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Re:Significant levels of glyphosate found in popular breakfa... by beenBoutIT on Thursday August 16, 2018 @02:06PM (#17777114)
Not to mention fungicides and herbicides, which are also permitted with "organic" farming. https://tilth.org/app/uploads/2014/12/can-i-use-this-pestici...

"Hydrogen peroxide and potassium bicarbonate, two familiar substances that are relatively new as fungicides, are also permitted."

"Various natural substances have been tried as herbicides with mixed success. Clove oil is a botanical that is effective."

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Re:Significant levels of glyphosate found in popular breakfa... by strainer on Thursday August 16, 2018 @02:37PM (#17777381)
Right, those are ubiquitous chemicals and compounds with a relatively low uncertainty to their ecological and biological impacts. Unlike for example - synthetically augmented glyphosate compounds, and other contentious products which organic standards takes a precautionary stance towards.
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