THE PROTECTION of Ozone layer has received a wider
significance especially after the threats to the very survival of the planet
earth are constantly on the rise across the world. Greenhouses gases emission
has emerged as the potential reason behind the rising danger.
Environmentalists, climatologists, earth scientists and meteorologists have
strongly stressed the need for eliminating the hydrochlorofluorocarbons, or
HCFCs, a greenhouse gas that are damaging the ozone, and this can done only if
industrialist and manufacturers of refrigerators and air conditioners play
their active part to phase out the use of HCFC in their compressors.
Pesticides are poisons and, unfortunately, they can harm more than just the “pests” at which they are targeted. They are toxic, and exposure to pesticides can not only cause a number of health effects, but is linked to a range of serious illnesses and diseases in humans, from respiratory problems to cancer. Exposure Exposure to pesticides can occur in many ways. Exposure can occur in agriculture, through the treatment of crops, plants and grain stores. It can occur in forestry, gardening, professional and domestic pest control and through the spraying and use of amenities e.g. our parks, pavements and playgrounds. Exposure can also occur through the treatment of wood with preservatives, the treatment of boat hulls with anti-fouling agents, and the treatment of livestock with anti-parasitic preparations, e.g. sheep dip etc. In addition, pesticide residues found on, and in, our food also puts us at risk. Should you be concerned? Acute toxicity Pesticides can be acut...
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