Reasons for avoiding the use of chemical pesticides observations
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Title: Collect more information about reasons for avoiding use of chemical pesticide
Introduction:
Pesticides refer to the kind of chemical reagents used in agriculture for protection crops from disease, insects, rodents and regulating plant growth and killing weed. In addition for being applied to the agriculture, it can also be used in health and epidemic prevention, forestry, animal husbandry, environmental and health aspects. Based on the control object, it can be divided into insecticides, fungicides, miticides, nematicides, rodenticides, herbicides, defoliants and plant growth regulating agents.
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Environmental Effects
Chemical pesticides are known to pollute the environment. While their intended effects are often short-lived, studies have shown that chemical pesticides linger in the atmosphere, the ground and in our waterways long after the job is over. Chemicals have been used on fields across the world for almost 100 years, creating a buildup of adverse pollution in our environment, which continues to grow with every application. Unfortunately, when pesticides are applied onto a surface, they travel outside their intended area of use by air, soil or water. This is one common way in which chemical pesticides cause collateral damage, beyond their intended use. The Agricultural MU Guide, Pesticides and the Environment, explains that "for certain pesticides to be effective, they must move within the soil…too much movement can transfer a pesticide away from the target pest. This can lead to reduced pest control, contamination of surface water and groundwater and injury of non-target species, including humans.
Uses
Pesticides are used to control organisms that are considered to be harmful. For example, they are used to kill mosquitoes that can transmit potentially deadly diseases like West Nile virus, yellow fever, and malaria. They can also kill bees, wasps or ants that can cause allergic reactions. Insecticides can protect animals from illnesses that can be caused by parasites such as fleas. Pesticides can prevent sickness in humans that could be caused by moldy food or diseased produce. Herbicides can be used to clear roadside weeds, trees, and brush. They can also kill invasive weeds that may cause environmental damage. Pesticides are used in grocery stores and food storage facilities to manage rodents and insects that infest food such as grain. Each use of a pesticide carries some associated risk
Questions:
1.Harmful effects of chemical pesticides?
Pesticides are poisons and, unfortunately, they can harm more than just the “pests” at which they are targeted. They are toxic, and exposure to pesticides can not only cause a number of health effects, but is linked to a range of serious illnesses and diseases in humans, from respiratory problems to cancer.
Exposure to pesticides can occur in many ways. Exposure can occur in agriculture, through the treatment of crops, plants and grain stores. pesticide residues are found in our food also puts us at risk.
2.How do pesticides enter our bodies?
Pesticides can enter your body during mixing, applying, or clean-up operations. There are generally three ways a chemical or material can enter the body:
• through the skin (dermal),
• through the lungs (inhalation), or
• by mouth (ingestion).
• Or in food we eat
3.What chemicals are used in pesticides?
The chemicals are: 2,4D, Acephate, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), Bendiocarb, Bifenthrin, Boric Acid, etc
“inert ingredients” by the federal law, they are combined with active ingredients to make a pesticide product
4.Why not to use pesticides?
Top 10 Reasons To Stop Using Pesticides Now
• 1) Pesticides don't solve pest problems. ...
• 2) Pesticides are hazardous to our health. ...
• 3) Pesticides cause special problems for children. ...
• 4) Pesticides contaminate our food. ...
• 5) Pesticides are particularly hazardous for farmers, farm workers, and people who live near them. ...
• 6) Pesticides are dangerous to pets.
Conclusion:
In summary, the widespread use of insecticides is ineffective and economically wasteful in the long run. Many insecticides do in fact accomplish the intended task of controlling pest populations. However, their detrimental health and environmental effects make them an inadequate long term solution.