Usaha Pengendalian Pencemaran Lingkungan Akibat Penggunaan Pestisida Pertanian

Pesticide is widely used in agriculcural process, from seeding to harvesting and it also protecting crops. Pesticide is applied to control pest, weed and diseases and also stimulate plant growth. However, pesticide can also cause pollution to the environment, damage of ecosystem balance, and decrease of quality of human life. For this reason, pesticide must be used wisely and safely, then the negative impacts can be minimized. Pollution caused by pesticide can be prevented in many ways, such as handling pesticide safely, disposing its waste in the right ways, controlling all activities related to pesticide, and applying back to nature system in agriculture. Keywords: negative impacts, pesticide, preventio