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Re:Plasticlist Report – Data on plastic chemicals in Bay Are... by throw_pm23 on Saturday December 28, 2024 @05:03AM (#42529869)
That's partly true, but on the other hand less intensive, less industrialized food production will end up with safer food. The apple or tomato from your grandma's backyard in Eastern Europe will have less chemicals than the one grown in the Dutch monoculture farm.
Re:Plasticlist Report – Data on plastic chemicals in Bay Are... by volongoto on Saturday December 28, 2024 @05:31AM (#42530008)
My personal experience is the opposite. There is no control on the produce on grandma's backyard and therefore we have no idea how much chemicals she is using. Probably she doesn't know either. But I'm sure of one thing: she definitely uses chemicals if she wants to eat (or sell) those apples. Chemical-free agriculture is more demanding and the grandma doesn't have an incentive to invest in it. After all, using chemicals is what she learned growing up and therefore is the "traditional" way.
Re:Plasticlist Report – Data on plastic chemicals in Bay Are... by seper8 on Saturday December 28, 2024 @06:08AM (#42530183)
I dont think grandmas are out there using genetically modified crops so they can douse the whole thing in Roundup
Re:Plasticlist Report – Data on plastic chemicals in Bay Are... by fn-mote on Saturday December 28, 2024 @08:21AM (#42530863)
The idea that Roundup is the worst pesticide being used is optimistic.

It’s like the GP indicates - I think the concern is more for yield than safety.

My experience as a tourist was that some fruit reeked so strongly of chemicals that I just kept away from it.

Re:Plasticlist Report – Data on plastic chemicals in Bay Are... by lazide on Saturday December 28, 2024 @08:47AM (#42531023)
Grandmas can be growing it in heavily contaminated soils (old motor oil, lead, arsenic, etc.), or using ‘random weed spray’ at 10x its recommended dosage, or not washing their hands after using the toilet and then handling veggies, etc.
Re:Plasticlist Report – Data on plastic chemicals in Bay Are... by hombre_fatal on Saturday December 28, 2024 @11:24AM (#42532081)
Your scenario provides far fewer applications of pesticides than the alternatives, especially those in "organic farming", with a pesticide that is much less bad than the common alternatives.