PESTICIDE FORMULATION AND DOSE TRANSFER

The trend of the research work concerning dose transfer process of pesticides is briefly reviewed. Successful case studies revealed that the pesticide formulation plays an important role in dose transfer process and its regulation and control as well. The mode of action and toxicology of pesticides could also be influenced significantly once the pesticide formulation is conjugated with pesticide application technology, and the toxic risk upon human and environment could also be eliminated or at least significantly weakened. Formulation is by no means merely a mechanical processing or an industrial method, but a new multidisciplinary frontier science which is now in its newborn stage, and to it a new term, Pesticide Formulation Toxicology, is suggested by the author who wishes a glorious future of the pesticide science if the research and developing work will be carried on upon this basement.