In article , Carol Knights
writes
Hello,
I've been lurking for a while and have found some of the topics and tips
very interesting. and helpful.
I'm a bit bothered about Christmas trees - my smallholding is in north west
Essex and I have a Christmas tree plantation next door. The trees are
sprayed frequently with chemicals and next month they will go on sale as
locally grown organic trees. The unsuspecting public will be bringing these
indoors into their nice warm rooms to help celebrate the festive season. God
knows what chemicals they'll be bringing in too.
After what I've seen I'll be having an artificial tree this year!
I don't know if the trees will cause health problems but I'm not going to
take the chance. What do others think?
Carol

The description 'organic' is protected by EU regulations. Any grower of
organic produce must hold a certification and use an approved organic
symbol when selling the produce. Frequent spraying with chemicals is not
permitted in organic growing and that applies to non-food produce for
the reasons you point out. If you could draw this matter to the
attention your local environmental authority, they will be interested.
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Alan & Joan Gould, North Lincs.