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Effect on human health: The land when contaminated with toxic chemicals and pesticides lead to problem of skin cancer and human respiratory system. The toxic chemicals can reach our body through foods and vegetables that we eat as they are grown in polluted soil.
that unite the soilâs chemical and physical properties for âsoil health.â We know a lot about how pesticides influ-ence the target, and even some of the effects on plants and other aboveground organisms that are not the tar-gets of pesticides. But we donât know much about how pesticides interact with soils and soil organisms, and thereâs far greater species diversity belowground than aboveground. The following article is a summary of my understanding on how pesticides affect the soil biota, and how that could affect soil ecosystem function specifi-cally in a no-tillage system. Pesticide Effects on Soil Biology: Part I by Jill Clapperton SCIEnCE Jill Clapperton is a soil ecologist and land resource consultant, based in Montana. 1 Editors: The grouping of organisms into fauna and flora is a bit arbitrary at times, e.g., protozoa somewhat blur the distinction between animal and plant,