Example for Research Method Work
Research Methods
Semester 1
Session 2013/2014
EFFECT OF PESTICIDE (INSECTICIDE) USE ON ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH
Institute of Biological Science,
Faculty of Science,
University of Malaya
1. Introduction
Human and environment are two elements that depends on each other. Environment provided shelter, food and also our basic needs which is oxygen. But, because of anthropogenic activity our environment being under pressure. However, at the end of the day the most suffering one is human itself. This research paper were focusing on the bad effect of pesticides use to our environment and us and also what action that had been taken globally to handle the problem.
The most important part is to really understand what is define as pesticide. Pesticide is any substance or mixture of substances that used for preventing, destroying repelling or mitigating any pest (US Environmental, 2007). Usually, pesticides are used to protect the plant, which in general to protect plants from damaging influences such as weeds, diseases or insect. Pesticides often being misunderstood as insecticides only but, this term also applied to other substances that used to control pests. This including herbicide, fungicide, rodenticide, antimicrobial, germicide, animal repellent, insect repellent, avicide, termiticide, disinfectant, sanitizer and insect growth regulator (Wikipedia, 2013).
Pest control is a need. It is very true. The human population nowadays is 7,197,819,362 and as predicted it will increase to 8.1 billion at 2025 (The Press Associated, 2013), thus the production of food especially from plant also going to increase its production from year to year. But, the presence of pest causes the loss of crop production. So, the farmer decided to use pesticide to control the outbreak of pesticides. Pesticides are very useful not only to farmer but also to the society. It can use to kill potential disease-causing organisms for example
Semester 1
Session 2013/2014
EFFECT OF PESTICIDE (INSECTICIDE) USE ON ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH
Institute of Biological Science,
Faculty of Science,
University of Malaya
1. Introduction
Human and environment are two elements that depends on each other. Environment provided shelter, food and also our basic needs which is oxygen. But, because of anthropogenic activity our environment being under pressure. However, at the end of the day the most suffering one is human itself. This research paper were focusing on the bad effect of pesticides use to our environment and us and also what action that had been taken globally to handle the problem.
The most important part is to really understand what is define as pesticide. Pesticide is any substance or mixture of substances that used for preventing, destroying repelling or mitigating any pest (US Environmental, 2007). Usually, pesticides are used to protect the plant, which in general to protect plants from damaging influences such as weeds, diseases or insect. Pesticides often being misunderstood as insecticides only but, this term also applied to other substances that used to control pests. This including herbicide, fungicide, rodenticide, antimicrobial, germicide, animal repellent, insect repellent, avicide, termiticide, disinfectant, sanitizer and insect growth regulator (Wikipedia, 2013).
Pest control is a need. It is very true. The human population nowadays is 7,197,819,362 and as predicted it will increase to 8.1 billion at 2025 (The Press Associated, 2013), thus the production of food especially from plant also going to increase its production from year to year. But, the presence of pest causes the loss of crop production. So, the farmer decided to use pesticide to control the outbreak of pesticides. Pesticides are very useful not only to farmer but also to the society. It can use to kill potential disease-causing organisms for example
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