The chemicals that kill the pests sometimes have side-effects. They may do harm to creatures that you do not want to kill . Legal pesticides are tested to minimize the danger, but mistakes can be made .
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the answer is "they kill agricultural pests
They kill agricultural pests.
as the fertilizers and pesticides are made from chemical substances that is why when we put fertilizers instead of cow dung etc the soil become dry and pollute. shaghaf ghufran qureshi
Some evironmental concerns from gathering apples are using pesticides and machinary that is harmful to the emvironment.
For most people, the term "Earth-friendly farming" is the prohibition of using any sort of pesticides, petro-chemical-based fertilizer on crops, the boycott of using GMO crops, and abstaining from using growth hormones and antibiotics in livestock. Naturally, of course, the term has a different meaning for everybody, but the definition above is the general term most people use.
Pesticides are of various chemical nature which on being applied to plants nuture them by warding of pests. Pesticides, when applied to plants, on excess irrigation, they percolate down the soil thus polluting the depleting reservoire of groundwater. Pesticides are composed of various chemicals like cadmium, mercury which enter the human body via the food chain which has its dependence on groundwater. Chemicals like cadmium cause death on consumption. Pesticides not only harm the insects and pests but also the local fauna like snakes and earthworms which are natural pesticides and decomposers. Snakes kill the rats living in the farm.
Using pesticides
what reason might a farmer have for using bioligical control instead of chemical pesticides
to make the plants healthier
Traditional chemical pesticides contain harsh chemicals that contaminate crops. Transgenic methods are much cleaner.
Because it has no pesticides, and is not grown using chemical fertilizers.
Read the label and then you tell me.
There isn't one chemical equation for pesticides as there are many pesticides which are created differently.
It is supposed that biopesticides are not so dangerous for the environment as artificial pesticides.
the one and only solution against chemical pesticides
The disadvantage of modern agriculture is that the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides has a negative effect on the environment. The advantage of the modern agriculture is that the use of machine and the use of large irrigation systems help boost the crop production.
chemical pesticides are very harmful for our health and caused many diseases like skin cancer etc. it also helps better plant growth
Some biological alternatives to the use of chemical pesticides is to use biological control agents like fungi, bacteria, or viruses.
All you can do is to stop using pesticides or restrict their use..