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International Convention on Children's right
CyberDodo and Ants (1-1)
CyberDodo and Bees (1-5)
Beaches (1-6)
The Convention (2-1)
Definition of the Child – Article 1 and 2 - (2-2)
The Mission of CyberDodo (2-40)
CyberDodo and the waste of energy (1-20)
CyberDodo and persons with disabilities (2-20)
The importance of the media – Article 17 - (2-15)
CyberDodo and the Dangers of Fire (1-7)
Rivers (1-8)
Understanding the best interests of the child (2-3)
CyberDodo and the Monkeys (1-13)
Camels (1-31)
CyberDodo and Water (1-32)
Medicinal plants (1-33)
CyberDodo and the Penguins (1-34)
CyberDodo and child soldiers (2-30)
CyberDodo and the Cheetah (1-23) 
CyberDodo and the TseTse fly (1-47)
CyberDodo fights against the sexual exploitation of children (2-27)
CyberDodo and Coral (1-16)
CyberDodo and ground water tables (1-53)
The Right to a Nationality (2-37)
CyberDodo and the Forests (1-9)
CyberDodo takes on Obesity (2-34)
CyberDodo and the Eagles (1-21)
CyberDodo and the Implementation of the Agreement (2-4)
CyberDodo and Tortoises (1-24)
CyberDodo and the Freedom of Expression (2-13)
CyberDodo and the farmyard (1-25)
CyberDodo fights against Child Trafficking (2-28)
CyberDodo and Rhinos (1-28)
CyberDodo takes on the cigarette (2-35)
CyberDodo takes on child abuse (2-16)
CyberDodo fights against child labour (2-25)
CyberDodo and greenhouse gases (1-40)
CyberDodo fights against drug abuse (2-26)
CyberDodo and Street kids(1-38)
CyberDodo fights against child abduction (2-11)
CyberDodo and Clones (1-4)
CyberDodo and the Whales (1-10)
CyberDodo and the Right to Education (2-38)
CyberDodo and Dolphins (1-11)
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CyberDodo defends the Right to Freedom of Expression in the Courts (2-12)
CyberDodo and solar energy (1-45)
CyberDodo and the Elephants (1-22)
CyberDodo fights against hunger (2-6)
CyberDodo and the Ozone Layer (1-35)
CyberDodo and Urban pollution (1-19)
CyberDodo and mother’s milk (2-7)
CyberDodo and Nutrition (1-55)
Raising awareness of the Convention (2-39)
CyberDodo and city maintenance (1-41)
CyberDodo and the Sea Lion (1-18)
CyberDodo and Dodos (1-2)
CyberDodo fights against sexual aggression (2-33)
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CyberDodo and the Sharks (1-27)
CyberDodo and the Molluscs (1-26)
CyberDodo and illegal animal trafficking (1-30)
CyberDodo and the Right to Live with one’s own Parents (2-09)
CyberDodo and draught horses (1-36)
The Right to have a name
CyberDodo and the Dams (1-37)
CyberDodo commits to the right to respect of personal privacy (2-14)
CyberDodo and the Alligators (1-39)
CyberDodo and abandoned animals (1-43)
Let us fight against the sexual exploitation of children
CyberDodo and Heritage (1-44)
CyberDodo for the Rights Governing Adoption Practices (2-18)
CyberDodo and Global Warming (1-50)
CyberDodo and Pesticides (1-51)
CyberDodo and the Walrus (1-46)
CyberDodo and the Otter (1-52).
CyberDodo and Salmon (1-54)
Cyberdodo and the right to adequate living standards (2-21)
CyberDodo and Children’s Rights Edupack
CyberDodo and Spiders (1-56)
CyberDodo and Pollution (1-57)
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
CyberDodo defends the right to reunite families (2-10)
CyberDodo and the Bat (1-29)
CyberDodo and Farm Animals (1-58)
CyberDodo fights for the rights of minorities (2-23)
CyberDodo and Fertilizers (1-12)
CyberDodo and battery cage farming (1-49)
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CyberDodo and Pesticides (1-51)
In response to this question, let us first look at the actual word pesticides: peste (from the Latin ‘pestis'), which describes something harmful and cide (from the Latin ‘cadere'), which means ‘to kill'. Therefore they are used to eliminate serious threats, but what exactly are we talking about here?
Since man first became interested in agriculture, he had to face countless difficulties so as to get good harvests, notably: insects, mushrooms, weeds, etc.
Pesticides indeed originated because it was vital for our ancestors to protect themselves against the risk of food deprivation caused by pests (as we call them today) which attacked their crops.
This need was totally legitimate, even more so if we were to consider the very low environmental footprint mankind had at that stage.
What is a pesticide?
Directly following on the above paragraph, pesticides are a description of all substances used to fight against pests that attack crops. Insecticides, herbicides, parasiticides and fungicides all fall within this description.
How has the usage of pesticides evolved?
As new discoveries were made over time, and also as a result of what we usually refer to as ‘development'. From one generation to another, man enriched his knowledge and extended the range of resources at his disposal to fight against his enemies.
We will then later see that the term ‘enemies' is by no means a mistake...
Several thousands of years ago, man already knew how to use arsenic and sulphur, and then other substances, all of natural origin, were added to this arsenal over the centuries.
But the major turning point in the utilisation of pesticides occurred at the beginning of the 20th century when studies were conducted particularly on chemical weapons for use in the first world war (1914-1918). After that, using chemicals, it was possible to synthesise molecules and create compounds without the use of natural resources.
From that time, and with the help of this fledgling science, new pesticides were constantly being developed until quantities rose to the shocking figure of more than 100,000 commercial products sold and particularly distributed throughout the world, with potentially tragic consequences...
