Pesticides have more environmental effect than its use. Almost all pesticides affect other species besides its target pests. Moreover, they pose a threat to endangered animals as well. Pesticides can affect other species, the air, water, food and other bottom sediments. Pesticide does not affect land and water only when it is used, it can also contaminate, when it escapes manufacturing sites, discarded, or when it runs off on fields.
The factors that affect the volume of pesticides that goes to other places besides its target are its propensity, vapor, pressure, resistance to break down and its solubility to water. There are even pesticides that destroy the ozone layer and contribute to global warming.
Pesticides can become air pollution, when wind brings them to other places when they are sprayed. Through this, the pesticide will contaminate other areas. Pesticides sprayed on crops can drift off to nearby wildlife and may affect the habitat of other animals and plants. Pesticides can easily travel through wind. That is why ground spraying produces less drift offs compared to aerial pesticides. The best thing for farmers to do is create a buffer zone around their crop area. Planting evergreen trees around their crop area so that the tree will prevent drift off pesticides to travel to other places can do this. In Netherlands, this buffer zone is legally required.
Tropospheric ozone is a pollution created by volatile organic compounds produced by pesticides that fumigate the soil, which reacted with other chemicals. 6 percent of all the Tropospheric ozone level was due to pesticides.
Animals that ate foods where pesticide residue remains may be poisoned. There are wild animals that enter crop field right after pesticide spraying. Food sources of animals may be gone due to the widespread application of pesticides. The diet and eating system of these animals will be disrupted because of this. And the entire food chain will also be affected. There are pesticides that create toxic level in the body and poison the animal over time. This is why there are many countries that discourage the use of pesticides through the Biodiversity action plans.
Pesticides are very dangerous to animals and to the households, because cross contamination of chemicals have very bad effects. That is why it is best to use organic pesticides instead of chemical pesticides. No matter what people do, there will always be pests living in their homes, and they should do whatever it takes to control or eradicate these pests. Instead of using chemical pesticides, an organic pesticide is the best alternative for it.
People just can’t let pests in their homes become a predicament; they should do something about it because pests are also very hazardous to health. Mark Ruben, Nature’s pest Best Manager, suggests the use of organic pesticides instead of doing more harm that is already created by pest through using chemical pesticides. The entire family can be contaminated with chemicals in using chemical pesticides, especially the pet. The family pet can also transfer chemicals that are harmful too. So consider using organic pesticides.
