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Should we use pesticides as they prevent our crop and food from pests or we should think of alternatives? Write your view about this issue and give sound reason for your answer.

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1). We should thiknk of alternatives. This is because, these pesticides are toxic chemicals.
2). Their usage leads to Bioaccumulation and Biomagnifications.
3). When we use pesticides, they prevent our crop and food fro pests effectivily but indiscriminately destroys a vast number of other animals.
4). This is causing unpredictable changes in food chains and upsetting the balance within the ecosystem.
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