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Re:Emails Show FDA Chemists Have Been Finding Glyphosate in ... by alexandercrohde on Thursday May 10, 2018 @08:45PM (#17044169)
Rotenone is no longer an organic pesticide.

[Even in America. It can only be used as a "fishkill"]

source: http://npic.orst.edu/NPRO/#

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Re:Emails Show FDA Chemists Have Been Finding Glyphosate in ... by adrr on Thursday May 10, 2018 @09:00PM (#17044223)
Only in Europe. Its still approved by the USDA.

Source(failed petition to remove it): https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/Rotenone%...

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Re:Emails Show FDA Chemists Have Been Finding Glyphosate in ... by gowld on Thursday May 10, 2018 @09:05PM (#17044251)
What does "organic" mean if a specific substance can become "not organic" without changing?
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Re:Emails Show FDA Chemists Have Been Finding Glyphosate in ... by oasisbob on Thursday May 10, 2018 @11:57PM (#17044877)
You have a point. I think "not organic" in this context is shorthand for "not allowed in organic agriculture." Scanning the reg, the USDA's list is titled "Prohibited Natural Substances."
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Re:Emails Show FDA Chemists Have Been Finding Glyphosate in ... by pluma on Friday May 11, 2018 @04:27AM (#17045755)
If you think the term "organic" is silly: in German the word that's used means "biological".
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