In the article, " You Say Tomato, These Moths Say Dinner ", Steph Yin writes about this new invasive species that eats tomatoes. It was a tiny moth that originated from Chile and arrived to Europe in the year 2006 by a shipment of invested tomatoes. The farmers, at first, were losing their tomato crops fast and had no solution to stop the moths. After awhile, they soon found pesticides that were harmful to multiple insects and also the environment. This is the only solution farmers found, but still have a lack of tomatoes as of today with this stable, wild crop in Spain.
I believe this to be a serious environmental issue. Invasive species are bad, they ruin the environment, and slow down the food web by disrupting it. This moth made a lot destruction to items around it. They made farmers result in using pesticide that is bad for the environment by polluting the are it is sprayed in. Therefore, I believe that this article discusses a serious environmental issue. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/science/you-say-tomato-these-moths-say-dinner.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FInvasive%20Species&action=click&contentCollection=science®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=collection
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