Pesticide

In the world, People really do not want to harm others. If farmers realized that deadly pesticides, such as parathion, could hurt people just as easily as the birds and other pests they are trying to put an end to , would they still use them? In this excerpt from Silent Spring, Rachel Carson uses rhetorical devices such as hyperbole, understatement, and rhetorical questions to make the practice of using poisons such as parathion important . Carson starts out by using the symbiotic nature of…

countries. Without pesticide use, about 60% of the crop will lose each years. So farmers use many tons of chemical pesticides annually. As we know consumers do not wish to eat food that has been treated with pesticides, and the pesticides and fertilizers can poison the water supply and cause harm to environment. In the United States, corn was genetically modified with the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) gene to against the corn pesters, which resulted in increased yields and reduced pesticide use.…

Three Reasons Why You Should Be Eating Organically Have you ever been at your local grocery store and have had to choose between a lower priced product and a considerably more expensive product labeled “organic”? The product may have ranged from a meat to a produce, but whatever the product was, chances are that you went with the lower priced item just to save a couple of dollars. What if you were aware that the higher priced product is actually the better option of the two? Spending that little…

Carson tries to persuade people to change the way they live. Has Carson succeeded in her attempt to change people’s behavior involving environmental issues? There are many ways that Carson has made changes in how people think about the problem of pesticides, insecticides, and herbicides. You may ask, how is Carson successful in her attempt? Carson has spread so much awareness of the problem that she talks about in Silent Spring. Eliza Griswold from the New York Times tells us (2012), Silent…

We live in an era that is vastly changing by the technological advances in all fields. New medicines and health procedures, more environmentally friendly vehicles and energy resources, even our knowledge of the universe. We have gained so much, but there is still controversy on everything we do to gain more advances in everything we know. A big controversy is the talk on the food we eat. The huge deal today is about Genetically Modified Organisms more commonly known as gmos and the rival of…

the side of the road as well as illegal dumping of trash in natural habitats. Another significant factor in land pollution is the oil refinery accidents that spill both inland as well as on the oceans. Our farmers use multiple types of harmful pesticides and other farming chemicals to grow our food that in turn pollutes our land leading to the destruction and health of all living creatures. An article in the US National Library of Medicine…

Agriculture has set a standard as to how much pesticides and insecticides are used on crops. The conventional food may have pesticides on them, but it is controlled at a safe level. There just aren’t as many chemicals on the organic produce. “That means produce that hasn’t been drenched in pesticides, chicken and beef hasn’t been pumped full of antibiotics, milk with even more nutritional value.”(Lazarus). There will still probably be pesticides on the organic food, it just doesn’t have as…

sustainability, including aspects such as health, resources, and the environment. As scientists have researched genetically modified cotton, they have found it to have two major advantages. The biggest benefit of this modified crop is that it has reduced pesticide use, mainly in the country of China (GMO Compass). The majority of genetically modified cotton has been altered to create a toxin that is called Bacillus thuringiensis,…

of killing “pests”, has started killing us? Rachel Carson wrote “The Obligation to Endure”, a chapter in her book Silent Spring to emphasize how important it is for the public to be educated on the chemicals that are harming our planet. Although pesticides do not need to be completely taken out of the picture, there are so many options that promote the growth of the earth rather than destroy it. Options like organic and natural foods boost our relationship with the environment the more we know…

tragedy struck in Bhopal, India killing an estimated 20,000 people. It began with a pesticide plant by Union Carbide. Union Carbide had diversified into India via Union Carbide India Limited. They had suspected that India was an enormous market that was yet to be tapped into and discovered. At the time UCC was one of the first companies to invest into India (Union Carbide Corporations). The plan was to sell their pesticide “Sevin” to the Indian population. With the vast population of India and…