Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution

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Full report
Complete report - Containing all report sections, with the covers (176pp, 1,385Kb)

Report in sections
Front covers (4pp, 64Kb)
Contents list (2pp, 43Kb)
Chapter 1 - Introduction (14pp, 185Kb)
Chapter 2 - Pesticide spraying and health (27pp, 249Kb)
Chapter 3 - Exposure (16pp, 290Kb)
Chapter 4 - Legal liability for pesticide exposure (8pp, 104Kb)
Chapter 5 - The governance of agricultural pesticides (32pp, 275Kb)
Chapter 6 - Conclusions and Recommendations (4pp, 93Kb)
References (14pp, 144Kb)
Appendices
      Appendix A - Ministerial statement (52Kb)
      Appendix B - Announcement of study and invitation to submit evidence (53Kb)
      Appendix C - Conduct of the study (74Kb)
      Appendix D - Public meeting (69Kb)
      Appendix E - Pesticides: an explanatory note (75Kb)
      Appendix F - Chronic fatigue Syndrome (56Kb)
      Appendix G - Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (61Kb)
      Appendix H - Applications of magnetic resonance spectrocopy to toxicology and
      the clinical assessment of the impact (52Kb)
      Appendix I - Lessons from the Gulf War syndrome (63Kb)
      Appendix J - Green card pilot scheme (53Kb)
      Appendix K - Pesticides data packages (57Kb)
Glossary (96Kb)
Acronyms (39Kb)
Members (57 Kb)
Back covers (4pp, 41Kb)