Pesticides
Tommy Nguyen
Derrick Hindery
International Studies 280
6 June 2013
Pesticides Pesticides should be banned from use due to the heavy negative effects outweighing the positive properties pesticides provide. The creation of pesticides was brought upon by the annoyance of insects, weeds, and unwanted fungus. Pesticides came together with one goal and mission. The goal would be to eliminate unwanted bugs, and other pesky nuisances. These pests can destroy about half of the world’s food supply. Innovators took action to try and stop this by developing chemical pesticides. With newfound power to fight against unwanted troubles, these chemicals have been spread to the entire world and used by almost everyone. Chemical pesticides can be found anywhere. It is rare that an average household in the United States does not own a single pesticide. Distributed throughout the world, these chemicals are permeated to most regions of crop nature. With these substances, pests were controlled and it also eliminated the weeds that would suck nutrients away from crops. However, with great power comes great consequence for pesticide users and people of any society involved in pesticide use. Pesticides were found to have hazardous effects on human health and the environment. This is important to note because humans inhabit the earth and live in the environment that is being effected. Therefore, these chemicals are affecting them even more in depth. Once it was found that pesticides were toxic to life in natural habitats, more controversy rose around the use of such substances for growing crops. Pesticides initially gave positive results for farming purposes by helping crop grow. Created from the mixture of herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides, the chemical pesticides were flooded over growing crops of farmers. The pesticides first cause a majority of insects and weeds to be eliminated so that crops will be able to grow without interruption. When crops are allowed to be grown
Derrick Hindery
International Studies 280
6 June 2013
Pesticides Pesticides should be banned from use due to the heavy negative effects outweighing the positive properties pesticides provide. The creation of pesticides was brought upon by the annoyance of insects, weeds, and unwanted fungus. Pesticides came together with one goal and mission. The goal would be to eliminate unwanted bugs, and other pesky nuisances. These pests can destroy about half of the world’s food supply. Innovators took action to try and stop this by developing chemical pesticides. With newfound power to fight against unwanted troubles, these chemicals have been spread to the entire world and used by almost everyone. Chemical pesticides can be found anywhere. It is rare that an average household in the United States does not own a single pesticide. Distributed throughout the world, these chemicals are permeated to most regions of crop nature. With these substances, pests were controlled and it also eliminated the weeds that would suck nutrients away from crops. However, with great power comes great consequence for pesticide users and people of any society involved in pesticide use. Pesticides were found to have hazardous effects on human health and the environment. This is important to note because humans inhabit the earth and live in the environment that is being effected. Therefore, these chemicals are affecting them even more in depth. Once it was found that pesticides were toxic to life in natural habitats, more controversy rose around the use of such substances for growing crops. Pesticides initially gave positive results for farming purposes by helping crop grow. Created from the mixture of herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides, the chemical pesticides were flooded over growing crops of farmers. The pesticides first cause a majority of insects and weeds to be eliminated so that crops will be able to grow without interruption. When crops are allowed to be grown
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