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Molluscicide
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CONS
PROS
Farmers applying pesticide
Cropduster
Kills pest > Less damage > More crops to sell > More money.
Less waste of land.
Very cheap to afford.
Cheaper vegetables for consumers.
Helps reduce damage done by pests not only limited to crops but maybe buildings.
Might affect unintended animals or children.
Is bad for your health.
Genetic resistance, once a certain pest has experienced the pesticide enough times, they will gradually be resistant to it and this will carry on to it's offspring and the pesticide will eventually have no effect on it, meaning we have to use a deadlier pesticide which might harm us even more.
People use crop dusters to apply the pesticide but only 10% of the pesticide reach crops and about 0.1 - 5% reach the targeted pests.
About 20,000 people die every year from food poisoning due to pesticide use in foods.
Molluscicide
What are the effects?
Metaldehyde (ingredient) damages all the organs of slugs and snails, causing death.
History
Humans have been using pesticides well before 2000 BC to protect their crops, but long ago, they were used in forms of poisonous plants
Where/How it is used?
1940-1950's "Pesticide Era"
- Where? : On gardens and crops.
- How? : Applied on crops to protect from pests, in this case, snails.
Crops
75% of pesticide uses world - wide are in developed countries.