Question

What are the effects of fertilizers and pesticides?

Answer 1

Fertilizers and Pesticides:

1. Fertilizers boost crop yields, but their excessive usage has hardened the soil, reduced fertility, strengthened insecticides, polluted air and water, and emitted greenhouse gases, creating health and environmental risks.
2. By limiting the role of nitrogen-fixing bacteria, synthetic fertilizer application starts the destruction of soil biodiversity.
3. Most of the fertilizer applied to the soil is washed away or broken down by bacteria, releasing the strong greenhouse gas nitrous oxide into the environment.
4. Soil, water, and air pollution, as well as damage to non-target creatures such as plants, birds, mammals, fish, and crops, are the main environmental problems associated with pesticides.
5. They have been linked to a variety of human health problems, ranging from short-term effects like headaches and nausea to long-term effects like cancer and reproductive harm.