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Even though the use of pesticides increases the crop production, they adversely affect the living organisms . Explain the function and adverse effect of the pesticides.

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(i) Pesticides are linked to wide range of human health hazards such as headaches, nausea, chronic impacts like cancer, reproductive har and endocrine disruption.
(ii) They contaminate roof crops like carrot, raddish etc.
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