Cons Of Using Pesticides Research Paper

Every day we hear on the news about how many health problems we have as humans. When we find a cure for one health problem there are three more health issues that pop up. People have become ignorant about politics and what is happening around them. Worst of all people have become ignorant about what is in the food they are putting in their bodies. I have been looking at the pros and cons to using pesticides and what I have found in my research surprised me.
Now the bad side of pesticides are some acute dangers such as nerve, skin, and eye irritation and damage, headaches, dizziness, nausea, fatigue, and systemic poisoning - can sometimes be dramatic, and even occasionally fatal. Weakened immune systems are also an issue with long exposure to pesticides. Pesticides have been linked to human health hazards such as cancer, reproductive harm, and endocrine disruption. Children are more susceptible with the hazards caused from pesticides. Studies have shown that the brain is not fully formed until the age of 12. A child being exposed to pesticides before the age of 12 can …show more content…
We can use organic pesticides instead of non-organic pesticides. Have your children wash themselves when they come in from playing outside since the pesticide residue can be on the plants and grass they are playing in. You can boil your tap water to get rid of impurities and put it in the fridge to cool it off for drinking. We can also clean our store bought food better when bring it home.
There are many pros and cons to using pesticides these days. They prevent disease and save crops but they also cause harm to our health. If we are careful around pesticides that are being used have been used recently that will help keep our health safer. We should watch what we eat and check our drinking water but without the pesticides we may have bigger problems such as death from disease and starvation from not enough