Pests And Pesticides

Question 0

What can happen to humans?

Answer 0

As the concentration levels of the pesticide go up in the food chain, we might end up eating an animal that was affected by the pesticide

Question 1

What are the major issues surrounding the use of pesticides?

Answer 1

Pesticide resistance- the pest might build up a resistance to it.
Non-target species- kill species they weren’t meant to be killed
Bioaccumulation-an increase in the concentration levels in the body of an organism over time.
Bioamplification- a species higher up in the food chain gets affected by it because the concentrations will increase.