REPUBLIKA SRBIJAVISOKA ŠKOLA PRIMENjENIH STRUKOVNIH STUDIJA

VRANjE

SEMINARSKI RADPREDMET: ENGLESKI JEZIK 1

TEMA: PESTICIDES

PROFESOR: dr. Maja Stanojević Gocić

STUDENT: Milica Blagojević, 80/ZŽS

Vranje, 201 5/16

CONTENTS :

Contents:................................................................................................................ 2

1. Introduction........................................................................................................ 3

2. The definition of pesticides................................................................................ 5

3. Uses.................................................................................................................... 7

4. Amount used...................................................................................................... 8

5. Benefits.............................................................................................................. 9

6.Effects of pesticides on health........................................................................... 106.1 Long-term effects..................................................................................................... 10

7. Effects of pesticides on the enviroment........................................................... 12

8. Pests................................................................................................................. 15

9. Conclusion...................................................................................................... 16

9. Закључак........................................................................................................ 17

10. Literature........................................................................................................ 18

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1. INTRODUCTION

Pesticides are substances meant for attracting, seducing, and then destroying, or mitigating any pest. They are a class of biocide. The most common use of pesticides is as plant protection products (also known as crop protection products), which in general protect plants from damaging influences such as weeds, fungi, or insects. This use of pesticides is so common that the term pesticide is often treated as synonymous with plant protection product, although it is in fact a broader term, as pesticides are also used for non-agricultural purposes. The term pesticide includes all of the following: herbicide, insecticide, insect growth regulator , nematicide, termiticide, molluscicide, piscicide, avicide, rodenticide, predacide, bactericide,insect repellent, animal repellent, antimicrobial, fungicide, disinfectant (antimicrobial), and sanitizer.In general, a pesticide is a chemical or biological agent (such as a virus, bacterium, antimicrobial, or disinfectant) that deters, incapacitates, kills, or otherwise discourages pests. Target pests can include insects, plant pathogens, weeds, mollusks, birds, mammals, fish, nematodes (roundworms), and microbes that destroy property, cause nuisance, or spread disease, or are disease vectors. Although pesticides have benefits, some also have drawbacks, such as potential toxicity to humans and other species. According to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, 9 of the 12 most dangerous and persistent organic chemicals are organochlorine pesticides.

picture 1.1 - A Lite-Trac four-wheeled self-propelled crop sprayer spraying pesticide on a field

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picture 1.2 - A crop-duster spraying pesticide on a field

2. THE DEFINITION OF PESTICIDES

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has defined pesticide as: any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, or controlling any pest, including vectors of human or animal disease, unwanted species of plants or animals, causing harm during or otherwise interfering with the production, processing, storage, transport, or marketing of food, agricultural commodities, wood and wood products or animal feedstuffs, or substances that may be administered to animals for the control of insects, arachnids, or other pests in or on their bodies. The term includes substances intended for use as a plant growth regulator, defoliant, desiccant, or agent for thinning fruit or preventing the premature fall of fruit. Also used as substances applied to crops either before or

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after harvest to protect the commodity from deterioration during storage and transport.

Type of pesticide Target pest group

Herbicides Plant

Algicides or Algaecides Algae

Avicides Birds

Bactericides Bacteria

Fungicides Fungi and Oomycetes

Insecticides Insects

Miticides or Acaricides Mites

Molluscicides Snails

Nematicides Nematodes

Rodenticides Rodents

Virucides VirusesPesticides can be classified by target organism (e.g., herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides, and pediculicides [4] [6]  - see table), chemical structure (e.g., organic, inorganic, synthetic, or biological (biopesticide), although the distinction can sometimes blur), and physical state (e.g. gaseous (fumigant)). Biopesticides include microbial pesticides and biochemical pesticides. Plant-derived pesticides, or "botanicals", have been developing quickly. These include the pyrethroids, rotenoids, nicotinoids, and a fourth group that includes strychnine and scilliroside.:Many pesticides can be grouped into chemical families. Prominent insecticide families include organochlorines, organophosphates, and carbamates. Organochlorinehydrocarbons (e.g., DDT) could be separated into dichlorodiphenylethanes, cyclodiene compounds, and other related compounds. They operate by disrupting the sodium/potassium balance of the nerve fiber, forcing the nerve to transmit continuously. Their toxicities vary greatly, but they have been phased out because of their persistence and potential to bioaccumulate.[9]:239–240 Organophosphate and carbamates largely replaced organochlorines. Both operate through inhibiting the enzymeacetylcholinesterase, allowing acetylcholine to transfer nerve impulses indefinitely and causing a variety of symptoms such as weakness or paralysis. Organophosphates are quite toxic to vertebrates, and have in some cases been replaced by less toxic carbamates.[9]:136–137 Thiocarbamate and dithiocarbamates are subclasses of carbamates. Prominent families of herbicides include phenoxy and benzoic acid herbicides (e.g. 2,4-D), triazines (e.g., atrazine), ureas (e.g., diuron), and Chloroacetanilides (e.g., alachlor). Phenoxy compounds tend to selectively kill broad-leaf weeds rather than grasses. The phenoxy and benzoic acid herbicides function similar to plant growth hormones, and grow cells without normal cell

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division, crushing the plant's nutrient transport system.[9]:300 Triazines interfere with photosynthesis.[9]:335 Many commonly used pesticides are not included in these families, including glyphosate.Pesticides can be classified based upon their biological mechanism function or application method. Most pesticides work by poisoning pests. A systemic pesticide moves inside a plant following absorption by the plant. With insecticides and most fungicides, this movement is usually upward (through the xylem) and outward. Increased efficiency may be a result. Systemic insecticides, which poison pollen and nectar in the flowers[citation needed], may kill bees and other needed pollinators[citation needed].In 2009, the development of a new class of fungicides called paldoxins was announced. These work by taking advantage of natural defense chemicals released by plants called phytoalexins, which fungi then detoxify using enzymes. The paldoxins inhibit the fungi's detoxification enzymes. They are believed to be safer and greener.

3. USES

Pesticides are used to control organisms that are considered to be harmful. For example, they are used to kill mosquitoes that can transmit potentially deadly diseases like West Nile virus, yellow fever, and malaria. They can also kill bees, wasps or ants that can cause allergic reactions. Insecticides can protect animals from illnesses that can be caused by parasites such as fleas. Pesticides can prevent sickness in humans that could be caused bymoldy food or diseased produce. Herbicides can be used to clear roadside weeds, trees and brush. They can also kill invasive weeds that may cause environmental damage. Herbicides are commonly applied in ponds and lakes to control algae and plants such as water grasses that can interfere with activities like

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swimming and fishing and cause the water to look or smell unpleasant. Uncontrolled pests such as termites and mould can damage structures such as houses. Pesticides are used in grocery stores and food storage facilities to manage rodents and insects that infest food such as grain. Each use of a pesticide carries some associated risk. Proper pesticide use decreases these associated risks to a level deemed acceptable by pesticide regulatory agencies such as the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) of Canada.Pesticides can save farmers' money by preventing crop losses to insects and other pests; in the U.S., farmers get an estimated fourfold return on money they spend on pesticides. One study found that not using pesticides reduced crop yields by about 10%. Another study, conducted in 1999, found that a ban on pesticides in the United States may result in a rise of food prices, loss of jobs, and an increase in world hunger.DDT, sprayed on the walls of houses, is an organochlorine that has been used to fight malaria since the 1950s. Recent policy statements by the World Health Organization have given stronger support to this approach.. However, DDT and other organochlorine pesticides have been banned in most countries worldwide because of their persistence in the environment and human toxicity. DDT use is not always effective, as resistance to DDT was identified in Africa as early as 1955, and by 1972 nineteen species of mosquito worldwide were resistant to DDT.

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4. AMOUNT USED

In 2006 and 2007, the world used approximately 2.4 million tonnes (5.2 billion pounds) of pesticides, with herbicides constituting the biggest part of the world pesticide use at 40%, followed by insecticides (17%) and fungicides (10%). In 2006 and 2007 the U.S. used approximately 0.5 million tonnes (1.1 billion pounds) of pesticides, accounting for 22% of the world total, including 857 million pounds of conventional pesticides, which are used in the agricultural sector (80% of conventional pesticide use) as well as the industrial, commercial, governmental and home & garden sectors.Pesticides are also found in majority of U.S. households with 78 million out of the 105.5 million households indicating that they use some form of pesticide. As of 2007, there were more than 1,055 active ingredients registered as pesticides, which yield over 20,000 pesticide products that are marketed in the United States.The US used some 1 kg (2.2 pounds) per hectare of arable land compared with: 4.7 kg in China, 1.3 kg in the UK, 0.1 kg in Cameroun, 5.9 kg in Japan and 2.5 kg in Italy. Insecticide use in the US has declined by more than half since 1980, (.6%/yr) mostly due to the near phase-out of organophosphates. In corn fields, the decline was even steeper, due to the switchover to transgenic Bt corn.For the global market of crop protection products, market analysts forecast revenues of over 52 billion US$ in 2019.

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5. BENEFITS

There are two levels of benefits for pesticide use, primary and secondary. Primary benefits are direct gains from the use of pesticides and secondary benefits are effects that are more long-term.

Primary benefits1. Controlling pests and plant disease vectorsImproved crop/livestock yieldsImproved crop/livestock qualityInvasive species controlled

2. Controlling human/livestock disease vectors and nuisance organismsHuman lives saved and suffering reducedAnimal lives saved and suffering reducedDiseases contained geographically

3. Controlling organisms that harm other human activities and structuresDrivers view unobstructedTree/brush/leaf hazards preventedWooden structures protected 

MonetaryEvery dollar ($1) that is spent on pesticides for crops yields four dollars ($4) in crops saved. This means based that, on the amount of money spent per year on pesticides, $10 billion, there is an additional $40 billion savings in crop that would be lost due to damage by insects and weeds. In general, farmers benefit from having an increase in crop yield and from being able to grow a variety of crops throughout the year. Consumers of agricultural products also benefit from being able to afford the vast quantities of produce available year-round. The general public also benefits from the use of pesticides for the control of insect-borne diseases and illnesses, such as malaria. The use of pesticides creates a large job market, which provides jobs for all of the people working within the industry.

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6.EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES ON HEALTH

Pesticides may cause acute and delayed health effects in people who are exposed. Pesticide exposure can cause a variety of adverse health effects, ranging from simple irritation of the skin and eyes to more severe effects such as affecting the nervous system, mimicking hormones causing reproductive problems, and also causing cancer. A 2007 systematic reviewfound that "most studies on non-Hodgkin lymphoma and leukemia showed positive associations with pesticide exposure" and thus concluded that cosmetic use of pesticides should be decreased. There is substantial evidence of associations between organophosphate insecticide exposures and neurobehavioral alterations. Limited evidence also exists for other negative outcomes from pesticide exposure including neurological, birth defects, fetal death,The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends limiting exposure of children to pesticides and using safer alternatives:The World Health Organization and the UN Environment Programme estimate that each year, 3 million workers in agriculture in the developing world experience severe poisoning from pesticides, about 18,000 of whom die. Owing to inadequate regulation and safety precautions, 99% of pesticide related deaths occur in developing countries that account for only 25% of pesticide usage. According to one study, as many as 25 million workers in developing countries may suffer mild pesticide poisoning yearly.One study found pesticide self-poisoning the method of choice in one third of suicides worldwide, and recommended, among other things, more restrictions on the types of pesticides that are most harmful to humans.A 2014 epidemiological review found associations between autism and exposure to certain pesticides, but noted that the available evidence was insufficient to conclude that the relationship was causal.

6.1 Long-term effects

CancerMany studies have examined the effects of pesticide exposure on the risk of cancer. Associations have been found with: leukemia, lymphoma, brain, kidney, breast, prostate, pancreas, liver, lung, and skin cancers. This increased risk occurs with both residential and occupational exposures. Increased rates of cancer have been found among farm workers who apply these chemicals. A mother's occupational exposure to pesticides during pregnancy is associated with an increases in her child's risk of leukemia, Wilms' tumor, and brain cancer. Exposure to insecticides within the home and herbicides outside is associated with blood cancers in children.

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NeurologicalEvidence links pesticide exposure to worsened neurological outcomes. The risk of developing Parkinson's disease is 70% greater in those exposed to even low levels of pesticides. People with Parkinson's were 61% more likely to report direct pesticide application than were healthy relatives. Both insecticides and herbicides significantly increased the risk of Parkinson's disease. There are also concerns that long-term exposures may increase the risk of dementia.The United States Environmental Protection Agency finished a 10-year review of the organophosphate pesticides following the 1996 Food Quality Protection Act, but did little to account for developmental neurotoxic effects, drawing strong criticism from within the agency and from outside researchers. Comparable studies have not been done with newer pesticides that are replacing organophosphates.

Reproductive effectsStrong evidence links pesticide exposure to birth defects, fetal death and altered fetal growth. In the United States, increase in birth defects is associated with conceiving in the same period of the year when agrochemicals are in elevated concentrations in surface water. Agent Orange, a 50:50 mixture of 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D, has been associated with bad health and genetic effects in Malaya and Vietnam. It was also found that offspring that were at some point exposed to pesticides had a low birth weight and had developmental defects.FertilityA number of pesticides including dibromochlorophane and 2,4-D has been associated with impaired fertility in males. Pesticide exposure resulted in reduced fertility in males, genetic alterations in sperm, a reduced number of sperm, damage to germinal epithelium and altered hormone function.

OtherSome studies have found increased risks of dermatitis in those exposed.Additionally, studies have indicated that pesticide exposure is associated with long-term health problems such as respiratory problems, including asthma, memory disorders and depression. Summaries of peer-reviewed research have examined the link between pesticide exposure and neurologic outcomes and cancer, perhaps the two most significant things resulting in organophosphate-exposed workers.According to researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), licensed pesticide applicators who used chlorinated pesticides on more than 100 days in their lifetime were at greater risk of diabetes. One study found that associations between specific pesticides and incident diabetes ranged from a 20 percent to a 200 percent increase in risk. New cases of diabetes were reported by 3.4 percent of those in the lowest pesticide use category compared with 4.6 percent of those in the highest category. Risks were greater when users of specific pesticides were compared with applicators who never applied that chemical.

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7. EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES ON THE ENVIROMENT

The environmental impact of pesticides consists of the effects of pesticides on non-target species. Over 98% of sprayed insecticides and 95% of herbicides reach a destination other than their target species, because they are sprayed or spread across entire agricultural fields. Runoff can carry pesticides into aquatic environments while wind can carry them to other fields, grazing areas, human settlements and undeveloped areas, potentially affecting other species. Other problems emerge from poor production, transport and storage practices. Over time, repeated application increases pest resistance, while its effects on other species can facilitate the pest's resurgence.Each pesticide or pesticide class comes with a specific set of environmental concerns. Such undesirable effects have led many pesticides to be banned, while regulations have limited and/or reduced the use of others. Over time, pesticides have generally become less persistent and more species-specific, reducing their environmental footprint. In addition the amounts of pesticides applied per hectare have declined, in some cases by 99%. However, the global spread of pesticide use, including the use of older/obsolete pesticides that have been banned in some jurisdictions, has increased overall.

Pesticide/class Effect(s)

Organochlorine DDT/DDE

Egg shell thinning in raptorial birds

Endocrine disruptor

Thyroid disruption properties in rodents, birds, amphibians and fish

Acute mortality attributed to inhibition of acetylcholine esterase activity

 :DDT Carcinogen

Endocrine disruptor

 :DDT/Diclofol, Dieldrin andToxaphene

Juvenile population decline and adult mortality in wildlife reptiles

 :DDT/Toxaphene/Parathion

Susceptibility to fungal infection

Triazine Earthworms became infected with monocystid gregarines

 :Chlordane Interact with vertebrate immune systems

Carbamates, the phenoxy herbicide 2,4-D, and atrazine

Interact with vertebrate immune systems

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Anticholinesterase Bird poisoning

Animal infections, disease outbreaks and higher mortality.

OrganophosphateThyroid disruption properties in rodents, birds, amphibians and fish

Acute mortality attributed to inhibition of acetylcholine esterase activity

Immunotoxicity, primarily caused by the inhibition of serine hydrolases or esterases

Oxidative damage

Modulation of signal transduction pathways

Impaired metabolic functions such as thermoregulation, water and/or food intake and behavior, impaired development, reduced reproduction and hatching success in vertebrates.

CarbamateThyroid disruption properties in rodents, birds, amphibians and fish

Impaired metabolic functions such as thermoregulation, water and/or food intake and behavior, impaired development, reduced reproduction and hatching success in vertebrates.

Interact with vertebrate immune systems

Acute mortality attributed to inhibition of acetylcholine esterase activity

Phenoxy herbicide 2,4-D

Interact with vertebrate immune systems

Atrazine Interact with vertebrate immune systems

Reduced northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens) populations because atrazine killed phytoplankton, thus allowing light to penetrate the water column and periphyton to assimilate nutrients released from the plankton. Periphyton growth provided more food to grazers, increasing snail populations, which provide intermediate hosts for trematode.

PyrethroidThyroid disruption properties in rodents, birds, amphibians and fish

ThiocarbamateThyroid disruption properties in rodents, birds, amphibians and fish

TriazineThyroid disruption properties in rodents, birds, amphibians and fish

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TriazoleThyroid disruption properties in rodents, birds, amphibians and fish

Impaired metabolic functions such as thermoregulation, water and/or food intake and behavior, impaired development, reduced reproduction and hatching success in vertebrates.

Nicotinoidrespiratory, cardiovascular, neurological, and immunological toxicity in rats and humans

Disrupt biogenic amine signaling and cause subsequent olfactory dysfunction, as well as affecting foraging behavior, learning and memory.

Imidacloprid, Imidacloprid/pyrethroid  -cyhalothrinλ

Impaired foraging, brood development, and colony success in terms of growth rate and new queen production.

ThiamethoxaHigh honey bee worker mortality due to homing failure (risks for colony collapse remain controversial)

SpinosynsAffect various physiological and behavioral traits of beneficial arthropods, particularly hymenopterans

Bt corn/CryReduced abundance of some insect taxa, predominantly susceptible Lepidopteran herbivores as well as their predators and parasitoids.

HerbicideReduced food availability and adverse secondary effects on soil invertebrates and butterflies

Decreased species abundance and diversity in small mammals.

Benomyl

Altered the patch-level floral display and later a two-thirds reduction of the total number of bee visits and in a shift in the visitors from large-bodied bees to small-bodied bees and flies

Herbicide and planting cycles

Reduced survival and reproductive rates in seed-eating or carnivorous birds 

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8. PESTS

Type Action

AlgicidesControl algae in lakes, canals, swimming pools, water tanks, and other sites

Antifouling agentsKill or repel organisms that attach to underwater surfaces, such as boat bottoms

Antimicrobials Kill microorganisms (such as bacteria and viruses)

AttractantsAttract pests (for example, to lure an insect or rodent to a trap). (However, food is not considered a pesticide when used as an attractant.)

BiopesticidesBiopesticides are certain types of pesticides derived from such natural materials as animals, plants, bacteria, and certain minerals

Biocides Kill microorganisms

Disinfectants and sanitizers

Kill or inactivate disease-producing microorganisms on inanimate objects

Fungicides Kill fungi (including blights, mildews, molds, and rusts)

FumigantsProduce gas or vapor intended to destroy pests in buildings or soil

HerbicidesKill weeds and other plants that grow where they are not wanted

Insecticides Kill insects and other arthropods

Miticides Kill mites that feed on plants and animals

Microbial pesticides

Microorganisms that kill, inhibit, or out compete pests, including insects or other microorganisms

Molluscicides Kill snails and slugs

NematicidesKill nematodes (microscopic, worm-like organisms that feed on plant roots)

Ovicides Kill eggs of insects and mites

Pheromones Biochemicals used to disrupt the mating behavior of insects

Repellents Repel pests, including insects (such as mosquitoes) and birds

Rodenticides Control mice and other rodents

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9. CONCLUISON

A large part of the success of the surveys carried out by the farmers should be contributed to the training methodology used. The participatory and practical way of working stimulated the farmers to become actively involved and helped them take ownership of the survey. The farmers were not being studied, but they conducted the study. They collected their own data, analyzed these data, and presented the results to other farmers.This approach is of direct benefit to the farmers themselves, but it can also be of interest to government agencies such as the Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Agriculture.Existing health statistics on pesticide poisoning include only the most serious cases that are brought to the attention of hospitals and health clinics, many of which are suicide attempts. Thousands of cases of occupational poisoning have never entered the statistics, as farmers don’t seek medical attention for relatively minor symptoms. Existing health statistics therefore seriously underestimate the problems caused by pesticides.Thus these data collected by farmers give a much clearer picture of pesticide related problems than currently existing “official” statistics. Use of this methodology at a larger scale will give a better indication of how pesticides are poisoning the enviroment, people and the health of farmers themselves.

9. ЗАКЉУЧАК

Велики део успеха анкете која је спроведена од стране фармера треба бити приложена методологији обуке која је била

коришћена. Партиципативни и практичан начин рада стимулисао је пољопривреднике да се активно укључе и помогла им да

преузму власништво над истраживањима. Пољопривредници нису били испитивани, али су спровели истраживање. Они су прикупили

, своје податке анализирали , те податке и презентовали резултате .другим фармерима

,Овај приступ је од директне користи за саме пољопривреднике али такође може бити од интереса за владине агенције као што су

.Министарство здравља и Министарство пољопривреде Постојеће здравствене статистике о тровању пестицидима обухватају само најтеже случајеве који су скренули пажњу

, болница и здравствених установа од којих су многи покушаји . самоубиства Хиљаде случајева тровања при раду никада нису

, ушли у статистику такође и пољопривредници не траже . медицинску помоћ за релативно мале симптома Постојећа

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здравствена статистика стога озбиљно потцењује проблеме .изазване пестицидима

Тако ови подаци који су прикупљени од стране пољопривредника, дају много јаснију слику о проблемима у вези пестицида него

" " .тренутно постојећих званичних статистичких података Коришћење ове методологије у већем обиму ће бити бољи

показатељ како пестициди трују здравље , околине људи о самих .пољопривредника

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10. LITERATURE

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_effects_of_pesticides

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_pesticides

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticide

4. http://www.nysipm.cornell.edu/publications/eiq/conclusions.asp

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