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     Pesticides are chemicals designed to kill, control, or repel insects, plant diseases, weeds, rodents, and germs. (Most pesticides are used in agriculture production, to killing pests found on hundreds of different crops including fruits, vegetables, nuts, and cereal grains.) All these foods form a good majority of North America’s diet, and the majority of these foods consumed contain pesticide residues. Pesticides are also used to get rid of unwanted pests in homes, schools, and parks. All of these chemicals are especially harmful to children because they can routinely come in contact with various pesticides through their distinctive diet and play activities. Water and apple juice are proven to

To understand pesticides, we must look at the facts about them. According to the EPA, pesticides are chemicals specifically designed and sold to prevent, destroy, or repel pests from garden, greenhouses, fields, and orchards (Learn About Chemicals Around Your House). Charlotte Gerber’s article, How Do Pesticides Kill Bugs, explained that pesticides targets insects and kills them by attacking the nervous system and then when the muscles are over-stimulated, this will lead to paralysis and death. The effect of the organophosphates that cause that in pesticides was discovered in the 1930's during World War II. They were used in the creation of nerve gas, which was used in chemical warfare. When used in lethal dosages for humans, organophosphates cause extreme excitability, convulsions, paralysis and in most cases, death (Gerber). According to Effects of Pesticides on Human Health, The World Health Organization estimates that there are 3 million cases of pesticide poisoning each year and up to 220,000 deaths, primarily in developing countries (Lah and Glibert 2011). Children, and any other young and developing organisms, are particularly vulnerable to the harmful effects of pesticides. Even very low levels of exposure during development may have adverse health effects. Exposure can even lead to neurological health effects such as memory loss, loss of

Most people know of the existence of pesticides but many of them also do not have to use them nor do they know

In the early 1940’s, a new technology emerged that was able to successfully combat crop-damaging and disease-carrying insects. A new age of synthetic chemical pesticides use arose. After their impressive success in fighting deadly insect-borne diseases during World War II, pesticides were used widely to combat insect pests for agriculture and public health. Few people challenged the benefits of the new scientific and technological products and many embraced pesticide use with enthusiasm. Despite its success, doubts about pesticide use began to appear a decade later in the 1950’s, when the government began a vigorous pesticide campaign across the country against insect pests. Scientists began reporting heavy losses of avian and

Nonprofit organizations such as Cultivate the City raise awareness of issue concerning pesticides; they are farmers who aim to feed families and communities with pesticide-free, locally-grown food. They also help people grow and develop skills and access resources to start successful and sustainable farm operations. By doing this, the organization teaches the people that there are methods that they can use to grow fruits, plants, etc. that do not put them at risk of developing any illnesses linked to pesticides. According to the Toxic Action Center, “Pesticides have been linked to a wide range of human health hazards, ranging from short-term impacts such as headaches and nausea to chronic impacts like cancer, reproductive harm, and endocrine disruption” (Toxic Action Center ). Some of these impacts can even be fatal when the exposure is higher. Cultivate the City seeks to further expand their mission .They have been currently working with schools to integrate the garden with the classroom curricula and it is a great way to get involved and educate children at a young age. This is important because 13 percent of apples, 7.5 percent of pears and 5 percent of the grapes in the US food supply expose young children eating these fruits to unsafe levels of organophosphate insecticides (Cummins 1999). According to the CTC website, “Students at JO Wilson Elementary School help

However, pesticides are used to control pests, which include insects, mice and other animals, unwanted plants (weeds), fungi, or microorganisms like bacteria and viruses. Often misunderstood to refer only to the insecticides, the term pesticide also applies to herbicides (that control weeds), fungicides (that control fungi), and substances used to control other pests. In addition, because many pests tend to travel between farms, resistance to pesticides can evolve at an inefficient rate. Farmers can increase the economic efficiency of chemical use by adapting integrated pest and resistance management practices, such as rotating crops and pesticides, reducing reliance on a single pesticide, adjusting planting and harvesting dates, scouting fields, and using more benign, and biological control

This suggests that the roadsides was once beautiful and bloomed with healthy and lively vegetation; however, they are now destroyed due to the use of pesticides. From these examples, it can be shown that even though pesticide is beneficial, its deadly effects outweigh its benefits; in addition, it is a dangerous substances to the environment, organisms, and even human.

A pesticide is a substance used to eliminate insects or other organisms that come into contact with the plant life that the substance is placed on, this tactic of removal is damaging to both harmful and helpful insects or organisms.

Pesticides is substances that kill or keep away things, which will harm or other your plants or products such as insects, weeds, bacteria, rodents, or fungi. For example, famers and gardeners uses chemical spray on their plants to keep away or kill insects or any animals that would harm their products.

Organic farming practices have greatly advanced the use of non-chemical means to control pests, as mentioned earlier. Unfortunately, these non-chemical methods do not always provide enough protection, and it’s necessary to use chemical pesticides. Data is collected from the origin of the produce (i.e. farmers) and where it is sold (i.e. Walmart, Whole Foods, H.E.B., etc.). Researchers haven’t bothered to study the effects of organic pesticides because it is assumed that “natural” chemicals are automatically safe. However, researchers have done a quantitative study on how these pesticides and chemicals affect a person’s personal health. They chose eight different pesticides in relation to their chemical structures and physico-chemical properties (Barriuso, Andrades, Benoit, and Houot 122). Six pesticides were non-ionic in most environmental conditions and two were weak acid or base (Barriuso, Andrades, Benoit, and Houot 122). They also used two different compost, green waste and sewage sludge, to conduct fermentation on plants as well as the texture and type of soil (Barriuso, Andrades, Benoit, and Houot 123). Studying the affects of pesticides and chemicals will later provide us information on what we consume by eating organic

Our lives would be easier without these organisms, and scientists have created chemicals to prevent these pests from destroying crops. These chemicals would be labeled as pesticides. Pesticides are the only effective means of controlling disease organisms, weeds, and insect pests in many circumstances. The topic of pesticides can make some people become uncomfortable, but it is not possible to feed the world without pesticides.

Therefore, pesticides will be regarded as a crucial means of reaching universal demands, with agricultural and food systems needing to adapt to threats posed by climate change. It is estimated that without pesticides, global food production could decline by 35-40%, amplifying the cost of food and threatening food security (Farming UK, 2016).

Although a vast increase has been seen in the enactment of pesticide legislation worldwide, it remains absent in approximately a quarter of countries in Africa and the Southeast Asian region . Where present, regulations often lack comprehensiveness and the capacity to enforce these effectively. Conversely, developed nations are increasingly implementing more stringent legislation.

Pesticides may poison non – target species either directly or through accumulation in the environment since it have biological activity (Peter Brown et al, 1996). The continuous used and direct usage of pesticides will contaminate the environment mostly water due to its active ingredient. Olivier Austin (2012) predicts that a significant proportion of the pesticide may remain in the soil and discharge to drains and spread to surface waters after periods of rainfall.. To conclude, for country that wanted to applied pesticide for their agriculture sector, they must acquire approval from registration scheme.

(Trewavas, 2001, p.409). This evidence shows that the use of the synthetic pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides, is beneficial from a food safety point of view, as they decrease the possibility of getting ill from the consumption of this food. Therefore, conventionally grown food is safer than organically grown food, which does not use these chemicals.