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Changes and Challenges Facing Modern Crop Protection

机译：现代作物保护面临的变化和挑战

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Significant increases in the costs of researching, developing and maintaining crop protection chemicals in the market place have contributed to major consolidation in the crop protection industry. The June 2002 acquisition of Aventis CropScience by Bayer to form Bayer CropScience is a recent example of this industry trend. Advances in agriculture continue to make tremendous contributions to improving human health, nutrition and quality of life around the world. Modern plant breeding, improved agronomy and the development of inorganic fertilizers and synthetic pesticides lead these advances. Pesticides used in public health programs have also saved millions of human lives from disease by controlling insects or rodent vectors and intermediate hosts. While 24 million American workers (17% of workforce) are involved in the production, processing and selling of the nation's food and fiber, high technology agriculture has led to significantly fewer workers being actively engaged in farming. Thus many consumers have lost touch with the complexity of farming and see little benefit from the use of pesticides. Activist groups and some sections of the media increasingly advocate banning or removing even the slightest traces of synthetic chemicals, such as approved pesticides or food additives. These scientifically and socially unwarranted efforts for a pesticide-free environment divert consumer attention away from the very real public-health goal of increasing consumption of fruits and vegetables. Such distortion of health risks threaten innovation, jobs and our nation's enviable high standard of living, and often divert critical resources needed to address proven health risks. The scientific community and agricultural industry must actively explore ways to partner with grower groups, other members of the food chain and recognized medical experts to better educate consumers and policy makers on distinguishing between known and hypothetical risks.
机译：市场上研究，开发和维护农作物保护化学品的成本显着增加，促成了农作物保护行业的重大整合。拜耳于2002年6月收购Aventis CropScience成立了拜耳作物科学，这是该行业趋势的最新例证。农业的进步继续为改善世界各地的人类健康，营养和生活质量做出巨大贡献。现代植物育种，改良的农艺学以及无机肥料和合成农药的发展引领了这些进步。公共卫生计划中使用的农药还通过控制昆虫或啮齿动物媒介和中间宿主，使数百万人免于疾病的生命。虽然有2400万美国工人（占劳动力的17％）参与了该国食品和纤维的生产，加工和销售，但高科技农业导致积极从事农业活动的工人大大减少。因此，许多消费者对耕种的复杂性失去了了解，而使用农药几乎没有收益。维权人士团体和媒体的某些部门越来越多地主张禁止或删除甚至很少的合成化学痕迹，例如批准的农药或食品添加剂。这些针对无农药环境的科学和社会上不必要的努力将消费者的注意力从增加水果和蔬菜消费的真正的公共卫生目标转移了出去。这种健康风险的扭曲威胁到创新，工作和我们国家令人羡慕的高生活水平，并经常转移解决经证明的健康风险所需的关键资源。科学界和农业界必须积极探索与种植者团体，食物链的其他成员以及知名医学专家合作的方法，以更好地教育消费者和政策制定者如何区分已知风险和假设风险。

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