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About "organic" fraud, I remember seeing a brand of cosmetics saying that their products are organic because they used carbon-based chemicals. Technically true,
by GuB-42 5y ago
About "organic" fraud, I remember seeing a brand of cosmetics saying that their products are organic because they used carbon-based chemicals. Technically true, that's the chemical definition, but they actually used the same stuff as anyone else, including parabens. I will not comment on the safety of parabens, but generally, that's the kind of stuff people who buy organic don't want to see.
Even worse, the French translation of their websites translated "organic" to "biologique", which is correct if you are using the "no synthetic chemicals" definition, but wrong if you are using the chemical definition (that would be "organique"). Turning an ambiguity into a flat out lie.
- jhbadger 5y agoThe French term is as bad as the English one -- "biologique" literally means "biological" and for example, biological weapons are "armes biologiques". But maybe the anthrax was made without pesticides? It's unfortunate that both languages decided to adopt scientific terms with defined meanings to mean "grown without the use of pesticides".