Deadlly Effect

A Deadly Effect “More than a quarter million American children, ages one through five, ingest a combination of 20 different pesticides every day” (pmac.net/pestprop.html). That means 250,000 children in the United States are eating pesticides daily. Pesticides have been a problem since Rachael Carson opened the eyes of millions of American readers with her book Silent Spring. People and wildlife are exposed to many pesticides every day through food, water and their surrounding environments. …

…spraying techniques can help maintain spray drift deposits within acceptable limits”(Wolf, 28). It still demonstrates the fact that the spraying of crops takes precedence in the industry over concern for damage which results in the environment. This is unacceptable because individuals in the industry realize that these chemicals are harmful to the environment yet they continue to use them. The entire article is pro use and stands by the idea that “sacrifices must be made.”