What is a pesticide?
How do pesticides affect people?
Pesticides cannot be contained to a designated area.
- It is common place to overuse pesticides because of the common belief that pests are the largest enemy of farmers.
- Pesticide Treadmill
- Picture below: Coffee Beans
o The coffee beans on left are a result of the overuse of pesticides.
o The coffee beans on the right were grown without the aid of pesticides.
Sources:
"About Pesticides." Environmental Protection Agency. May 3, 2010.
Berg, Linda, and Peter Raven. Environment. United States of America: John Wiley &
Sons, Inc., 2006.
"Environmental Impacts." Equita. May 3, 2010.
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