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Why do you think that dead grass surrounding a vineyard is harmful? The only conditions under which this would be a bad thing are: a) there is a wider environme
by jniedrauer 8y ago
Why do you think that dead grass surrounding a vineyard is harmful? The only conditions under which this would be a bad thing are: a) there is a wider environmental impact; b) there is a risk to consumers. Neither of which you could see by casually strolling by.
This type of anecdotal feelings based decision making is how we ended up with widespread anti-vaccine, anti-gluten, anti-GMO sentiment, etc.
- frankbreetz 8y agoWhy would you think dead grass is harmful? It's not dead grass that is harmful. The poison that kills the grass is harmful.
- jniedrauer 8y agoChocolate is toxic to dogs, but that doesn't mean it's dangerous to us. Again, you can't just rely on your gut feeling for this kind of stuff.
- frankbreetz 8y agoRoundup is toxic to humans as are most if not all herbicides. I think it would be better to assume anything that can kill grass is toxic to humans unless there is significant research proving this to not be true. I would rather see people err on the side of caution in this area.
- jeromenerf 8y agoI would not put antibiotics, GMO or gluten in the same basket, however even if (imo) pretty valid concerns arise from the population, these are still used widely.
- tarsinge 8y agoI don't understand this sentiment, why is organic so quickly associated why unscientific bullshit like anti-vaccine? Maybe it's specific to the US, but here in France even if historically there is a lot of snake-oil products associated with "natural" things, organic is a strict regulated label, and apart for some products (like wine), does not cause much debate in the "scientific-minded" crowd (except for GMO) for environmental and health benefits.