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Banned Herbicides & Pesticides
"martin" wrote in message news On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 21:15:29 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann" wrote: "martin" wrote in message .. . On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:20:10 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann" wrote: Gardeners should realise that they frequently get their knickers in a twist through the misuse of terms which have prior definitions differing from those they *think* are correct. It has, for instance, occurred in this very thread. "Organic" itself is a case in point. There is a great tendency to call "beneficient" chemicals "organic" and others "inorganic". It helps to sell organic food at vast prices to the naive, who think that they are getting something clean and natural, rather than just more stuff sprayed with approved "organic" chemicals. Indeed. I wish I could make my better half understand that. There was a very good program on BBC about it. According to them the Organic Food Industry have a large book full of approved alternative natural chemicals. Copper was the alternative thing to put on potatoes. Where do they place slaked lime? It is not a natural chemical, but is produced by calcining limestone and allowing the quicklime produced in this manner to be hydrated. What is natural about this?? Franz -- Martin |
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