The term "organic pesticides" will confuse the hell out of everybody (Reply #26)

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Fri Apr 29, 2016, 12:27 PM

26. The term "organic pesticides" will confuse the hell out of everybody

The adjective "organic" has a long history in chemistry, being used as a technical word: "Organic chemistry" (for example) simply refers to the chemistry of carbon compounds

So an "organic pesticide" will be understood by many people to mean a pesticide that has a carbon skeleton -- as opposed to a pesticide (such as arsenic trioxide or thallium sulfate) which is not carbon-based

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Organic Pesticides. Yes, They Do Exist, And Are Used. [View all]	HuckleB	Apr 2016	OP
I recall reading that there's a bit of a turf war.	Wilms	Apr 2016	#1
That argument, of course, points out the reality that "organic" is just a marketing term.	HuckleB	Apr 2016	#2
The small farmers, you, and I agree.	Wilms	Apr 2016	#6
Regardless, it's always been just a marketing term.	HuckleB	Apr 2016	#8
Also conventional produce gets exported and magically imported back as "organic."	yellowcanine	Apr 2016	#4
Eek!	Wilms	Apr 2016	#7
Scams may beget scams.	HuckleB	Apr 2016	#16
Nicotine is very toxic to humans. Rotenone is somewhat toxic.	yellowcanine	Apr 2016	#3
Luckily, rotenone is not really used any more.	HuckleB	Apr 2016	#5
Nicotine has been banned for at least 14 years	appal_jack	Apr 2016	#18
All I can tell you is that there are many warnings about Neem and pregnancy	yellowcanine	Apr 2016	#19
All true points.	appal_jack	Apr 2016	#20
The persistence of synthetic pesticides is correct. The flip side of that is that organic	yellowcanine	Apr 2016	#21
There is also the issue of fuel use and pollution for each added application of organic products.	HuckleB	Apr 2016	#24
Just yesterday I saw the only real difference, between "organic" and others.	Archae	Apr 2016	#9
Corporate marketing, at its ugliest.	HuckleB	Apr 2016	#10
Like to get me some of that GMO chicken....	yellowcanine	Apr 2016	#14
It's CRISPR!	HuckleB	Apr 2016	#15
Pyrethroids are derivatives of the chrysanthemum	Drahthaardogs	Apr 2016	#11
All good and well, the LD50 is still not better than for things like glyphosate or Imidacloprid.	HuckleB	Apr 2016	#12
Pyrethroids are synthetic pyrethrins.	yellowcanine	Apr 2016	#13
Most synthetic pesticides are derived from naturally occurring ones	Major Nikon	Apr 2016	#22
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Save the Bees! Ban these two toxic organic pesticides immediately	HuckleB	Apr 2016	#23
Natural versus Synthetic Chemicals Is a Gray Matter	HuckleB	Apr 2016	#25
It's a marketing gimmick based on an appeal to nature fallacy	Major Nikon	Apr 2016	#28
Alas, you are correct on all accounts. -eom-	HuckleB	Apr 2016	#30
The term "organic pesticides" will confuse the hell out of everybody	struggle4progress	Apr 2016	#26
All true, but in this era it's well understood via the mass marketing of "organic" food.	HuckleB	Apr 2016	#27
Two different definitions	Major Nikon	Apr 2016	#29

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