Environmental Pollution by Pesticides: Sources and Solution

The deterioration of the environment caused by various factors is a known fact. The pesticides are poisoning our land and water resources to such a large extent that even the existence of human life are in grievances situation. The toxicology of pesticides has been of great concern from social and scientific viewpoints. An attempt has been made to study toxic behavior on soil and human health. Soil gets an enormous amount of pesticides as an inevitable result of their application to crops. Pesticide of air by pesticide is a manmade problem. Pesticides reach the air from aerial spraying, aimed at certain crops. The study emphasized that pesticides can be degraded by biodegradation, chemical or photochemical means. Latest studies show neem as a nature’s bitter boon as pesticide. The study concluded that researchers should be encouraged to devise newer methods of biological control. The use of microbial pesticides and biodegradation of pesticides is an economical method and has fewer hazards to environmental pollution. Truly biodegradable materials should be developed in future to avert soil pollution. The agriculturists should be encouraged to grow such varieties of crops and reduce substantially the cost of pesticide production and minimize pesticide pollution. This will save the life of living biota from hazardous effect of pesticides and will protect natural system.