NEONICOTINOIDS, A POTENTIAL RISK FOR POLLINATORS

Abstract

For current agriculture, the chemical production of crops is necessary since (even with the use of these chemicals) every year at least 40% of global crops are lost to pests and diseases. The use of these products that help protect crops avoid losses caused by different factors. With the growing world population this acquires due to the limited amount of area suitable for agriculture. Despite this, the use of insecticides such as the so-called neonicotinoids, presents a certain degree of toxicity in some groups of insects and in this specific case of bees, which are an important group of pollinators that are also economically important in the world. The objective of this article is to have a broader knowledge of what neonicotinoids are and the damage they can cause, both to insects considered as the main target (pests to which they are intended) and to insects and animals that do not cause problems to crops. With this in mind, a search and compilation of information from different authors was carried out with the purpose of approaching an uncommon subject and knowing the consequences that the application and excessive use of this type of product can have in cultivation areas, from which different foodstuffs destined for consumption are obtained. At the end of this research, it was concluded that neonicotinoids have a strong effect on the central nervous system of a great variety of insects.