Agricultural Chemicals: Explanation

== Agricultural Chemicals

On-the-job exposure to certain agricultural chemicals may be responsible for farmers' high rates of prostate cancer.

The use of chemicals in farming and agriculture has resulted in an increased intake of chemicals by humans. This has caused humans uses and defects.

The toxic residues of the chemicals can affect the nervous system, liver and respiratory organs. Inceseciticed and pesticides used for agriculture can be eated if the food grown aren’ t washed thoroughly.

Pesticides can cause depression, insomnia, blindness, cancer, hyperflexia and other gastrointestinal problems. The chemicals can also mix with the ground water that may be used for drinking. There are other issues agricultural chemicals will do to the human body.

Birth defects: there are many birth defects that have been seen in babies born in places near high chemical used areas. The babies can have circulatory and respiratory problems. Also children might be born with malformations in their extremities. hydropcephaly, cleft pallets are some of the common birth defects due to exposure to chemicals. This can also infect the milk produced by the lactating mothers which would lead to a high-risk nutrition to the infants leading to more health problems.

Brain damage: children born in such areas show and increase in brain damage. The babies are prone to have decreased intelligence because the chemicals mainly affect the nervous system leading to the problems.

Fetal death: exposure of pregnant women to pesticides can increase the risk of fetal death. There can be stillbirths occurring as a consequence of these chemicals.

Miscarriage: there is an increased risk of miscarriage if the pregnant women comes in contact with these chemicals within the third to eight week of pregnancy.

Brain tumor: tumors or cancer of the brain is more common in people who have been exposed to chemicals.