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Re:Sri Lanka’s overnight flip to organic farming has led to ... by gmac on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @10:51AM (#28445585)
It’s true that some of this could be fixed by more transparency. For example, the pesticides used on crops ought to be listed/available on packaging/at the point of sale.
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Re:Sri Lanka’s overnight flip to organic farming has led to ... by dr_dshiv on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @06:25PM (#28450654)
It'd most likely happen the other way around— i.e., saying that this produce was grown without the use of ... Wait, which ones should be avoided?
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Re:Sri Lanka’s overnight flip to organic farming has led to ... by gmac on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @08:02AM (#28455818)
Maybe. The issue then is that people find sneaky ways around it. For example, some things that are "BPA-free" contain the rather similar BPS[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_S

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