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I mean, I can do better (worse). Up until .. the 60s? 70s? They used to literally spray lead-arsenate on apple orchards as a pesticide. Incredibly effective on
by cmrdporcupine 2y ago
I mean, I can do better (worse). Up until .. the 60s? 70s? They used to literally spray lead-arsenate on apple orchards as a pesticide.
Incredibly effective one, too.
Just that unfortunate thing of poisoning the top soil forever.
A lot of those old apple orchards have had other things done with them since. Which is kind of scary.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_hydrogen_arsenate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_hydrogen_arsenate
"US EPA banned use of lead arsenate on food crops in 1988."