesticide residues in food met in September 1998 to discuss a range of issues. The meeting evaluated 28 pesticide active ingredients, including one new compound and 18 complete re-evaluations. The report summarises the current international thinking of regulators. Click here for full review

Organophosphorus Pesticides and Long-Term Effects on the Nervous System, Technical Report No 75, European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals; 110 pages ( December 1998)  

This is a review by the European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals on the chronic (and other effects) of organophosphates, put together by a team that includes members of the OP industry. Interestingly, includes information on an often neglected aspect of OP toxicity—the role of individual differences in susceptibility to OP poisoning. Click here for full review

Piperonyl Butoxide: The Insecticide Synergist, D Glynne Jones (Ed.); Academic Press;Hardcover - 300 pages (October 1998) ISBN: 0122869753

A synergist is a chemical that has increased toxicity; in this case against insects. The book contains 20 chapters on the properties, uses, plant metabolism & mammalian & environmental toxicity of the synergist piperonyl butoxide.  Click here for full review

Dioxin and Furan Inventories, National and regional emission of PCDD/PCDF, UNEP Chemicals; 100 pages (May 1999)

The establishment of inventories for dioxin release is necessarily problematic, given the number and heterogeneity of sources, & presently no harmonised methods exist on source, accuracy or protocol of measurement of data. Attempting to collate what limited information there is into a global perspective this volume lays the foundation for a more thoroughgoing monitoring project in the future. Opens with a brief review of information on polychloro-dibenzodioxins/ dibenzofurans (PCDD/PCDF) toxicity and sources of contamination.