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"Organic means better" is the embarrassing and misleading talking point here though, not being against having toxic chemicals in our food sold as "organic". I d
by utternerd 4mo ago
"Organic means better" is the embarrassing and misleading talking point here though, not being against having toxic chemicals in our food sold as "organic". I don't want added copper compounds and residue in my food, and copper sulfate used in organic farming empirically does that.
"The most frequently quantified [organic] pesticide was copper." https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2015/557009/EPRS_BRI(2015)557009_EN.pdf https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2015/5570...
- jraph 4mo agoThis doesn't say that conventional cultures are better on that front.
- OutOfHere 4mo agoYour own reference says: > Analysis of these articles revealed no significant difference in ..., zinc, and copper. > restrictions limit the use of copper salts. I see a theoretical risk but not a practical problem here. At best you've identified a place where the regulations might need tightening.