ABOUT PESTICIDES

EVERY YEAR FARMERS SPEND LOTS OF AMOUNT TO SAVE THEIR CROPS FROM PESTS.
ON AN AVERAGE FARMERS ARE ARE SPENDING RS.2000 - RS.3000 PER ACRE ON PESTICIDES.
THE INDIAN PESTICIDE INDUSTRY BUSSINESS IS RS. 7400 CRORES PER YEAR.
W.H.O.'S ESTIMATES SAYS THAT NEARLY 30 MILLION PEOPLE SUFFER FROM PESTICIDE POISING CASES AND NEARLY 3 LAKH OF THEM DIE DUE TO CANCERS.GENETIC ABNORMALITES ARE OBSERVED IN CHILDREN IF MOTHERS ARE EFFECTED.
THESE PESTICIDES ALSO KILL NATURAL ENEMIES IN THE FIELDS. (NATURAL ENEMIES ARE THE INSECTS THAT FEED ON PESTS.)
ADVERSE EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES
PESTICIDES CAUSE KIDNEY PROBLEMS,VARIOUS TYPES OF CANCERS
THEY RESULT IN MALFORMATIONS IN NEW BORN BABIES

OBSERVING PADDY CROP

ABOUT MY VISION

MY NAME IS SRIVATSA.
I AM STUDYING 8 th CLASS IN ST.JOSEPH'S ENGLISH MEDIUM HIGH SCHOOL,VIZIANAGARAM.
I WANT TO POPULARISE SOME ASPECTS ON PESTICIDES
THROUGH THIS BLOG.
I AM PARTICIPATING IN NATIONAL CHILDREN'S SCIENCE CONGRESS.