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No, I mean that the chemicals used in organic farming to kill living things are more harmful to humans than glyphosate is.

• hutzlibu 8y ago
  The (small) organic farmers I know dont use pesticides at all. And as far as I know, here in europe they would not be allowed to use anything realy toxic, when they want to have the organic label. So things are different in the US then? Or also for europe? sources please.
  • dragonwriter 8y ago
    > The (small) organic farmers I know dont use pesticides at all. They aren't representative of the bulk of organic food production. Overall, organic food production is, like non-organic food production, dominated by large, industrial agriculture concerns that do use pesticides.
  • sampo 8y ago
    Here's a list of 12 chemicals approved for use in organic farming: https://risk-monger.com/2016/04/13/the-risk-mongers-dirty-dozen-12-highly-toxic-pesticides-approved-for-use-in-organic-farming/ https://risk-monger.com/2016/04/13/the-risk-mongers-dirty-do...
    • barrkel 8y ago
      That site believes organic farming is a hoax. It also also seems to be mixing up data about US regulation and UK opinion (and thus EU regulation). An intro to EU regulation for organic plant farming is https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/eu-policy/eu-rules-on-production/plants-and-plant-products_en https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/eu-policy/eu-rules-...