Pesticides can both help us and endanger us.So, should we continue using it?
Advantages.
Firstly,pesticides kills pests that eats up people crops.It doesnt only help farmers,it also helps us by preventing us from seeing something unwanted in our food.It is because of pesticides that we can eat fruits and vegetables like carrots and apples fresh,by just rinsing it with water.Other then that it also prevents the growth of bacteria,weeds,fungi and viruses.
Disadvantages.
Like in this case study,a family living in a home surrounded by fields suffers health problems. The first born baby suffer from asthma and is partially sighted.And a dog and its owner suffering from cancer too.These shows the health problems that these pesticides cause to people who are near these farmsIndirectly too,pesticides can cause us health problems when we eat the food from these farms and when we eat fishes that are in a marine environment which has been already poluted by these pesticides.Another way of consuming these pesticides is when we eat animals that eat these pests or eat the grass that are around the farm.All these would cause health problems too us.
My opinion is that,we should continue using pesticides as it really does us alot of benefits.However,farmers and the government can take precautionary measures like making sure farms are away from homes and farmers disposing off their waste water properly to ensure the people safety.In this way,we can still consume food without worrying about its chemical content.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/politics_show/3873761.stm
