Re:Roundup’s Risks Could Go Well Beyond Cancer
by bluGill on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @12:04PM
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Not that the other is not the case. Organic farming is not allowed to use chemical solutions even they are better for the environment.
edit: as others have pointed out, some chemicals are allowed. However the points remains, environmentally friendly means to control weeds is often not allowed in organic.
Re:Roundup’s Risks Could Go Well Beyond Cancer
by xipho on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @12:09PM
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This is a common falacy. Organic forming can only use organic chemical solutions, some of which are far more toxic than their synthetic alternatives. Explore this idea by checking out strawberry production.
Re:Roundup’s Risks Could Go Well Beyond Cancer
by tracker1 on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @08:08PM
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Berries iirc are particularly sensitive to various pesticides, more so than a lot of other produce. It's one of the few products I will seek out Organic over not, when I have them.
Re:Roundup’s Risks Could Go Well Beyond Cancer
by chicob on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @12:11PM
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One can use chemical solutions in Organic Farming, if these are organic, e.g. rotenone, insect-killing viruses, bacteria and fungi.
In some rare cases, synthetic mineral solutions are allowed, like copper sulfate.
And everything you do in Organic Farming can be done in Integrated Farming - you only resort to chemical solutions if there are no other options left. And even then, only if you've gone beyond a certain point beyond which the damage will out-cost the benefits of the spraying.