Pesticide exposure causes many problems, including birth defects. Yet we continue to use them all over the world, because they help with the production of food.
This is rationalized by utilitarianism thinking: Pesticides are helping with food production, which helps a greater number of people than the pesticides are hurting. Is that really the "greater good" (as utilitarians would put it) for the population as a whole?
It may help a greater number of people than it hurts, but by no means should it be considered "good".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6veswwuU6dE
It is obscene that pesticides are so prevalent on the foods that we eat every day. We think that we are eating better when we eat fruits & vegetables, because we are avoiding processed foods. We don't actually know, however, what we are consuming when we are eating "healthier".
Although the pesticides that are on what we eat aren't usually enough to kill us, they could be doing other damage. Pesticides in large enough amounts are used specifically for killing species. There could be a huge number of negative effects that they have on us, that we haven't figured out yet.
Are the use pesticides worth the possible risks?
Although the pesticides that are on what we eat aren't usually enough to kill us, they could be doing other damage. Pesticides in large enough amounts are used specifically for killing species. There could be a huge number of negative effects that they have on us, that we haven't figured out yet.
Are the use pesticides worth the possible risks?
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