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Re:California's plastic bag ban is failing by nomel on Thursday September 07, 2023 @12:06PM (#37421052)
Unless you’re going to eat it, what’s the point of organic cotton? Cotton seems like something that should be optimized, for production, as much as possible.
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Re:California's plastic bag ban is failing by cultofmetatron on Thursday September 07, 2023 @12:10PM (#37421136)
the ecological damage from all the pesticides used in traditional cotton production would be why.
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Re:California's plastic bag ban is failing by tekla on Thursday September 07, 2023 @12:12PM (#37421169)
Organic pesticides are similarly terrible for the environment.
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Re:California's plastic bag ban is failing by cultofmetatron on Thursday September 07, 2023 @12:29PM (#37421474)
I'll agree with you that some organic pesticides can be just as bad. however there are much stricter guidelines on when and how they are applied to qualify for organic certification. In the case of conventional, the application methodology is more about the bottom line. which in many cases means spraying way more to maximize yield.
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