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Rotenone is no longer an organic pesticide. [Even in America. It can only be used as a "fishkill"] source: http://npic.orst.edu/NPRO/# http://npic.orst.edu/NP

Rotenone is no longer an organic pesticide. [Even in America. It can only be used as a "fishkill"] source: http://npic.orst.edu/NPRO/# http://npic.orst.edu/NPRO/#

adrr 8y ago
Only in Europe. Its still approved by the USDA. Source(failed petition to remove it): https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/Rotenone%20proposal.pdf https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/Rotenone%...
gowld 8y ago
What does "organic" mean if a specific substance can become "not organic" without changing?
- oasisbob 8y ago
  You have a point. I think "not organic" in this context is shorthand for "not allowed in organic agriculture." Scanning the reg, the USDA's list is titled "Prohibited Natural Substances."
- pluma 8y ago
  If you think the term "organic" is silly: in German the word that's used means "biological".