Watterson A
J Public Health Policy. 1990 Winter;11(4):491-503.
The approaches to the environmental and occupational health regulation of pesticides vary from country to country. This paper looks at some of those approaches with particular reference to the UK. In the UK, control standards for certain pesticides are significantly less stringent than elsewhere in Western Europe and indeed the Americas. The reasons for these differences are examined, with examples given of the more cautious approaches and the wider control philosophies adopted outside the UK. UK pesticide legislation is set in an international context. Alternative strategies for regulating UK pesticides are outlined and new policy options presented.
各国对农药的环境与职业健康监管方式各不相同。本文着眼于其中一些方式，特别以英国为例。在英国，某些农药的控制标准比西欧其他地区乃至美洲都要宽松得多。本文探讨了这些差异产生的原因，并列举了英国以外地区采用的更为谨慎的方式和更广泛的控制理念。英国的农药立法是在国际背景下制定的。文中概述了监管英国农药的替代策略，并提出了新的政策选择。
