Following Hydrogen Cyanide in the Valencian Country (1907-1933): Risk, Accidents and Standards in Fumigation
Pests had represented a major problem in agriculture for centuries, but the huge changes in the food chain around the late nineteenth century intensified their effects in a totally unprecedented way and many new chemical substances were introduced in the attempt to control them. In this paper I w...
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| description | Pests had represented a major problem in agriculture for centuries, but the huge changes
in the food chain around the late nineteenth century intensified their effects in a totally
unprecedented way and many new chemical substances were introduced in the attempt
to control them. In this paper I will focus on the implementation of hydrogen cyanide, a
highly toxic pesticide which has not received particular consideration from researchers to
date.
I shall analyse the introduction of this pesticide in the Valencian Country and focus on the
attention given to the safety of workers and consumers. I aim to examine the role of the
poison in its different uses and analyse the impact of each of them on safety regulations.
Risks, accidents, and standards will be the main analytical categories I will use in my
exploration of hydrogen cyanide and the safety regulations implemented in each context. |
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| spelling | ReDivia75052025-04-25T14:48:22Z Following Hydrogen Cyanide in the Valencian Country (1907-1933): Risk, Accidents and Standards in Fumigation Guillem-Llobat, Ximo Accidents T10 Occupational diseases and hazards H10 Pests of plants T01 Pollution B50 History F01 Crop husbandry N20 Agricultural machinery and equipment Cyanides Pesticides Public health Occupational health Pests had represented a major problem in agriculture for centuries, but the huge changes in the food chain around the late nineteenth century intensified their effects in a totally unprecedented way and many new chemical substances were introduced in the attempt to control them. In this paper I will focus on the implementation of hydrogen cyanide, a highly toxic pesticide which has not received particular consideration from researchers to date. I shall analyse the introduction of this pesticide in the Valencian Country and focus on the attention given to the safety of workers and consumers. I aim to examine the role of the poison in its different uses and analyse the impact of each of them on safety regulations. Risks, accidents, and standards will be the main analytical categories I will use in my exploration of hydrogen cyanide and the safety regulations implemented in each context. 2021-07-07T09:38:02Z 2021-07-07T09:38:02Z 2019 article publishedVersion Guillem-Llobat, X. (2019). Following Hydrogen Cyanide in the Valencian Country (1907-1933): Risk, Accidents and Standards in Fumigation. HoST - Journal of History of Science and Technology, 13(1), 51-75. 1646-7752 (e-ISSN) http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7505 10.2478/host-2019-0003 https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/host-2019-0003 en Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ openAccess sciendo electronico |
| spellingShingle | Accidents T10 Occupational diseases and hazards H10 Pests of plants T01 Pollution B50 History F01 Crop husbandry N20 Agricultural machinery and equipment Cyanides Pesticides Public health Occupational health Guillem-Llobat, Ximo Following Hydrogen Cyanide in the Valencian Country (1907-1933): Risk, Accidents and Standards in Fumigation |
| title | Following Hydrogen Cyanide in the Valencian Country (1907-1933): Risk, Accidents and Standards in Fumigation |
| title_full | Following Hydrogen Cyanide in the Valencian Country (1907-1933): Risk, Accidents and Standards in Fumigation |
| title_fullStr | Following Hydrogen Cyanide in the Valencian Country (1907-1933): Risk, Accidents and Standards in Fumigation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Following Hydrogen Cyanide in the Valencian Country (1907-1933): Risk, Accidents and Standards in Fumigation |
| title_short | Following Hydrogen Cyanide in the Valencian Country (1907-1933): Risk, Accidents and Standards in Fumigation |
| title_sort | following hydrogen cyanide in the valencian country 1907 1933 risk accidents and standards in fumigation |
| topic | Accidents T10 Occupational diseases and hazards H10 Pests of plants T01 Pollution B50 History F01 Crop husbandry N20 Agricultural machinery and equipment Cyanides Pesticides Public health Occupational health |
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