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    Over observations commercial beekeepers believe agricultural insecticides are the main cause to the high death in bee colonies. One insecticide particularly, neonicotinoid imidacloprid, was usually in the commercial fields that the bees were supposedly pollinating for fertilization. When studies where done on this insecticide and ones similar to it, interesting data was collected giving these bee keepers viable facts proving these insecticides were adverse on the bees health and pollination.…

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    DDT In Sub Sahara Africa

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    Africa, malaria has killed four million citizens, and the number of cases have quadrupled since 1980. Unfortunately, Sub-Saharan countries can’t afford medication because it has a low economic growth rate. Since DDT is a very cheap and effective insecticide, governments in Sub- Sahara Africa use it to prevent malaria outbreaks. Even though DDT is cheap, it should not be used because it causes more harm than benefits: it has harmful chemicals that destroy the environment and kill insects In…

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    Hemlock Tree Essay

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    Lake, Honeoye Lake hillsides, and Keuka Lake State Park. It’s here. But there are some things we can do if we want to keep the species in check, if we want to save hemlock trees and subsequently, our gullies and lakes. I do not promote the use of insecticides and other chemical poisons, ask anyone who knows me. But the HWA scares me enough that I am willing to rethink a few of my beliefs, at least until the little woolly devil’s biological controls can be introduced – which is coming – it’s…

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    Honey Bees Loss

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    Honey bees play a significant role in the production of the various crops humans consume on a daily basis. Without the pollination services of the honeybees, 35 percent of the human diet would disappear. The bees assist in producing fruits, vegetables, almonds, hay, cotton, and other crops which provide nutrients that are necessary for survival. However in recent years, bees have been dying at an alarmingly high rate. This is a problem that must be acknowledged and addressed because it is…

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    insects has changed substantially. The most populate method in today’s age is insecticide; chemicals which kill insects, however as sometimes due to gene mutation some insects are born with defects which give them resistance or immunity to some insecticides, while other insects die from those insecticides, they survive and then procreate, and the gene mutation passes down the generation. Substitutes to chemical insecticides include;…

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    to human children had been “silenced” by the insidious effects of DDT. Carson then discusses the effects of pesticides in water, soil and plants on earth. First she discusses the effects on waters as to how water gets contaminated by the use of insecticides on earth. This way the water bodies along with all the living beings in the water bodies get contaminated. This way the author makes people aware of the water bodies by making them see the ill effects on the…

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    future success of South Africa’s malaria elimination programme will depend on early detection of malaria cases followed by rapid appropriate treatment and vector control coverage especially in high-transition areas which will ensure that drugs, insecticides and diagnostic tools are of the highest quality. (2) South Africa will be able to reach their ultimate goal of elimination malaria as a…

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    After Cuba was informed that Yellow Fever was transmitted through mosquitos, Cuba took proper precautions to reduce the risk of Yellow Fever by spraying insecticide throughout the cities. Malaria is another deadly disease transmitted by mosquitos. Sub-Saharan areas in Africa are the hubs of Malaria cases. While Malaria can affect both adults and children it is more deadly for children. Malaria kills over 1…

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    "Rethinking Pesticides" by Scott Hoffman Black touches on the issues that pesticides have forced upon the ecosystem for millennia. Black mentions that even the Romans burned sulfur to kill insects and pests, and in the 1600s, people were even using a mixture of honey and arsenic to kill ants. Black’s overall goal in this article is to make people realize we need to study the effects of these chemicals on the whole environment before we simply use them for the “next quick fix.” He mentions that…

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    Tipping Honey Bees

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    What's tipping honeybee populations into huge annual die-offs? For years, a growing body of evidence has pointed to a group of insecticides called neonicotinoids, widely used on corn, soy, and other US crops, as a possible cause of what has become known as colony collapse disorder (CCD). Rather than kill bees directly like, say, Raid kills cockroaches, these pesticides are suspected of having what scientists call "sub-lethal effects"—that is, they make bees more vulnerable to other stressors,…

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