Animals which interact with targeted pest can also be affected by he chemical application.?

1. How are animals being affected by pesticides?
2. What kind of non target animals are affected by pesticides?
3. What chemical controls unwanted pests?
4. How do pesticides contaminate animals?
5. How do chemicals affect animals?
6. How does chemical pollution affect animals?
7. What are non target animals?
8. What are target species?
9. How do pesticides affect non target plants?
10. What are chemical insecticides?
11. Who is most affected by pesticides?
12. What are the chemicals used in insecticides?
13. What harm is caused by using an excess of chemical insecticides?
14. Are pesticides used on farm animals?
15. What are the ill effects of chemical fertilizers and pesticides?

How are animals being affected by pesticides?

These chemicals not only can kill wild animals, but can also disrupt hormones in animals, affecting behavior and the ability to reproduce. ... Some persistent pesticides can build up in the bodies of animals, including humans. The natural enemies of pest insects can also be killed by pesticides.

What kind of non target animals are affected by pesticides?

Non-target or residual pesticide toxicity would also disrupt the population of some of the valuable soil invertebrates like earthworms, predatory mites, centipedes and carabid beetles. Accumulation of pesticides in resistant or tolerant species may provoke episodes of toxicity to organisms higher in the food chain.

What chemical controls unwanted pests?

Pesticides are used to control various pests and disease carriers, such as mosquitoes, ticks, rats and mice. Pesticides are used in agriculture to control weeds, insect infestation and diseases.

How do pesticides contaminate animals?

Animals including humans may be poisoned by pesticide residues that remain on food, for example when wild animals enter sprayed fields or nearby areas shortly after spraying. Pesticides can eliminate some animals' essential food sources, causing the animals to relocate, change their diet or starve.

How do chemicals affect animals?

Pesticide exposure can be linked to cancer, endocrine disruption, reproductive effects, neurotoxicity, kidney and liver damage, birth defects, and developmental changes in a wide range of species. Exposure to pesticides can also alter an organism's behavior, impacting its ability to survive.

How does chemical pollution affect animals?

Pesticides not only harm wild animals through long-term exposure via the food web; direct exposure also kills wild animals. Pesticides drift, decimating mammal, bird and fish populations. Littering causes the deaths of many wild animals. Toxic trash can be fatal.

What are non target animals?

1 A species that is not intentionally targeted for control by a pesticide or herbicide, but which may suffer damage because of exposure to it. 2 That part of a catch (for example of fish) which excludes the target species but includes the bycatch and byproduct.

What are target species?

Target species (also called key or indicator species) are species or species groups specifically chosen for Long-Term Monitoring Surveys. They dominate particular zones or biotic assemblages in rocky intertidal habitats.

How do pesticides affect non target plants?

Pesticides may affect different physiological processes in plants vital to their normal growth. They may also alter genetic materials in plants inducing gene mutation, chromosomal aberrations and chromosome break influencing their physiology and growth.

What are chemical insecticides?

Insecticides are chemicals used to control insects by killing them or preventing them from engaging in undesirable or destructive behaviors. They are classified based on their structure and mode of action.

Who is most affected by pesticides?

Some people are more vulnerable than others to pesticide impacts. For example, infants and young children are known to be more susceptible than adults to the toxic effects of pesticides. Farm workers and pesticide applicators are also more vulnerable because they receive greater exposures.

What are the chemicals used in insecticides?

They include such chemicals as hydrogen cyanide, naphthalene, nicotine, and methyl bromide and are used mainly for killing insect pests of stored products or for fumigating nursery stock.

What harm is caused by using an excess of chemical insecticides?

Answer: The chemicals can bioaccumulate in the body over time. Exposure effects can range from mild skin irritation to birth defects, tumors, genetic changes, blood and nerve disorders, endocrine disruption, coma or death.

Are pesticides used on farm animals?

Animals come into contact with pesticides in many ways:

Pesticides are used on pets and livestock to get rid of fleas, ticks and mosquitoes. ... Livestock and honeybees may be exposed to pesticides from direct application, applications to barns and pastures, or drift from nearby agricultural crops.

What are the ill effects of chemical fertilizers and pesticides?

Though chemical fertilizers increase crop production; their overuse has hardened the soil, decreased fertility, strengthened pesticides, polluted air and water, and released greenhouse gases, thereby bringing hazards to human health and environment as well.