Question

What are harmful effect of pesticides

Answer 1

Answer:

pesticides are not good as they degrade the soil fertility

Answer 2

★ The harmful effects of insecticides are:

• Insecticides cause various metabolic and physiological disorders.

• Insecticides accumulate in the fatty tissues of the organisms including man, via. plants and vegetables.

• Accumulation of insecticides (DDT) in the fatty tissues of birds causes considerable decline in their capacity to reproduce, which results in the decline of their population.

• Concentration of river and ocean water insecticides affects fish and other marine creatures.