Benefits of Pesticide Use
By- Grace Hickman, Steven Martone and Alex Hecht
The Reason why we need pesticide
Every day crops die from caterpillars, and other plant eating insects, however we have found a way to prevent this total disaster. We have discovered the art of pesticides. We pesticide everyday to prevent total crop failure in the US, but the pesticides do come with cons.
Cons
Most people think of pesticides in a negative light because of some of its cons
- direct impact of humans
-Impact through food commodities
-impact on environment
-surface water contamination-
- and of course soil contamination
However no one really thinks of the Pros
Pesticide Visuals
we still need them
Pros
It's time for the most important part the pros...
-improving porductivity
-Protection of crops
-Vector disease control
-Quality of food
-More food = more money= money for charity
Thoose are the pros that people tend not to think about so the next time you go to riot against pesticides remember the pros.