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with Roundup that story was "it only interferes with the shikimate pathway" and now we know that it is not true. You simply cannot give any guarantee whatsoeve
by mhkool 7y ago
with Roundup that story was "it only interferes with the shikimate pathway" and now we know that it is not true.
You simply cannot give any guarantee whatsoever that the dsRNA-based poison that you consider safe, really is safe or has unforeseen fatal effects.
You should read more about agriculture and look at the many success stories of farmers who produce in large scale without using poisons. Then you might understand that there is no need for poisons.
- gravelc 7y agoProvide me an example then. Organic pesticides that can be used on organically-certified farms are still poisons. White oil, soap spray etc. is all a poison if you're an insect. I don't know of any modern production system that's free of poisons (if you want to refer to poisons as anything that kills an insect, which seems to be the case), but willing to be educated.
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- labawi 7y agoOrganic, GMO, dsRNA or whatever, pesticides are overused and modern production systems are the problem. Typical modern farming kills the soil and everything on it. Pesticides just speed it up, directly and as an enabler. As an example without soap, a friend has a garden. Call it holistic, permaculture or whatever. The same plants grow twice as big in his garden compared to neighbor's, because he tends to the plants, the soil and the garden using modern knowledge. No spraying. Lots of mulch, diversity, planning...