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> For the time being, I plan to do my best to avoid the stuff. How do you actually go on about avoiding glyphosate? If you buy organic, your food crop may have
by sampo 12y ago
> For the time being, I plan to do my best to avoid the stuff.
How do you actually go on about avoiding glyphosate? If you buy organic, your food crop may have been treated with e.g. rotenone, which is a notably nastier poison than anyone has claimed glyphosate to be.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotenone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotenone
- ricardobeat 12y ago> If you buy organic Where I come from, organic crops means no pesticides / insecticides except natural ones. What would make food grown with pesticides "organic"?
- sampo 12y ago"there are over 20 chemicals commonly used in the growing and processing of organic crops that are approved by the US Organic Standards" http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/science-sushi/httpblogsscientificamericancomscience-sushi20110718mythbusting-101-organic-farming-conventional-agriculture/ http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/science-sushi/httpblogss...
- ScottBurson 12y agoThe erosion of organic standards under political pressure from agribusiness is a very valid area of concern. But that's another conversation. And anyway I'm not sure rotenone is an example of that. Yes, it's quite toxic, but it degrades pretty rapidly [0]. And it's a carbohydrate, with none of the chlorine-carbon bonds that tend to be biochemically problematic in many synthetic pesticides (though glyphosate is an exception here). [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotenone#Toxicity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotenone#Toxicity
- tptacek 12y agoRetenone is also carcinogenic in mouse models. If I had to choose exposure to retenone or glyphosate, I guess I'd go with glyphosate, which at least isn't neurotoxic.