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by fr0sty 2889 days ago
FWIW: "Organic" != "Pesticide Free". Rather it means that the compounds sprayed on the crops are "organic" in origin.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/science-sushi/httpblogs...
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jvican 2889 days ago
An interesting EU study about organic farming clarifies this further. I find this image to be a nice way to summarize the use of pesticides in organic farming. https://imgur.com/a/WjRHpk9

The EU article is called "Human health implications of organic food and organic agriculture", I recommend peeking it. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2016/58192...

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byproxy 2889 days ago
I wonder how the EU regulations for organic farming compare to the US regulations.
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