Title: The Dangers of Pesticides in the Environment - dummies
Headings: The Dangers of Pesticides in the Environment
The Dangers of Pesticides in the Environment
The pesticide treadmill
Spreading pesticide poisons in the environment
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Content: The pesticide treadmill starts with the development of a new and powerful pesticide, but once it starts, it never ends. Here’s how the cycle goes: Chemists create Pesticide A, which is extremely effective at killing pests. Farmers apply the pesticide to their crops. Most pests die, but a few survive and reproduce. A new generation of pests that aren’t affected by Pesticide A is born. Farmers apply Pesticide A with little or no result now that the pests are resistant. Chemists create a newer, more powerful compound, Pesticide B.
The cycle repeats itself over and over again. The pesticide treadmill leads to increasing costs for farmers, who have to purchase new pesticide formulas every year or risk losing their crops. Plus, each generation of pests is increasingly more difficult to kill, meaning that the pesticides chemists develop to kill the new pests must be even more potent than the last ones.