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Major Nikon

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40. The reverse is actually more true
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 09:01 PM
Mar 2016

Synthetic substances tend to break down into more harmless compounds because they are specifically engineered to do so. Copper sulfate, which is inorganic but nonetheless approved under the National Organic Program, is highly toxic to people and animals and tends to accumulate in the soil and groundwater where it causes all sorts of environmental problems.

http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/extoxnet/carbaryl-dicrotophos/copper-sulfate-ext.html

If one is truly concerned about the environment, sustainability, and food safety, then the most effective and least evasive product should be used when necessary. Assuming the best product is always "organic" is nothing more than an appeal to nature fallacy. That's why the NOP is managed under the USDA's marketing branch, and discloses specifically that its regulations do not address nutrition or safety.

That's a real stretch. TexasProgresive Mar 2016 #1
Conclusive evidence AxionExcel Mar 2016 #2
Remember when the last group was surrounded by the FBI - womanofthehills Mar 2016 #20
I believe this is intended as satire. KamaAina Mar 2016 #30
hey, who says the GOP doesn't love science? as long as it leaves a lot to clean up, or makes MisterP Mar 2016 #3
I have to say, they've all come a long way from their beginnings as GMO corn! Rex Mar 2016 #4
GOP in the movies womanofthehills Mar 2016 #15
Hey there! Corn fungus is delicious! KamaAina Mar 2016 #31
This is the dumbest theory I've read since a guy at WBAY posted all sorts of crap about "chemtrails. Archae Mar 2016 #5
Take two* and call me in the morning AxionExcel Mar 2016 #7
Coming to get you!! womanofthehills Mar 2016 #18
Bwah-ha-HAH!1 Or am I finding humor inappropriately?!1 n/t UTUSN Mar 2016 #6
You are altogether appropriate UTUSN AxionExcel Mar 2016 #8
You are trying... petronius Mar 2016 #9
Not trying nearly as hard as AxionExcel Mar 2016 #10
Some would call those things, facts. YMMV Major Nikon Mar 2016 #14
And copper compounds stick around much longer than the organics that will break down into more... yawnmaster Mar 2016 #38
The reverse is actually more true Major Nikon Mar 2016 #40
That's what I'm saying (in less detail). eom yawnmaster Mar 2016 #41
It just blows my mind away - the love of pesticides on DU womanofthehills Mar 2016 #19
What blows my mind away... Major Nikon Mar 2016 #26
ROFL malaise Mar 2016 #11
No, it's not the GMOs, don't be ridiculous. Dr. Strange Mar 2016 #12
Pffft, everyone knows what the real culprit is Major Nikon Mar 2016 #17
Little-known fact: Dr. Strange Mar 2016 #23
Vaccines were the first delivery system Major Nikon Mar 2016 #24
Wow - endorsing the whackjob ch*mtrail conspiracy says a lot about you and your so-called "science" AxionExcel Mar 2016 #32
Sarchasm Major Nikon Mar 2016 #34
I think that was willful ignorance on display there. HuckleB Mar 2016 #35
Sounds more like the voice of experience Major Nikon Mar 2016 #36
Oh, goodness. HuckleB Mar 2016 #37
That's not generally where you find the best stuff Major Nikon Mar 2016 #39
42 likes? HuckleB Mar 2016 #42
Long ago, I recommended testing the water in DC for lead poisoning. L. Coyote Mar 2016 #13
This is the dumbest thing I've read on this website. Deadshot Mar 2016 #16
Just wait, he'll start in on contrails and vaccines causing autism next. N/t Humanist_Activist Mar 2016 #21
I'm still waiting for the moonbombing thread to come back around Major Nikon Mar 2016 #22
"You rang?" - The Moonbombers (R) AxionExcel Mar 2016 #25
I checked with the experts AxionExcel Mar 2016 #28
92% of Americans are morons then. Deadshot Mar 2016 #29
Ahh, another poo fling from the Elitist 8% & the Ignorance Imperative AxionExcel Mar 2016 #33
I have actually thought "Is it the food? "But I know too many intellectual liberals who eat absolute Person 2713 Mar 2016 #27
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