Grain Fumigation: A Multifaceted Issue Needing Coordinated Attention.

Abstract

Grain fumigation is a broad subject, influencing the efficiency of grain marketing and encompassing environmental, consumer and worker protection, transportation, and food issues. Despite many years of using fumigants to eradicate insect pests from grain and grain products, and despite the involvement of many government agencies in various facets of this activity, fumigant problems remain and much still needs to be learned about fumigants and their effects. Many of the problems and questions about fumigants arise because they are toxic substances and can harm not only insects but humans as well. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 10, 1981
Accession Number
ADA106841

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  • United States Government Accountability Office

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  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agriculture
  • Alkenes
  • Carbon Tetrachloride
  • Congress
  • Consumers
  • Environmental Protection
  • Food Safety
  • Governments
  • Health
  • Occupational Safety And Health
  • Pesticides
  • Protective Equipment
  • Public Health
  • Standards
  • Terminals
  • Transportation
  • United States

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  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Vector-Borne Disease and Entomology