Pesticide Pollution

1. Prespective And Recommendations To Solve The
Pesticides Pollution: Separately For Both Biotic(plants
And Animals) & Abiotic (Soil And Water) Environments
Submitted To:
Dr. Hafiz Khurram Shurjeel
Submitted By:
Muhammad Irfan Shan

2. What is Pesticide
 Any substances or mixture of
substances used for preventing,
destroying, repelling, mitigating and
controlling directly and directly any
insect, fungus, bacteria, nematode,
viruses, rodents, other weeds, plants,
and animals(pests).
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3. Pesticide Pollution
 The presence of pesticide into the
environment which gives harmful or
poisonous effects.
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4.  More than 500 different pesticide
formulations are being used in our
environment, mostly in agriculture.
 It is estimated that less than 0.1% of
pesticide applied to crops actually
reaches the target, the rest of it enters
the environment.
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5. Biotic Effects of Pesticides
Pollution and Their Solutions
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6. Effect on animals
 Animals including humans may be
poisoned by pesticide residues that
remain on food, for example when wild
animals enter sprayed fields or nearby
areas shortly after spraying.
 Pesticides can eliminate some
animals essential food sources,
causing the animals to relocate,
change their diet.
 Residues can travel up the food
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7.  For example, birds can be harmed
when they eat insects and worms that
have consumed pesticides.
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8. Humans
 Pesticides can enter the body through
inhalation of aerosols, dust
and vapor that contain pesticides;
through oral exposure by consuming
food/water; and through skin exposure
by direct contact
 Children are more susceptible and
sensitive to pesticides
 Because they are still developing and
have a weaker immune system than
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9.  Exposure effects can range from mild
skin irritation to birth defects, tumors,
genetic changes, blood and nerve
disorders, endocrine
disruption, coma or death.
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10.  One of these
pesticides, chlorpyrifos, has been
found to cause irreversible brain
damage in infants when they are
exposed to the insecticide during this
period.
 Pesticides can also contaminate our
food, harm pollinators, and threaten
our ecosystems.
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11. Effect on plants
 Nitrogen fixation, which is required for
the growth of higher plants, is
hindered by pesticides in soil.
 Pesticides can kill bees and are
strongly implicated in pollinator
decline, the loss of species that
pollinate plants.
 Pesticides have some direct harmful
effect on plant including poor root hair
development, shoot yellowing and
reduced plant growth.
 Killing of non-target plants 11Muhammad Irfan Shan

12. Effects on Soil
 Use of pesticides in agricultural
production can degrade and damage
the community of microorganisms
living in the soil.
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13. Effects on Water
 There are three major routes through
which pesticides reaches the water.
- Contaminate water they spraying
- Leaching through soil
- Carried to water when eroding the soil
After Contaminate
- Kill fishes
- Reduce quality of drinking water
- Alter physical characters of water
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14.  Reducing pesticide use
 Fighting for the right to know who is
using chemicals, where, when, how,
what pesticides are being used, and
why
 Protecting our communities, workers,
and children
 Pushing for better testing
 Ensuring the health of our pollinators
and food systems 14Muhammad Irfan Shan

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