Pesticides and Health: How New Zealand Fails in Environmental Protection
Author:
Neil Pearce
Publisher:
BWB Texts
ISBN:
9781990046889
Date Published:
07 June 2022
Pages:
85
Format:
Paperback
RRP:
$30.00
New Zealand has been one of the heaviest users of pesticides, including some contaminated with dioxin, a notorious toxic chemical. In this BWB Text a leading epidemiologist uses the example of dioxin to illustrate how badly New Zealand handles problems of environmental pollutants, and why we can do better.
Concern with public health has been recast by the Covid-19 pandemic. Neil Pearce’s eye-opening account of our country’s ongoing failures in environmental protection shows there is much more work to be done.
Key points:
• lllustrates New Zealand’s historical and ongoing problems with the handling of environmental pollutants
• Addresses the governments response to prolonged exposure to toxins in New Zealand industry
• Promotes discussion around how pollutants – their use and their effects - can be better addressed.
About the author:
Neil Pearce is Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Since 1985, he has been engaged in a wide range of public health research activities including co-founding the Wellington Asthma Research group at the Wellington School of Medicine and establishing the Massey University Centre for Public Health Research. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (FRSNZ) and the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) and Past-President of the International Epidemiological Association (IEA).
