Category: Pesticides

Pesticides and heavy metals have been plaguing our society for a number of years. As you know, pesticides are poisons that can kill pests. But in addition to killing pests, they are also killing us. Heavy metals have infiltrated most of our lives. Were constantly being exposed to these sometimes lethal substances in all aspects…

Pesticides constitute a heterogeneous category of chemicals specifically designed for preventing; destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest.1 the broad term of pesticides includes both herbicides and insecticides. Pesticide describes hundreds of synthetic and naturally occurring chemicals designed or naturally produced to deter insects and other agricultural pests, including weeds. Numerous groups of pesticides can be…

The total Agricultural land area of Ghana as at 2012 stood at 14,038,224 hectares, out of which 7,847,300 hectares is under cultivation (MOFA/SRID, 2013). The population of the country keeps increasing at an alarming rate of 2.2% as at 2012, with its attendant increased mouths to feed. In order to continue cultivating and increasing yield,…

Have you ever heard the saying you are what you eat? According to the US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, Over 1 billion pounds of pesticides are used in the United States each year and approximately 5. 6 billion pounds are used worldwide. This correlates to over 3 pounds of pesticides used…