PESTICIEDS
Anthony Pascuzzo
Pd.5
Issues with our Food
A pesticides, is a substance(s) used to kill pests from destroying crops. A pesticide may be a virus or bacteria used as a disinfectant used to exterminate pests. Some pests that you may encounter are insects, birds, and mammals but you know that there is a catch.
The good thing about using pesticides is that you don’t have to worry about pests destroying your crops. Another reason is that if you follow laws of using pesticides there is on harm that can be done to the human body. The last reason is that you may kill off harmful pests that harmful to the human body.
Here is the catch; the pesticides may be harmful to you and animals. Also pesticides may take away some of the nutrition out of the food. Some people may have an allergic reaction to some of the pesticides. Another reason pesticides may be bad is that they could not be completely clean and you might get poisoned from them.
My opinion on pesticides is that they should be used because even if they aren’t clean you can clean them at home. Another reason is that if you don’t use pesticides, the pests may destroy your crops. Therefore I think that pesticides should be used for the safety of our crops.
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March 23rd, 2009 at 11:57 am
I agree with your opinion about cleaning pesticides off yourself. If all food was sprayed with pesticides then it would get rid of many pests that could damage us. Also a lot more crops are grown.
March 23rd, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Ant –
Very nice job with the article. It was a little short but you still focused it well and were able to get your point across. The only thing I think could have been improved a little was the length, also I think it would have been more hard-hitting if you gave some real-life scenarios of the harm and good that pesticides. Overall I really enjoyed your article and I learned not only the cons but the pros of using pesticides.
March 26th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Hey man nice job on the essay,I really liked how you added the pros and cons of pesticides. Also it was short and sweet you got to the point and didn’t drag on the subject, very nice. Don’t listen to Kaufman, you did a good job
March 30th, 2009 at 7:41 am
Nice job on the essay. You did a good job at getting to the point, and provided information on not only the bad things, but also what they are used for. You made sure we understood your opinion. After people read what you have wrote, they will know what pesticides do for you and what they can do to harm you.
- good job — sierra
March 31st, 2009 at 11:38 am
Tyler,
Thanks for agreeing with me on cleaning the pesticides after you purchase them. I believe that people should actually become smart and learn how to do things on your own. Also I think that people shouldn’t complain about pesticides on the food, they are not sick and the food is fine. People need to shut up and just eat the food.
March 31st, 2009 at 11:42 am
Gabby,
Thank you for the constructive criticism, and next time I will be sure to include some real life scenarios. Also I will be sure to make my blog a little longer by getting more research.
March 31st, 2009 at 11:45 am
Shane,
Thanks for telling me that my article was good, I didn’t want to boggle you down with a whole bunch of nothing, but it could of been longer. Also I will listen to Gabby, she had some really good ideas that could make my article better, but thanks for the thought.
March 31st, 2009 at 11:48 am
Sierra,
Thank you for the compliments on my article. I’m glad I may have taught you something about pesticides, and I hope you take some of the information and apply it to yourself. I tried to get straight to the point, like you said. Thanks again for the comment.