Arguments Against Industrialized Agriculture

Industrialized agriculture has been considering as a method to solve the world hungry problem. In the United States, industrialized agriculture is dominating the American agriculture. Pesticide has been widely used in industrialized agriculture in the world to control pest which can greatly prevent the corps from rot. It seems that the pesticide is necessary in the modern age to solve the hunger problems. Yet, examinations on the reliability of long term use of pesticide must be started. One of the major pesticide in United States had been tested with extremely harmful property. The research paper “Methyl bromide exposure and cancer risk in the Agricultural Health Study”, mentions that the Methyl bromide, which can use as a pesticide, is widely used in the United States. The research team had conducted an experiment, and that shows among 7814 of Agricultural Health Study pesticide applicators (14.6%) use Methyl bromide as pesticide (809). In addition, a study suggests the nervous system and lungs would be attacked, and it will potentially shuts down the organ system if people expose to methyl bromide (“Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (1992) Toxicological profile for bromomethane” 808). Moreover, there were carcinogenic potential of …show more content…
This is because the resistance from interest groups and genetic engineering industries. It is not possible to change the farming system in a short period of time. It is necessary to promote the organic ideas to people to raise their awareness to their health first. According to an article, “Which little piggy goes to market? Characteristics of US farmers ' market shoppers”, the number of operation farmers’ markets had significantly increased by around 250% from 1996 to 2006. Expend the scale of farmer’s market would be a good step to promote organic farming and pesticide-free