AGRO CHEMICALS!
From the beginning of human history
through the 1940's, virtually all of the agriculture on
earth was sustainable. That is to say, food was grown without
the aid of chemicals.
In the late 1940's chemical
agriculture was introduced on a wide scale and we were
led to believe that the use of chemicals would result in
better crops, increased yield and lower input costs. We
were also assured that the chemical fertilizers were
safe.
Subsequently, we found out that
chemical fertilizers were not safe, they upset the
natural balance in the soils and destroyed the natural
soil microorganisms necessary for healthy plant growth.
After using chemical fertilizers
for a few seasons, we experienced significant crop
destruction from insect invasion. Again chemicals
provided the solution in the form of a pesticide called
DDT and again we were assured that this chemical was
safe.
After using DDT for a while we
discovered that it was not safe but was in fact a
powerful cancer-causing substance. In addition, we
discovered that the insects that were not killed by the
DDT produced offspring that were immune to it.
The simple fact is, many chemicals
that are marketed as totally safe for humans are later
found to be harmful. For example, EDB (Ethylene
dibro-mide) was marketed in the 1950's as an insecticide
and a post-harvest fumigant for fruits, vegetables and
grains. In 1984, it was banned by the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) due to its carcinogenicity,
mutagenicity and reproductive toxicity.
Pesticides encompass several
different chemical categories. They include herbicides
(used to kills weeds), insecticides (used to kill
insects), fungicides (used to control molds and fungi),
and rodenticides (used to kill rodents).
All
pesticides have one thing in common in common - they are
poisons designed to kill things and they have the
potential to be harmful to humans if ingested in
sufficient amounts.
The long-term disbenefits
associated with the use of agricultural chemicals, e.g.
resource depletion, environmental damage and health
consequences, are such that we need to develop and
implement ecologically sound strategies designed to
establish and maintain productive soils and prevent the
development of pests and diseases and control them in the
event of outbreaks
The Bottom Line – we need to
learn from our mistakes and begin practicing sustainable
agriculture.
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In US
farming areas, 22 percent of wells contain
nitrate levels that exceed federal safety
standards.
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Consider
This!
Each
day in the United States more than a million
children age 5 and under who eat a normal diet
ingest doses of organic phosphate pesticides that
exceed the Environmental Protection Agency’s
adult reference doses, according to a recent
analysis of USDA and FDA data.Twenty
million American children age 5 and under eat an
average of eight pesticides a day.
The
average apple has four pesticides on it after it
has been washed and cored; some apples have as
many as 10.
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percent of all pesticides used in the US are
applied in California. Agricultural
pesticide use in California increased 151 percent
between 1991 and 1998 while the amount of
cropland remained constant.
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The
simple fact is, we now have fewer farmers than we
did in the in 1910, and more leaving the land
every day which raises the question -
"Who
did the "CHEMICAL REVOLUTION really
benefit?" |
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