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With a growing population there is an increasing challenge for agriculture to produce more and more food. Use of herbicides, insecticides and fungicides in agriculture reduces the loss of crops, and increases the yield, however regarding the benefits and impact of the use, opinions are divided. Some scientists suggest that the use of these chemicals involve risks for human and animal health and is not sustainable for the environment. Other groups claim that the use of pesticides in agriculture is safe and sound and is very beneficial for human kind. Real life, nevertheless, shows today that we are facing a lot of challenges, such as: import of banned pesticides from one country to another, poisoning of people by accident, residues in food and environment, disruption of ecosystems, human and animal dangerous exposure etc. So, the aim of this paper is to review the pro and cons of the use of pesticides in agriculture and to enrich the knowledge concerning the possible impact of these chemicals on future generations and the dimension of correlated environmental damages. |
