enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Pesticide drift - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticide_drift

    It is one of the most negative effects of pesticide application. Drift can damage human health, environment, and crops. [1] [2] Together with runoff and leaching, drift is a mechanism for agricultural pollution. [3] Some drift results from contamination of sprayer tanks. [4] Farmers struggle to minimize pesticide drift and remain productive. [5]

  3. Environmental impact of pesticides - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of...

    Pesticides can enter the body through inhalation of aerosols, dust and vapor that contain pesticides; through oral exposure by consuming food/water; and through skin exposure by direct contact. [96] Pesticides secrete into soils and groundwater which can end up in drinking water, and pesticide spray can drift and pollute the air.

  4. Agricultural pollution - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_pollution

    Pesticide leaching occurs when pesticides dissolve in water, and these solutions migrate to off-target sites. Leaching is a major source of groundwater pollution. Leaching is affected by the soil, the pesticide, and rainfall and irrigation.

  5. Nonpoint source pollution - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonpoint_source_pollution

    Construction sites typically implement simple measures to reduce pollution and runoff. Firstly, sediment or silt fences are erected around construction sites to reduce the amount of sediment and large material draining into the nearby water body. Secondly, laying grass or straw along the border of construction sites also work to reduce nonpoint ...

  6. Environmental impact of agriculture - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of...

    Pesticides being sprayed onto a recently plowed field by tractor. Aerial spraying is a main source of pesticide drift and application on loose topsoil increases the chance of runoff into waterways. The environmental effects of pesticides describe the broad series of consequences of using pesticides. The unintended consequences of pesticides is ...

  7. With hundreds of schools near Iowa farm fields, should ...

    www.aol.com/hundreds-schools-near-iowa-farm...

    Hundreds of Iowa schools could be in path of pesticide drift, says environmental group, raising alarm over efforts to strip local protections

  8. List of environmental issues - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_environmental_issues

    Intensive farming — Agricultural subsidy • Barn fires • Environmental effects of meat production • Intensive animal farming • Intensive crop farming • Irrigation • Monoculture • Nutrient pollution • Overgrazing • Pesticide drift • Plasticulture • Slash-and-burn • Tile drainage • Zoonosis

  9. Agrochemical - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrochemical

    Pesticides being sprayed onto a recently plowed field by tractor. Aerial spraying is a main source of pesticide drift and application on loose topsoil increases the chance of runoff into waterways. The environmental effects of pesticides describe the broad series of consequences of using