Sunday, May 2, 2010

Pesticides and their Effects


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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