Essay On Chemical Fertilisers

Introduction

Everyone wants good quality of food to consume but the greed of people to grow the crops faster and consume them could be disastrous on them . In the modern world the use of chemical fertilisers has increased ever than before. Chemical fertilisers have boosted the agricultural activity since the Green Revolution took place, worldwide in 1960s. So now the chemical fertilisers have started showing the effect on people’s health and it’s now the right time to switch to organic farming as this method farming is a lot safer than adding chemical fertilisers in soil, the quality of the soil depreciates as you keep on adding these fertilisers. I chose this topic because I feel that the agriculture industry is booming and with that the use of chemical fertilisers also growing but these are harmful for people’s health and they cause destruction to nature also. So I feel that people should stop using chemical fertilisers and move into organic farming.

Global Perspectives

Brazil

Agriculture is the most

After years passed the production of the crops had to increase so people shifted from superphosphate fertiliser to NPK fertiliser with high proportions of Nitrogen and Phosphorus because there are high amounts of Phosphorus and Nitrogen used so people would get affected by these elements a lot. Exposure to more chemical fertilisers can also cause skin cancer and affect the brains of young child by slowly poisoning their intelligence . Chemical Fertilisers also can cause Kidney damage. If people don 't get enough nutrition from food they will have to eat more and may also cause obesity in young ones and adults. Water contamination is also a problem as when, chemical fertiliser drain down the river, the elements in the fertiliser react in water with other elements and cause problems in the human body when drank that