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Effects of Pesticides on Environment

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Pesticides are used to kill the pests and insects which attack on crops and harm them. Different kinds of pesticides have been used for crop protection for centuries. Pesticides benefit the crops; however, they also impose a serious negative impact on the environment. Excessive use of pesticides may lead to the destruction of biodiversity. Many birds, aquatic organisms and animals are under the threat of harmful pesticides for their survival. Pesticides are a concern for sustainability of environment and global stability. This chapter intends to discuss about pesticides, their types, usefulness and the environmental concerns related to them. Pollution as a result to overuse of pesticides and the long term impact of pesticides on the environment are also discussed in the chapter. Moving towards the end, the chapter discusses the methods to eradicate the use of pesticides and finally it looks forward towards the future impacts of the pesticide use the future of the world after eradicating pesticides.

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    Isra Mahmood, Sameen Ruqia Imadi & Alvina Gul

  2. Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

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  3. Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, 43400, Selangor, Malaysia

    Khalid Rehman Hakeem

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Mahmood, I., Imadi, S.R., Shazadi, K., Gul, A., Hakeem, K.R. (2016). Effects of Pesticides on Environment. In: Hakeem, K., Akhtar, M., Abdullah, S. (eds) Plant, Soil and Microbes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27455-3_13

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