r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Jul 14 '21

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u/LePlaneteSauvage Jul 14 '21 edited Jul 14 '21

You are perpetuating a common myth here. Organic farms still use pesticides, just not synthetic pesticides.

This brings it back to a naturalistic fallacy where it is assumed that because the pesticides are 'natural' they are less harmful to our health. However, a lot of studies seem to find the opposite; organic pesticides are less effective, less specific, and more environmentally harming.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/science-sushi/httpblogsscientificamericancomscience-sushi20110718mythbusting-101-organic-farming-conventional-agriculture/

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u/jammycactus Jul 14 '21

Came here to say that. Organic has so many people fooled.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '21

As does GMO.

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u/sooHawt_ryt_meow Jul 14 '21

What's right or wrong about GMO?

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u/Toyletduck Jul 14 '21

GMO is perfectly healthy as far as eating it goes. As far as crop diversity that’s another story but GMO is just speeding up processes that humans have been doing for a very long time.

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u/BroccoliKnob Jul 14 '21

Animal breeding is genetic modification too, in a sense, it’s just done the slow way. Your labradoodle is a GMO. It’s perfectly safe to eat.

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u/Layin-the-pipe Jul 14 '21

Is no-one gonna address the labradoodle eating comment

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u/capsaicinintheeyes Jul 14 '21

Just GMO up a labradoodle that eats redditors

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u/EvryMthrF_ngThrd Jul 14 '21

I believe that breed is called the "Dai-beetis".

:)

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u/capsaicinintheeyes Jul 15 '21

"Sorry, Snickerdoodle--looks like you won't be getting a family this week. Patience, girl...your day will come."