If a homeowner hasn't put pestisides on his lawn for two years, is there still chemicals in the lawn from previous years?
Some pesticides affect the microbes in the soil. Since microbes are needed, this can make the soil less fertile.
Fertilizers and pesticides lead to soil mismanagement by over doing both. If one over does it on the fertilizer on grass, it can actually have an adverse reaction and burn out or grass can die. If one over uses pesticides it can also act as a ground clearing agent.
leaching
they leave chemicals in the soil that can harm the soil and can even cause harm to near plants and disease to some animals
Traditional chemical pesticides contain harsh chemicals that contaminate crops. Transgenic methods are much cleaner.
If they do enter the fruits, it could be from contaminated water. A lot of the time pesticides are used in soil and sometimes they are sprayed directly over the soil making the pesticides stay on the surface of your fruit. That is why it is important to wash fruit before eating it
Some pesticides affect the microbes in the soil. Since microbes are needed, this can make the soil less fertile.
To keep the soil usable after spraying pesticides on it, crop rotation is used.
soil, water, and food getting contaminated by pesticides
The long-term use of pesticides and fertilizer can leave chemicals in the soil which can have toxic effects on certain crops and can contaminate agricultural workers, livestock and nearby strams.
People use pesticides/chemicals. Chemicals ruin the soil.
it depends on what type of soil it is,weather it`s thik or light.
Yes, as long as there are no chemicals on it or in the soil, like pesticides or weed killer. Tadpoles are amphibians and very sensitive to such things.
deforestation, mining and pesticides
Harmful pesticides should not be used
Non biodegradable pesticides don't rot, so they stay in the soil forever (well not forever, but a long time) This wouldn't be a problem if you were a traditional farm, but organic farm ban the use of pesticides. This means that they would not be able to use this land to grow their healthier crops. This also means that the animals of any farmer - traditional or organic - may be able to contract diseases due to eating the harmful chemicals in pesticides in their feed - potentially grass, or other herbivorous food items...
In terms of attitude, they treat their soil with respect. If you mean in terms of chemicals, they treat their soil with fertilizers and pesticides.