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Addresses the problems which pesticides may pose to non target organisms humans animals plants microorganisms and ecosystems topics include assessment and control of exposure of organisms to pesticides acute and chronic toxicity in humans and damage to ecosystems. Tardiff robert g international council of scientific unions scientific committee on problems of the environment scientific group on methodologies for the safety evaluation of chemicals international programme on chemical safety 1992 methods to assess adverse effects of pesticides on non target organisms edited by robert g tardiff prepared by scientific group on . The pesticides kill both target and non target organisms some of which enter the food chain cases of health problems such as nausea respiratory disorders and blurred vision investigated in this research are significantly higher among farmers who use pesticides than those who do not use pesticides. Methods to assess adverse effects of pesticides on non target organisms by rg ed tardiff geneva switzerland scientific group on methodologies for the safety evaluation of chemicals and paris france scientific committee on problems of the environment international council of scientific unions. While most papers will assess effects on terrestrial agroecosystems organisms living in the soil water interface nearby aquatic marine and benthic habitats that might be affected by pesticide drift or leaching will also be considered a concluding paper will identify major knowledge gaps regarding impacts of pesticides on non target organisms