Comments on: Natural ingredients aren’t actually better for the environment https://labmuffin.com/are-natural-ingredients-better-for-the-environment/ The science of beauty, explained simply Sat, 03 Jun 2023 09:47:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: pierre https://labmuffin.com/are-natural-ingredients-better-for-the-environment/#comment-271636 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 17:21:33 +0000 https://labmuffin.com/?p=13830#comment-271636 Dont forget organic faring actually uses pesticides.
The so called “natural” pesticides :
– copper which accululate insoils leading to sterilisation
– pyrethrins which extraction has lead to dispatition of protected rain forests necessary to the little montain gorilla (now in danger)
– neem extract (ai = azadirachtin) which has strong evidence of being a strong endocrine disruptor
Not to mention the lack of fungicide control close to the harvest with the deadly risk of aflatoxine exposure

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