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Any of a number of corporations, including BASF, Bayer CropScience, Dow AgroSciences, FMC, Monsanto, and Syngenta, just to name a few in the US.
You don't have to be a big chemical company to make pesticides, though. If you have aphids in your garden, for example, you can make a homemade insecticide using dish soap as the main ingredient which is quite effective. Just use a "spritz" bottle and spray the plant thoroughly to cover all the aphids. To disinfect kitchen surfaces, use distilled "white" vinegar as a fairly effective bactericide. The distilled vinegar can also act as a contact herbicide as well.
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What is biomagnification of pesticides?
Biomagnification of pesticides basically means that the concentration of the substance exceeds what it should be. This makes the pesticide more powerful and harmful.
Is non-organic food really that bad for you?
Organic food does not have pesticides so that makes it healthier.
Is food better for your health with pesticides or without pesticides?
pesticides kill insects. Pesticides contain carcinogenic ingredients. Pesticides have warning lables that say not to inhale them or make contact with their skin. You do the math.
What carcinogens are in pesticides?
Your moms carcinogens are in pesticides?!?!?!?!?!
Which fungus kills pesticides?
Fungus does not kill pesticides, pesticides (fungicide to be exact) kill fungus.
Why do some people want farmers to use lower amounts of pesticides?
They believe it will better protect the environmentThey don't understand the process EPA uses to approve pesticides, so they fear the pesticidesThey don't really know what pesticides areThey are more willing to believe what some celebrity says than real scientistsThey don't understand that pesticides are what makes our food supply so bountiful
What makes fruit and vegetable organic?
To be organic, watermelon must be grown from non-GMO seeds and synthetic pesticides cannot be used. Usually, the seeds used are heirloom and open pollinated.
Pesticides can be grouped according to what?
pesticides can be grouped according to
How bio pesticides are beneficial over chemical pesticides?
It is supposed that biopesticides are not so dangerous for the environment as artificial pesticides.
Pesticides are helpful for increasing the food supply . which use of pesticides is most dangerous for humans?
spreading pesticides with airplanes
What has the author J Gordon Hanna written?
J. Gordon Hanna has written: 'Commercial feeding stuffs' -- subject(s): Feeds, Analysis 'Commercial feeding stuffs' -- subject(s): Feeds, Analysis 'Pesticides' -- subject(s): Pesticides, Analysis 'Pesticides' -- subject(s): Pesticides, Analysis 'Commercial feeding stuffs' -- subject(s): Feeds, Analysis 'Pesticides' -- subject(s): Pesticides, Analysis 'Pesticides' -- subject(s): Pesticides, Analysis 'Pesticides' -- subject(s): Pesticides, Analysis 'Commercial feeding stuffs' -- subject(s): Feeds, Analysis
What are Bio pesticides?
Bio-pesticides are pesticides that only contain natural materials rather than chemicals found in most other forms. Essentially they are environmently-friendly pesticides.
