- According to a recent study, DDT, the most widely used insecticide in the world, and other pesticides have contaminated the environment to such an extent that global food production is at risk.
- The report stands in comparison with “Silent Spring”, a 1956 book by Rachel Carson that revealed the decimation of birds and insects by the use of DDt and other pesticides.
- These pesticides are sold for millions across the world, but no regulations are in place to prevent the poisoning of all habitats and harms birds and insects – creatures essential for food production.
- Neonicotinoids, a class of insecticides are routinely used despite lack of evidence regarding their effect on yield and threatening the productivity of our natural and farmed environment.
- These chemicals harm bees and other pollinators thereby endangering production as most of the world’s crops are fertilized by them.
- Read at:http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/pest-sprays-poisoning-world-food-supplies/article6146516.ece
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