2006-10-25 14:36:38 · 5 answers · asked by goodluck_jc 1 in Environment
Antibiotics kill bacteria...
Pesticides kill pests.... like insects....
Both can upset the natural balance in the environment, and bacteria and pests can also become resistant to the antibiotics and chemicals used to kill them.
2006-10-25 14:45:41 · answer #1 · answered by sassy_cheesesicle 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Antibiotics are a drug that kill or slow down the effects of bacteria, however they have no effect on viruses, parasites or fungi and are unique in that they target the bacteria without impacting on the host.
Pesticides are a chemical substance or biological agent which kills, prevents or repels any pest (including bacteria, but not limited to). Many pesticides are toxic to humans or other organisms including hosts.
2006-10-25 15:13:15 · answer #2 · answered by Ben 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pesticides are man made chemicals used to kill pests such as grasshoppers and other crop eating pests.
Antibiotics are made of other bacterias or made from chemicals expelled by other bacteria that are able to kill a parasitic bacteria.
Pesticides target macro organisms while antibiotics target microorganisms
Good luck
2006-10-25 14:46:44 · answer #3 · answered by *•BK*• 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One way in which they are similar is that both are used to eradicate species that members of the human population deem undesirable.
2006-10-25 14:47:57 · answer #4 · answered by wq.alpha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Antibiotics fight off bacteria and viruses.
Pesticides kill off bugs and bug caring diseases.
Similar in that it kills.
Not similar in where or what it kills.
2006-10-25 20:19:36 · answer #5 · answered by nalaredneb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋