The Pesticide Question: Environment, Economics and Ethics is a 1993 book edited by David Pimentel and Hugh Lehman.

[2] This book is the result of research by leading scientists and policy experts into the non-technical and social issues of pesticides.

Anyone concerned with reducing our reliance on chemical pesticides and how human activities can remain both productive and environmentally sound will find this volume a stimulating contribution to a troubling debate.

[3] The Pesticide Question builds on the 1962 best seller book Silent Spring by Rachel Carson.

[4] Carson did not reject the use of pesticides, but argued that their use was often indiscriminate and resulted in harm to people and the environment.