The article “What’s Killing Our Birds and Bees”, delves into the serious consequences neonics have on bees, …show more content…
A good reason to use pesticides would be because pesticides help control the number of pests found in crops. It is said that food production would fall by 40 percent more if pesticides were not used on crops. Crops currently lose 20-40 percent with pesticides being used. As explained by CropLife Canada in their article Why do we need pesticides? It is stated “ Weeds compete with crops for water, nutrients, sunlight and space, while insects and diseases can eat away at crops and either entirely destroy them or make them unable to grow. Pesticides are one option – and sometimes the only option – for controlling these nasty pests.”(Why do we need