What are farmers risking by using nitrogen rich soil to grow corn quickly?
Farmers are risking a lot of things when using nitrogen rich soil to grow corn quickly because the chemicals can evaporate into the air and turn into acid rain, other turn into nitrous oxide which is a gas that increases global warming, and much more. It is stated in the text "Some of it evaporates into the air, there it creates acid rain. Some of it turns into nitrous oxide, a gas that increases global warming." It is also stated in the text "Some of the extra fertilizers seeps down to the groundwater. Because of this, the Nayler's don't drink the well water ion the farm. When I went to pour myself a glass of water in the kitchen, George's wife, Peggy, made sure I used a special faucet connected to a water filter system." This shows what farmers are risking when they use nitrogen rich soil to grow their corn quickly, it causes the water to be poisoned, and when is evaporates it turns into acid rain. Therefore there are many negative effects from using Nitrogen rich soil to make their corn grow quicker.
Dr. Uwawuike,
ReplyDeleteI think it's interesting that you and your colleagues have picked up on the negative impacts of the fertilzer such as causing "the water to be poisoned" and creating "acid rain". If we were to think longer down the line, what are the long term implications of these negative effects? How might they impact us, the consumers? Thanks for sharing!