Fertilizers applied in modern agriculture are neither harmful nor toxic

Abstract

The paper presents definition of a modern agriculture as a man activity in very broad natural and social interactions. The paper also presents critical views on modern farming and fertilization, as well as indicates that the proper use of artificial fertilizers is and should be an important factor of crop productivity. The paper gives the list of the most basic chemical fertilizers and current level of fertilizing components use in Poland. The title of the paper, which is also the main thesis of the study, fully confirms the legitimacy of a view that chemical fertilizers are neither harmful nor toxic, and it is in the opposition to the common and false opinions that present chemical fertilizers as dangerous for humans, which is of course completely groundless.