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I have every reason to think the deleted post you are responding to was misguided, wrong, and largely nonsense. That said, I really think it's absurd to be so f
by quadrangle 12y ago
I have every reason to think the deleted post you are responding to was misguided, wrong, and largely nonsense. That said, I really think it's absurd to be so flippant about concerns over pesticides. We do not at all have clarity and overwhelming evidence that pesticides on food are just no problem and can be ignored as an issue.
- saulrh 12y agoI can very easily believe that pesticides exist which are completely neutral to humans. I eat chocolate and garlic perfectly fine, but my pets certainly wouldn't enjoy them. Worst-case they're like acetaminophen and require liver pathways that humans evolved recently so they're inefficient but unique. The big issue with pesticides is that the manufacturers are messing with the science that would let us figure out how safe they are. As for the flippancy, I see it as a reasonable response to the fearmongering about modern agricultural methods. Anti-GMO and Anti-Chemistry beliefs are harmful enough that I'm not going to try to keep my arguments kosher. I'm just going to try to convince the believers in whatever way I can. Arguments to emotion seem to work for them, so I figure that they'll work on them just as well.