Summary:
The development of human civilization, the excessive growth of the global
population of people and the new technologies create new conditions for human
living, which in many cases have negative effects on peoples health and
environment. The food, which is one of the factors, not only for human
survival, but for all existings organisms, is continuously accepting
aggravating substances from production to consumption. The above aggravating
substances are drained into the Cultivation in order to maximize production and
the excellent quality of product.
The chemical substances used in the production are called pesticides. A kind of
cultivation is the Greenhouse. Inside the area of the greenhouses there are
special conditions of pesticides using, because of the specific size of the
area, also because of the different substances absorbance compared to common
cultivation, as well as the time of their residence in the greenhouse area.
The indiscriminate use of pesticides has direct and dangerous impacts on human
health and environment. Children and elderly people are the most affected. This
fact may develop serious problems. Children’s exposure in early age may create
the "ground" for cancer in the course of life. A typical example in our country
is the increased rates of thyroid cancer, the most of which have been occured
in agricultural areas.
Keywords:
Pesticides, Health, Organism, Chemicals, Plant
