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How can farm chemicals poulute water?
Fertilizers and pesticides can get into natural waters.
Why should school serve organic food?
So children do not get unnecessary pesticides, and because schools are public institutions and purchase a lot of food, so farm workers do not get unnecessary pesticides, and the environment is not poisoned with unnecessary pesticides.
What do farmers use to contol pests on an organic farm?
Crop rotation and approved organic pesticides.
Is it OK to visit a farm in early pregnancy?
Countless farmer's wives have had babies, so why wouldn't it be? Be careful about exposure to any chemicals (fertilizers, pesticides) used on the farm.
Why would water plants contain DDT?
Some of the pesticides sprayed on farm crops wash off in the rain and get into the waterways. The water plants absorb the pesticides.
How do pesticides affect farm workers?
Pesticides can harm farm workers in many different ways if the workers themselves do not take proper precautions. Pesticide applicators also need to take precautions to ensure they do not inadvertently harm other workers. Workers need to understand what pesticides can do to them and what protection equipment and methods are available to them. The US Environmental Protection Agency has established a set of rules to help protect all farm workers. See the related link below for more information.
Technology can have good and bad effects. What is a bad effect of spraying pesticides on crops?
it can also harm farm animals
What has the author Theodore Raymond Eichers written?
Theodore Raymond Eichers has written: 'The farm pesticide industry' -- subject(s): Control, Pesticides industry, Pests 'Evaluation of pesticide supplies and demand for 1980' -- subject(s): Pesticides
What is the maximum speed farm machinery can go?
25
How do pesticides get into rain?
Pesticides can get into rain through a process called atmospheric transport, where they evaporate from the soil, plants, or water bodies into the air and then get carried by wind currents. Once in the atmosphere, pesticides can be transported over long distances and eventually combine with water vapor to form clouds and then fall as rain containing pesticide residues.
What type of runoff would you find pesticides in?
lakes/rivers/lakes/dams/drinking reservoirs/ Regarding actual types of runoff, pesticides would most likely be found in farm and agricultural runoff resulting from ploughed furrows between crops.
What is an effect of farm subsidies that pay farmers to take land out of cultivation?
Farmers use more pesticides on lands they do cultivate to make up for lost production.
