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AGRICULTURE IN CHINA: ITS NEGATIVE IMPACTS
1. HYDROSPHERE
- Farming in China affects the environment negatively. The fertilizers used by the farmers are harsh to the soil. These fertilizers are drained by water into waterbodies and thus lead to the death of the aquatic microorganisms. These include fish. This affects the fishermen in the country. Tens of millions of fertilizers are disposed off in China (Merchant, 2010).
Man dispencing toxic fertilser in a waterbody.
AGRICULTURE IN CHINA: ITS NEGATIVE IMPACTS
1. HYDROSPHERE
The pollution tends to affect the economy of the country. It also leads to the pollution of neighboring water bodies surrounding the country. This affects the economy of the globe as fishermen find it hard to fish quality fish and in large amounts.
AGRICULTURE IN CHINA: ITS NEGATIVE IMPACTS
2. ATMOSPHERE
It is with no doubt that the agricultural activities of China have a large impact on the atmosphere. The toxic gases produced by the processing industries causes global warming through destroying of the ozone layer. The sprays used as pesticides contain gases that destroy the ozone layer. According to Watts, 2010, the agricultural sector is more pollutive in the country than the other sectors.
AGRICULTURE IN CHINA: ITS NEGATIVE IMPACTS
2. ATMOSPHERE
This pollution causes a lot of diseases in the country such as cancer related diseases. It also causes the spread of diseases and global warming to the nations worldwide causing destruction and deaths. This may be due to disasters such as global warming which causes cancer.
AGRICULTURE IN CHINA: ITS NEGATIVE IMPACTS
3. BIOSPHERE
The effects on biosystems does not affect the health of the living organisms of the country alone. It also causes negative impacts to other global nations. For example, the outbreak of H1N1 virus started in China and affected the entire globe.
A woman masks herself from contaminated smog
AGRICULTURE IN CHINA: ITS NEGATIVE IMPACTS
3. BIOSPHERE
The Chinese agricultural sector also affects the biosystem negatively. Pollution from both the atmosphere and hydrosphere pollutants causes diseases and death in living organisms. The country suffers from a contaminated atmosphere. If one breathes without proper masks they may suffer serious illnesses to the breathing system.
AGRICULTURE IN CHINA: ITS NEGATIVE IMPACTS
References
Merchant, B. (2010). 10 Million Tons of Chemical Fertilizer Discharged into China's Water Every Year. Retrieved from http:// www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/10-million-tons-of-chemical-fertilizer-discharged-into-chinas-water-every-year.html
Watts, J. (2010). Chinese farms cause more pollution than factories, says official survey. Retrieved from http:// www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/feb/09/china-farms-pollution
