Herbicides pose serious harm to humans and other organisms
Acute poisoning
According to the World Health Organization and the UN Environment Agency, more than 1 million people are poisoned by herbicides every year, of which 100,000 die. The situation is even more serious in developing countries. In China, the number of herbicide poisoning accidents has reached nearly one million, and more than 20,000 people have died. On September 24, 1995, CCTV reported that 540 people had collective pesticide poisoning due to the consumption of cabbage sprayed with highly toxic herbicides in a school in Binyang County, Guangxi. This century is even more serious, and such incidents occur every year.
Chronic hazard
Chemical herbicides continue to accumulate in the human body. Although they will not cause obvious acute poisoning symptoms in a short period of time, they may cause chronic harm, such as: destroying the normal function of the nervous system, interfering with the balance of hormones in the human body, affecting male fertility, Immunodeficiency. Chronic hazards of pesticides reduce human immunity, which affects human health, leading to an increase in the prevalence and mortality of other diseases.
