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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. Global strategies
  3. Applying pesticides

Applying pesticides

  • Treating infestation of pests
  • Destroying pests with chemicals

Broader

Taking immunosuppressive risk
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Destroying pests
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Applying chemical technology
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Narrower

Using plants as pesticides
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Using rodenticides
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Using insecticides
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Using herbicides
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Using fungicides
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Constrains

Increasing sustainable food production
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Reducing pollutant residues
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Constrained by

Restricting chemical pesticides
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Expanding use of environmentally less harmful agrochemicals
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Facilitates

Creating male infertility
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Contaminating food chains
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Facilitated by

Using synthetic pesticides with care
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Studying use of chemicals to control pests
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Marketing pesticides
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Manufacturing pesticides
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Problem

Environmental hazards of pesticides
Excellent
Pesticide damage to crops
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Value

Pestiferousness
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Infestation
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Web link

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #15: Life on Land

Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(D) Detailed strategies
Subject
  • Action » Application
  • Fundamental sciences » Chemicals
  • Industry » Chemical products » Chemical products
  • Societal problems » Destruction
  • Societal problems » Pests
    • Content quality
    Yet to rate
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    Language
    English
    1A4N
    V0105
    DOCID
    13201050
    D7NID
    196173
    Last update
    Mar 5, 2020