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Title: Pesticide Use


1
Pesticide Use
  • Members Audrey, Austin, Eric
  • Leader Christopher

2
Statement of the Problem
  • How does the use of pesticides destroy the
    ecosystem?

3
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

4
Pesticide Use in the US
5
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
6
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
7
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
8
Impact of Pesticide Use Data
Agricultural Use of Pesticides in the U.S.
9
Impact of Pesticide Use Data
Increase in the Use of Pesticides  from 1965-1990
10
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
11
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)

12
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?
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