So Many Pesticides!!!!!

Day 2:


Today in class, we looked up information on what is a pesticide and what problems do they cause. So we explored the PAN Pesticide Database and found many interesting facts. Did you know that certain pesticides are classified as PAN Bad Actors. PAN Bad Actor pesticides are at least one of the following: Known or probable carcinogens, reproductive or developmental toxicants, neurotoxic cholinesterase inhibitors, or known groundwater contaminants. If you look at the amount of PAN Bad Actors in most crops we grow in California, it's absurd! All these plants are contaminated with pounds and pound of these different PAN Bad Actors every year just to keep pests away. But it's not just in our plants, its in our produce to.


-Roni