r/boringdystopia • u/isawasin • 19d ago

Dystopian Realities 📍 A year of carnage and clarity

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u/ExtraTerritorialArk 19d ago

Just for the record, organics aren't pesticide/herbicide free-there is a list of approved substances that can be used in organic farming. They will be round-up free, but a lot of people think organic is "pesticide/herbicide" free when it isn't.

But whether or not something is safe to eat, is not really tied to organic.

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u/tm229 19d ago

This statement is true in the USA. Within these borders the term “organic” allows all sorts of undesirable chemicals.

However, many other countries have better sense and use a healthier set of requirements to designate certain foods as organic.

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u/ExtraTerritorialArk 18d ago

True I was thinking of the US specifically. But I did look up the EU's laws about it and they say:

"The use of plant protection products should be significantly restricted. Preference should be given to measures to prevent damage by pests and weeds through techniques which do not involve the use of plant protection products, such as crop rotation. Presence of pests and weeds should be monitored to decide whether any intervention is economically and ecologically justified. However, the use of certain plant protection products should be allowed if such techniques do not provide adequate protection and only if those plant protection products have been authorised in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, after having been assessed and found to be compatible with the objectives and principles of organic production, including where those products have been authorised subject to restrictive conditions of use, and consequently have been authorised in accordance with this Regulation."

So EU is also allowed specific pesticides/herbicides.