Tommy Nguyen Derrick Hindery International Studies 280 6 June 2013 Pesticides Pesticides should be banned from use due to the heavy negative effects outweighing the positive properties pesticides provide. The creation of pesticides was brought upon by the annoyance of insects‚ weeds‚ and unwanted fungus. Pesticides came together with one goal and mission. The goal would be to eliminate unwanted bugs‚ and other pesky nuisances. These pests can destroy about half of the world’s food supply
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Environmental effects of pesticides Use of pesticides can have unintended effects on the environment. Over 98% of sprayed insecticides and 95% of herbicides reach a destination other than their target species‚ including nontarget species‚ air‚ water‚ bottom sediments‚ and food.[1] Pesticide contaminates land and water when it escapes from production sites and storage tanks‚ when it runs off from fields‚ when it is discarded‚ when it is sprayed aerially‚ and when it is sprayed into water to
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fertilizers‚ judicious use of quality pesticides along with education to farmers and the use of modern farming techniques. It is estimated that India approximately loses 18 percent of the crop yield valued at Rs.900 billion due to pest attack each year. The use of pesticides help to reduce the crop losses‚ provide economic benefits to farmers‚ reduce soil erosion and helping ensuring food safety & security for the nation. The Pesticide Management Bill 2008 defines “Pesticide” as‚ “Any substance or mixture
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Organophosphate Pesticides: Toxic Effects On Our Environment and Us. Laura DeMerchant‚ Victoria Dennis‚ Sam Demone‚ Bryden Tate‚ Dominic Talbot‚ Hayley Cable Group #11 Earth Science 274 March 14th‚ 2014 Organophosphate Pesticides In this rapidly developing world‚ people are continually exposed to numerous environmental pollutants such as industrial waste‚ polluted air and pesticides. The majority of pollutants are potentially toxic for organisms‚ some being connected to disease development
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Chemical Pesticides and the Damages they Cause Aaron Walker Devry University Chemical Pesticide and the Damages they Cause causes The articles and information that I grasped from the internet consisted of chemical pesticides and how they are affecting the animals‚ food‚ and humanity in today’s time. There are many ways to eating healthy‚ but at the same time we must be observant to the types of food that we put in our system. We have leaner products‚ vegetables
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Pest and Pesticides For centuries‚ pests have been feasting on crops and not only decreasing a farmer’s crop yield‚ but also spreading diseases that can even be deadly. Mosquitos‚ like the one to the left can carry many diseases such as West Nile and malaria.1 There are so many pests from insects such as beetles‚ which feed off of crops such as the potato plant (left)‚ and mosquitos (left) to rodents such as rats that “even with extensive use of pesticides‚ a substantial amount of damaged [crops]
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The use of pesticides in food People don’t know how they endanger them by consuming food that is not organic and is not pesticide free. The Food that is crop with a lot of chemical pesticides have the remains of the chemicals even when they are sold in stores. These can cause a lot of problems for the health and the environment. In 1962 it was published a book about the problem that was using carbonated pesticides especially DDT. In this book‚ was known that when people cropped the food with DDT
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funds of the government to invest for the new devices‚ methods‚ and products that may help them secure their lives with farming. The current industrial agriculture system promotes the reliance on agrochemicals‚ both synthetic fertilizers and pesticides‚ while neglecting to consider their negative effects on the economy of local communities‚ human health and the environment. The widespread use of irrigation‚ agrochemicals and new seeds have largely increased agriculture production‚ but this
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publishing of Rachel Carson ’s Silent Spring in the 1960s‚ argues that DDT and pesticides caused cancer and also there has been concern regarding the effects of chemical pesticides on the environment. In the environment‚ the biological concentration of chemical pesticides tends to increase the higher the animal is in the food chain. DDT‚ for example‚ severely reduced the rate of reproduction in many fish and birds. Most of the pesticides can also harm people either directly or indirectly through the food chain
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The Truth About Pesticides A pesticide is a substance or mixture that directly or indirectly destroys‚ stupefies‚ repels‚ inhibits‚ or prevents attacks of any pest in relation to a plant‚ place or thing (Toxins). Types of pesticides include substances that kill weeds (herbicides)‚ insects (insecticides)‚ fungus (fungicides)‚ rodents (rodenticides)‚ and others (Toxins). Pesticides were created to maximize crop yields by protecting the plant from possible attackers and are composed of chemicals that
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