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Organic dangerously commits the natural fallacy. Up until very recently, organic included the use of rotenone, which is a 'naturally occurring' poison that cau
by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
Organic dangerously commits the natural fallacy.
Up until very recently, organic included the use of rotenone, which is a 'naturally occurring' poison that causes parkinson's in mammals.
Modern synthetic pesticides are far, far from great but they're still better than their natural counterparts.
- biorach 4y ago> Modern synthetic pesticides are far, far from great but they're still better than their natural counterparts. Far too much generalisation there. There are thousands of synthetic pesticides, and dozens (hundreds?) of "natural" ones (ranging from gelatine to roteome). A broad brush comparison is useless
- minsc_and_boo 4y agoIt's not a pointless comparison when organic farmers used harmful rotenone so much that it had to become banned outright. Needing to ban a 19th century pesticide in the 21st century is not a broad brush, but proof of the growing common misconception that naturally occurring means safer than synthetic - the entire basis of the Organic label.