The 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 n

The 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