First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

1. Introduction A Brief History of Pest Control What's Your Poison? 2. Reaping the Rewards: The Use of Pesticides for Increasing Crop Yields 3. Fighting Plague and Pestilence: The Role of Pesticides in Controlling Pest Transmitted Diseases 4. The Killing Fields: The Issue of Human Poisoning by Pesticides 5. When a Weapon Misses the Target: The Issue of Environmental Pollution by Pesticides 6. The Secret Ingredient: The Issue of Food Contamination by Pesticides 7. Peddling Poisons: The International Trade in Pesticides 8. Steering a Middle Course: Avoiding the Overuse of Pesticides 9. From Value Systems to Regulatory Systems: Reflections on the Seven Issues of Pesticide Politics

Peter Hough is Lecturer in Politics and International Studies in the School of History and Politics, Middlesex University. Originally published in 1998