nd plant now contains a small amount of pesticide within its structure, and by consuming these items, humans slowly increase the amount of pesticides ingested and accumulate these residues in their bodies.
             Carson provides a thorough categorization of the main types of pesticides used in the fifties and sixties together with the observed side affects of each and she makes a compelling case for ending the indiscriminate use of these products.
             Every living being on earth needs water to survive, and for this reason pesticides have the potential to be most dangerous to our water supply. Chemical pesticides used on the land enter fresh water lakes and streams because of runoff, and in some cases these chemicals form even deadlier compounds when mixed together. Because pesticides in our water supply are both hard to detect and nearly impossible to remove, especially in natural underground reservoirs, water pollution is quite possibly the worst effect of chemical spraying.
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