Taxpayers Fund Pro-Pesticide PR Campaign

hi,
I'm an environmentalist. Pesticide can really damage human and environmental health. With regards to human beings, health is greatly affected with the effects of residues. These effect may vary from cancer, chronic and acute diseases because of the compounds that were added to the pesticides. We might not feel the effects immediately because some compounds may be safe for certain levels, however continuous exposure can harm us already because some compounds are capable of bio-accumulation or bioconcentration. This process occurs when our body accumulates toxic substances that can be found on pesticides, from time to time, your body will suffer from chronic poisoning. That's why concerned institutions monitor the levels so consumers won't be affected. This is only one effect of pesticides to human beings.

Another component that can be affected is our environment. Pesticides can leave residues such as salts to the soil or to our farms. This process is called salinization. Salinization can affect plant growth which eventually contribute to lower yield.

Nowadays, there are alternative ways in order to reduce or mitigate the impacts of pesticides to both human beings and to the environment. Instead of using pesticides, effective pesticide management can be implemented, this includes proper timing of pesticide application, using proper amount of pesticides to avoid immunity development of pests or the use of natural pesticides such as planting of allelophatic plants or beneficial insects that target pests not your crops and other practices. Using these practices can mitigate or control the detrimental effects of pesticides to human beings as well as the environment.

I only included here some practices, there are still a lot more practices that can be more effective and even localized.