Pesticides Persuasive Speech

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SPCM 1040 – Clare Proctor - FINAL FULL OUTLINE
Speeches 5-8 minutes, will be delivered at the last session
Judith Serwaah Agyenim-Boateng

Subject/Topic: Pesticides

General Purpose (GP): To persuade

Specific Purpose (SP): At the end of my speech my audience will know about the dire effects of pesticides on the environment will take measures minimize their use.

Central Idea (CI): It is important to know and reduce the effects of pesticides use.

Title: Save your Life! Save the environment! Minimize pesticides!

Organizational Patterns: Problem/ Solution

Introduction
Your Excellency, the Minister of the Environment; Representatives from various farmers associations; Members of the press, and ladies and gentlemen who are gathered …show more content…

Evidence (statistics): As you will see from the visuals, a scientific study of the results of live births in Minnesota agricultural communities to shows that there is a connection between the use of pesticides and a rise in birth defects. The study analysed families where only the father handled pesticides.

Pesticides: Birth Defects and Other Anomalies

Group Number
Live births 1,532
Family participants 696
Families with children 536
Congenital birth anomalies 70
Autism 2
Childhood Diabetes 3
ADD/ADHD 14
(Garry, Harkins, Erickson, Long-Simpson, Holland & Burroughs, 2002)

Body system of child with Birth Defect No. of cases Children less than one -year old One-year old More than three-year old Confirmed by medical records Adult children who refused examination
Central nervous system 14 7 3 4 11 3
Cardiovascular system 13 8 0 5 10 3
Gastrointestinal system 4 3 0 1 4 0
Urogenital system 9 6 1 2 8 1
Musculoskeletal system 27 17 4 6 17 7
Skin/Integumentary system 4 4 0 0 4 0
Cytogenetic /Metabolic 5 3 0 2 4 1
Total 78 18 8 20 58 15
More than 75% of the respondents reported birth defects that were medically confirmed and five children had more than one birth defect and more than one organ system involved (Garry et al., 2002).

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& Trompiz, G. (2016, March 18). France moves toward full ban on pesticides blamed for harming bees [Electronic Version] Reuters.
Agricultural Pesticide Use May Be Associated with Increased Risk of Prostate Cancer. (2004). Journal of Environmental Health, 66(6), 67.
Visuals for Cancer Caused by Pesticide Exposure (n.d) Retrieved from https://www.google.nl/search?q=visuals+for+cancer+caused+by+pesticide+exposure&rlz=1C1VSNA_enGH602GH603&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=653&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiq68Ga6LPMAhVHShQKHZZaDMMQ_AUIBigB Greenpeace International (2016, January 18). Retrieved April 29, 2016, from http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/press/releases/2016/Greenpeace-campaign-bears-fruits-Aldi-Sud-bans-bee-harming-pesticides/#
Bailey, A. (2004). Birds by the Window. Biologist, 51(2), 64. Carson R. (2002).Silent Spring. Published by Mariner Books
Trautmann N.M. & Porter K. S. and Robert J. Wagenet R. J (2012). Cornell University
(“Residents Measure Pesticides in Minnesota Air”, n.d) Retreived from http://www.panna.org/press-release/residents-measure-pesticides-minnesota-air Sampaio,M.V., Bueno,V.H.P.,Silveira,L.C.P., Auad ,A.M.(n.d)TROPIC BIOLOGY AND CONSEVATION MANAGEMENT, Vol.III-Biological Control of Pest in the

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