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Do pesticides and herbicides reduce soil quality? The article says avoiding them is beneficial but it's not clear why that is.
by mindwok 6y ago
Do pesticides and herbicides reduce soil quality? The article says avoiding them is beneficial but it's not clear why that is.
- philprx 6y agoWell it kills some living organism. These don't develop. It has a result on environnement including soil. Now it's it measurable everywhere? No. There are a couple research papers and video documentaries that compare on the same area, sometime same hill, the difference in soil: one was marking as the only difference was treatment or zero treatment. Difference was around 5 inches / 15 cm higher soil in non treated parcel... Now this is exactly the kind of question where everyone is going to find examples that suit their personal view, even with studies backing their point. It so much depends on region and soil, treatment, measurability of molecule effects etc...
- colechristensen 6y agoSoil is alive, and plants have various direct and indirect symbiotic relationships with things in the soil. Application and especially misapplication of various treatments (add fertilizer and fungicides to your list) can easily do significant harm to the soil ecology, which in turn causes get need for more or more intense treatments. The easy answer is “never” the better answer is “smarter”.
- OneGuy123 6y agoYes
- 0-_-0 6y agoHow