Can we resolve the pesticide quandary with eco-efficiency metrics?

More than fifty years after the publication of Silent Spring, the United States continues to struggle with balancing the benefits of pesticide use against their environmental and public health costs. These costs are also known as pesticide externalities because these are paid by society at large rat...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Agronomy
Main Authors:	Liz Kreick, Roger D. Magarey, Madison Love, Danesha Seth Carley
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-10-01
Subjects:	eco-efficiency integrated pest management pesticides pesticide policy policy life cycle analysis (LCA)
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fagro.2025.1660772/full

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