Talk:Environmental impact of pesticides

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Need verification in section "Soil"
(I have made a similar comment on the "Pesticide" talk page) This sentence fragment "Not using the chemicals results in higher soil quality,..." needs verification in that the AE Johnston reference given does not appear from the paper's abstract to support such a statement. I can't access the entire paper to be sure, but the abstract seems to be discussing soil organic matter content in relation to nitrogen nutrient studies -- a far cry from a statement of "higher soil quality" as a result of the lack of pesticide use. Would the author of this section be able to give us some verification from the paper to support this statement, or perhaps provide a new one? Additionally, according to the USDA NRCS definition of "soil quality", there are no commonly used pesticides (at least in the US) which demonstrably reduce soil quality when used in accordance with manufacturer's instructions. Thanks! Kwagoner (talk) 21:11, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Since it has now been over a week, and no one has made any further comments, I'm going to change the sentence slightly to remove the "offending" phrase. I'll check back from time to time just in case anyone makes a comment after this.  Kwagoner (talk) 02:13, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

No one CARES, its fine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.218.134.189 (talk) 10:27, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Eliminating pesticides
The section 'Eliminating pesticides' ends with:

"The focus is on the pest culture, life cycle, and role in the environment.[54] Biotechnology can also be an innovative way to control pests. Technological advances, such as genetically modified (GM) plants, may have a stronger resistance to pests and could eliminate pesticides use in the future.[53]"

However, from what I've seen of source 53, there is no linkage between GM plants and eliminating pesticide use. Specifically, it mentions:

"As spectacular and exciting as biotechnology is, its breakthroughs have tended to delay our shift to long term, ecologically based pest management because the rapid array of new products provide a sense of security just as did synthetic pesticides at the time of their discovery in the 1940s."

Probably the last sentence of the 'Eliminating pesticides' section should be reviewed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mwoc87 (talk • contribs) 08:46, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

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Adding a section on waste
The article would benefit from a section on waste / disposal of pesticides. I don't have the time to write it right now, but most of these pesticides come in plastic or other type of containers than don't always get properly disposed. Several countries have regulations on this topic. --Scann (talk) 16:48, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

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Confusion between herbicide and pesticide
Some parts of this article seem to use 'herbicide' and 'pesticide' interchangeably. Particularly History. Can a clear distinction be made between the two? I notice that this page is linked as a "further reading/main article" on both of the linked articles. Recon rabbit  14:27, 3 January 2024 (UTC)


 * As the pesticide article lede says, 'pesticide' is a umbrella term covering the more specific 'herbicides, insecticides, nematicides, fungicides' etc. The wording and structure of this article could be tightened to more clearly use these subcategories when describing specific chemicals and applications.Dialectric (talk) 14:52, 3 January 2024 (UTC)