Pesticide Use

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Pesticide Use

• Members Audrey, Austin, Eric
• Leader Christopher

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Statement of the Problem

• How does the use of pesticides destroy the
  ecosystem?

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The Extent of Pesticide Use

• Approximately 1.8 billion people use pesticides
  worldwide.
• Over 1 billion pounds are used in the United
  States.
• Approximately 5.6 billion pounds used worldwide 
• Estimation of 25 million agricultural workers
  worldwide poisoned each year

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Pesticide Use in the US
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Causes of the Problem

• - People do not enjoy having bugs in their
  plants, wish to exterminate them
• - Can't learn to get along
• - By using pesticides we destroy ecosystems

Audrey Lee
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Impact of Using Pesticides

• Pesticides can
• - cause air pollution by spreading through wind
• - cause water pollution contaminate water harm
  aquatic animals
• - decrease biodiversity of soil
• -poison animals

Austin Chiu
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Impact of Using Pesticides

• - intoxicate humans
• - reduce food production create higher
  production costs
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• - toxins can kill humans, cause disease
• - affect adults, children
• - enter human body through digestion, inhalation

Austin Chiu
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Impact of Pesticide Use Data
Agricultural Use of Pesticides in the U.S.
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Impact of Pesticide Use Data
Increase in the Use of Pesticides  from 1965-1990
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How can we address this problem?

• - Use pesticides only when necessary.
• - Spray pesticides directly onto the problem.
• - Contain the pesticides within a closed area.

Audrey Lee
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Bibliography

• PDF American Institute of Biological Sciences
• (http//savepanjab.org/images/pdf/Environmental20
  and20Economic20Costs20of20Pesticide20Use.pdf)
  
• JSTOR Journal
• (http//www.jstor.org/pss/25008847)
• Global Healing Center
• (http//www.globalhealingcenter.com/effects-of-pes
  ticides.html)
• Wikipedia
• (http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_effect
  s_of_pesticides)

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Questions (HW)

• Audrey 1) Why do we continue to use pesticides?
• 2) What will happen if we stop using pesticides?
• Christopher  1) What alternative to pesticide
  use is there that does not harm the environment?
• 2)  What are the long term affects of pesticides?
• Eric 1) How many pounds of pesticide are being
  used in the US?
• 2) Approximately how many pounds of pesticide was
  used worldwide?
• Austin 1) How many people in the world are using
  pesticides?
• 2) Other than killing pests, are there any other
  benefits to using pesticides?