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Pesticides Affecting Human Health
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Clevo Wilson, and Clem Tisdell.'Why Farmers Continue to Use Pesticides Despite Environmental, Health, and Substainability Costs" Ecological Economics 39 (2001) 449–462. Web. 12 September 2014.
This encyclopedia volume includes plenty of facts of pesticides. The authors are sure to mention both sides of the affects. Meaning the dangers and advantages of exposure. Health issues and mutations are diiscussed but the main idea talks about the helpfulness of the pesticides. -
Manuele Margin, D. Rossier, P. Crettaz, Oliver Jolliet. "Life cycle impact assessment of pesticides on human health and ecosystems" 93 (2002) 379–392. Web. 13 September 2014.
This journal talks abut how most pesticides hit non target organisms. They hit our resources like water and affect our food. The contamination results in health defects in children and other organisms. Food intake is known for causing human toxicity. -
Jerry Cooper, and Hans Dobson "The Benefits of Pesticides to Mankind and the Environment" Crop Protection Volume 26, Issue 9 (2007) 1337–1348. Web, 15 September 2014.
The authors of this article agree that pesticides are dangerous but are more towards about how helpful they are instead. They know that the effects are harmful to humans but talk about the benefits so everyone doesnt get a bad view of pesticides. -
Denise Mann. "Pesticide Exposure Linked to ADHD in Children." WebMD Health News. (2010) Web. 11 September 2014
Moms that have been exposed to high concentrations of pesticides have had higher chances of their children having ADHD. This article speaks of the impact of the pesticides and the exposure that affects certain children more than others. The author tries to create and inform us her perspective on the dangers and backing it up with facts, but also by adding warnings to her article as well. -
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This article tries to create a perspective on the benefits pesticides by even telling us they are in the foods we eat. When they talk about the tomatoes that have concentrations of pesticides in them, they back it up with their studies and graphs. These tests show that the concentrations are harmless. -
Susan Freinkel. " Warning Signs; How Pesticides Harm the Young Brain" The Nation. (2014) Web. 9 Septmber 2014.
The CHAMACOS study has found birth defects in children from parents who have worked with pesticides in Salinas Valley, California.Frankeil uses info from this study to inform the readers of this place, as well as the effects of pesticides that are starting to be discovered. By using a women and her children as an example of health defects, she shows how an entire family was effected.