Scientists use radiation in more forms than the average person realizes. With new technology these developments form new ways of living. Agriculture is not recognized as a big part in nuclear science. George de Hevesy was the first to practically use an isotope in 1911. We can thank him for the new advancements in fields of nuclear technology. The food you eat probably was altered using a form of neutron or gamma irradiation. Radioisotopes have changed the way we live, through all fertilizers, food preservation, insect control, and mutating a plant seed so it can fend off harmful pests and a better climate variation.
Benefits of nuclear science include the mass reduction in fertilizer. Most farmers need to use fertilizer to enrich the ground, especially in new developing countries. With new technologies farmers can use the specific fertilizer and actually know the nutrient value of their crop. Farmers can be sure of what is going into the plant and where due to the fertilizers being of a certain nutrient base. With this new advancement farmers know exactly what the fruit contains in nutrients and also lacks nutrients. …show more content…
insects are almost impossible to control and get rid of. Chemicals are typically used to deter away these pests, but some can overcome these chemicals by resisting them. In response more chemicals are added to our food to protect the plant and fruit given. Adding chemicals is not a healthy way of getting rid of insects. Scientists now have a way of sterilizing the insects. Producing mass quantities of insects is the first step. While they still remain in their eggs they are put under gamma radiation waves to unfertilize them. Once they are released into the area of trouble they mate. Since they are sterilized they create no offspring. In reaction to this the numbers greatly decrease over
Benefits of nuclear science include the mass reduction in fertilizer. Most farmers need to use fertilizer to enrich the ground, especially in new developing countries. With new technologies farmers can use the specific fertilizer and actually know the nutrient value of their crop. Farmers can be sure of what is going into the plant and where due to the fertilizers being of a certain nutrient base. With this new advancement farmers know exactly what the fruit contains in nutrients and also lacks nutrients. …show more content…
insects are almost impossible to control and get rid of. Chemicals are typically used to deter away these pests, but some can overcome these chemicals by resisting them. In response more chemicals are added to our food to protect the plant and fruit given. Adding chemicals is not a healthy way of getting rid of insects. Scientists now have a way of sterilizing the insects. Producing mass quantities of insects is the first step. While they still remain in their eggs they are put under gamma radiation waves to unfertilize them. Once they are released into the area of trouble they mate. Since they are sterilized they create no offspring. In reaction to this the numbers greatly decrease over