Understanding Pesticides and their Fate in the Environment
Pesticides have gotten their fair share of abuse over the years. Some of it justified, some of it hogwash. In these days of social media and ‘fake news’, whomever can make the biggest splash for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and unique hits to a webpage or a video, wins. Right?..uhm..not so much. The bottom line with Plant Protection using pesticides lies in risk: benefit. The risk being economics, effectiveness, the persistence of the chemical in the environment, and the hazard [...]
