Although concerns over the ecological impacts of pesticides gave rise to the environmental movement of the late 1960s and 1970s, since that time, pesticide use and its effects have been largely ignored by the law and by legal scholars. This book addresses this omission by providing a unique and serious treatment of the significance of pesticide issues in environmental law and takes an ecological perspective on the legal issues. Dealing with a wide range of questions relating to pests and pesticides, the book focuses primarily on agricultural pesticide use as the largest contaminator in the US. It also examines the legacy of past pesticide use and analyzes how recent developments in ecological science can inform the law and increase our understanding of ecology. Interdisciplinary in its approach, the book will be of interest to academics, lawyers, scientists and environmental and agricultural professionals.

Mary Jane Angelo

Series Editors' Preface A Decade of Change in the Concept of the Ecosystem Legal Regime, Richard O. Brooks, Ross A. Virginia; Preface; Introduction; Part I Ecological Science and Policy as Applied to Pests and Pesticides; Chapter 1 Ecological Science; Chapter 2 Ecologically Related Management Tools; Chapter 3 The Ecology of Pests; Part II Agriculture and Pesticides; Chapter 4 The Agricultural Revolution and Farm Policy; Chapter 5 The History of the Control of Pests; Part III The Ecology Impacts of Pesticides; Chapter 6 The Ecological Impacts of Pesticide Use; Chapter 7 The Legacy of Past Pesticide Use: One Example; Part IV The Legal Response to Pesticides; Chapter 8 The Evolution of Domestic Law: FIFRA; Chapter 9 Other Domestic Laws that Address the Ecological Impacts of Pesticides; Chapter 10 The Special Case of Genetically Modified Crops; Chapter 11 The Failure of US Law to Address the Ecological Considerations of Pesticide Use; Chapter 12 The Conflict between Pesticide Law and Wildlife Protection Law; Chapter 13 International Perspectives on Pesticide Law and Ecology; Chapter 14 Ecologically Based Pest Management; Chapter 15 Legal and Policy Proposals to Achieve Ecologically Based Pest Management;