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Mistress Rose
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No, I don't think so. I won't dispute that in an ideal world there would be no contamination from pesticides, nitrates etc. Currently neonics are arch enemy number one with most people except farmers, some of whom aren't sure how they are going to manage without them. They managed for years, so sure they will find a way.
Whether neonics are more dangerous than other pesticides will only be known in several decades time. When I was a child, DDT was sprayed around the house with gay abandon. I expect it has done something nasty to me and others of my generation, and it certainly wasn't good for birds, but what effects it has on humans in relatively low doses, I don't really know.
As for arsenic and one or two other nasties, it seems to be a matter of sensitivity. Market gardening used to be carried out in Devon on a heavily arsenic infested soil until it was discovered that low doses increased the risk of heart disease and lettuce was very good at picking it up. Not sure if the death rate has decreased as the drinking water is soft, and that isn't good for the heart either. |
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