What are the benefits and the detriments of pesticides? Discuss pesticides as ha

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What are the benefits and the detriments of pesticides? Discuss pesticides as hazardous waste; pesticide hazards to agricultural workers; chlorinated hydrocarbons; organophosphates and carbonates; pyrethroids and rotenoids; biological amplification of persistent pesticides; DDT and malaria control; Agent Orange; the Bhopal accident; pesticide residues in foods—which do you prefer: unblemished fruits and vegetables that may contain pesticide residues or blemished fruits and vegetables without pesticide residues?; pesticide runoff as a threat to agriculture; evaluating pesticide advertising.

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benifits of pestisides- pestiside kills the insects in the farms which may prevent the farms from being damged by them,it increase the production ,increase profits for the farmer and prevent the farm from diseases, other wise pests consume a large portion of agriculture crops without the use of pestisides.

disadvantage- chemical pesticides are known to pollute the enviorment. while their intended effects are often short-lived.studies has shown that chemical pesticides linger in the atmosphere , the ground, and in our water way.

because when they are applied in an area they travel outside with air water which is harmful for enviorment , human health and its not good for soil also which can lead decrease in production in future. and it cause indoor polution they are easily tracked by human and can cause indoor polution in homes.

effects on worker- it effects on them so badly they suffer from health issues like respiratery problems,heart desiease ,lymphoma and more. as we had disscuss earlier pesticides may be tracked easly so its hazardious for family members of workers too it can cause chilhood leukemia.

we should prefer food products without pesticides products should be organic its good for us for our eniviorment and for future genration too.

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