[OC] Pesticide Consumption Between 1990 and 2023. Brazil is the Largest Consumer by Far.
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[OC] Pesticide Consumption Between 1990 and 2023. Brazil is the Largest Consumer by Far.
Posted by oscarleo0
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Data source: [https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/pesticide-use-tonnes](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/pesticide-use-tonnes)
Tools used: Matplotlib + Nano Banana
“All that pesticide use will never come back to bite us in the ass.”
Humans.
can imagine why the numbers have skyrocketed from 2016 on. any ideas? 😂 /s
Total numbers can be misleading. Tonnes per hectare is the more useful unit for that. Nonetheless, interesting data.
Because the west doesn’t want dangerous pesticides on their food they are the OK to buy crops with said pesticides from somewhere else.
European politics 101, keep up
the metric used is not streamlined.
need a liter per acre at least.
Why has it dropped off so much in china? Is the data reliable?
I don’t think you’re supposed to eat the pesticide Brazil
Per acre would be helpful
Because they are culling they raiforest.
Move all the dates to the right by 15 years and you’ll likely have a graph for many cancers and illnesses.
If calculations R correct.
Brasil is an example of.Â
Beautiful on t/ outside.
Rotten on t/ inside.Â
Beautiful, but very misleading. Data means nothing without context. This sub is plagued by people who likes graphics and disregard the information.
The fertile land area of Brazil far exceeds USA’s, which is bigger than China’s. This graphic means nothing, or should mean nothing, without data on total food produced, with discrimination of food for animals and food for people.
made this an editable template. try it out here [https://aecharts.com/editor?clone=KqWNnWPA6iYlCHSc9Pjh](https://aecharts.com/editor?clone=KqWNnWPA6iYlCHSc9Pjh)