Tobacco has a damaging effect on the human organism, that is known. The fact that the environment also suffers, under the M ll and the crop culture of the nightshade, the majority is not or only subtly aware.
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So if you want to do yourself and Earth a favor, you should think twice before smoking.
cultivation
The tobacco plant is not only an extremely poisonous species, but also a very difficult to cultivate. The plant extracts important nutrients from the soil within a very short time. As a result, they quickly become susceptible to disease.
To prevent pests and diseases, it is therefore increasingly being used in the growth phase with chemicals and pesticides . These seep into the ground, into the groundwater and often contaminate the water supply.
In addition, the tobacco plant is grown in a monoculture . This means that there is no change with other plants. As a result, natural resources are under-utilized and susceptibility to disturbances in the ecosystem is increased.
desertification
After only two to three years, the soil used for tobacco plants is completely useless. Even domestic plants have no chance to grow in this contaminated soil. It has long been known that tobacco has the highest erosion rate of crops. Erosion means that the soil remains barren in the long term and also affects deeper layers of the earth. This condition leads to extremely large, dried out areas . It remains a desert.
The consequences of desertification, ie "desertification" of certain areas due to climate change and human intervention, is causing the spread of desert areas, the extinction of species, vast reduction of forest productivity, less habitat for humans, and increased sandstorms .
All these factors lead to serious consequences for humans and nature. Use of tobacco plantations for other purposes is not possible for many years. A heap of barren, dead soil remains.
