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I can't tell if krona is trolling. We're exposing people to more insecticides in their diet when the plant itself produces insecticides! At least spraying puts
by sebleon 10y ago
I can't tell if krona is trolling. We're exposing people to more insecticides in their diet when the plant itself produces insecticides!
At least spraying puts insecticides on the outside of the plant, which is somewhat washable.
Making the kernels of corn that we eat produce insecticides makes it impossible to remove these chemicals from our dinner plates....
- maxerickson 10y agoAs a layperson, I'm pretty sure I'd rather eat corn laced with Bt than corn with organophosphates rinsed off.
- sebleon 10y agoThat's kind of a strawman argument - what about corn laced with organophosphates vs corn that's been genetically modified to generate organophosphates in the kernels?
- krona 10y agoI can't tell if sableon is ignorant, or just scare mongering. We calculate that 99.99% (by weight) of the pesticides in the American diet are chemicals that plants produce to defend themselves. -- Dietary pesticides (99.99% all natural) Vol. 87, pp. 7777-7781, October 1990 Medical Sciences Note the date. In other words, it's insufficient to say that pesticides are dangerous to humans, since most aren't in the quantities that occur naturally. On the toxicity of organophosphates, it's been well known since the second world war.