Is the organic food movement the most anti-science social movement out there?

[Berzerker]

I buy organic milk, because it's ultra pasteurized and therefore keeps longer. That's about it.

-Arrian

come to think of it, our milk does last a long time. But we buy it because its GOOD. I love cold milk with everything! And the stuff we buy around here is like the milk we drank 40 years ago.

[ricketyclik]

I assume you won't eat chocolate, since it's poisonous to dogs and cats. Chocolate = poison for pets. Pets = life. Chocolate = poison for life.

Drake, if you want to wash down your insecticide with some herbicide, please be my guest.

[ricketyclik]

So you are saying the organic pesticides are fine? Tested by a third party on people while monitoring all the unknown metabolic pathways? Heck, some of the "organic" pesta/herbacides are actually used as poisons for other animals.

I wasn't even aware organic pesticides existed. I thought organic meant pesticides aren't used. (As opposed to insect repellents, like garlic juice).

[Drake Tungsten]

Drake, if you want to wash down your insecticide with some herbicide, please be my guest.

I already do. I'd much rather have residual Roundup on my produce than residual manure.

[Kidlicious]

Organic food is the biggest scam ever behind only AGW. I used to work for an organic food store and it was breathtaking how many sales you got by simply slapping on an 'organic happy planet label'.

No, the biggest scam is getting all you stupid people to buy food that is killing you.

I'm not picky about the quality of very much of my purchases, but food sure is one of them. Healthy is happy. You can't get that from paying more for other products.

[Hauldren Collider]

Oh jesus kid, we have about 60 years of empirical evidence that agricultural pesticides and fertilizer do not make our food lethal.

[Ben Kenobi]

I'm not picky about the quality of very much of my purchases, but food sure is one of them. Healthy is happy. You can't get that from paying more for other products.

Folks like you made me very well paid.

Thank you kid! Keep sticking it to the man!

[Ben Kenobi]

Ricketyclik, the 'organic' label on your produce is about as meaningful as the 'ecofriendly' green box. They both serve the same purpose, branding and establishing a premium price.

[Japher]

I wasn't even aware organic pesticides existed. I thought organic meant pesticides aren't used. (As opposed to insect repellents, like garlic juice).

You would think, huh. However, the pesticide I always like to bring up as an example is rotenone.

[Kuciwalker]

ricketyclick, do you use antibiotics? They are BACTERIA POISON!

[Aeson]

The internet is BRAIN CELL POISON!

[Drake Tungsten]

ricketyclick, do you use antibiotics? They are BACTERIA POISON!

The fact that most organic food proponents shun synthetic agricultural chemicals while happily using any number of synthetic medications is one of the more delicious ironies of this retarded movement.

[ricketyclik]

ricketyclick, do you use antibiotics? They are BACTERIA POISON!

The fact that most organic food proponents shun synthetic agricultural chemicals while happily using any number of synthetic medications is one of the more delicious ironies of this retarded movement.

I don't shun synthetic agricultural products, as I've clearly stated, I merely have concerns about consuming pesticides, and as to the sustainability of synthetic fertilizers.

Antibiotics, while life-savers, introduce problems of their own when a course is taken - the friendly flora in the gut is vastly reduced, making infection by unfriendlies much more likely.

Now go ahead flamers, and tell me I just said "I never take antibiotics and they are the worst thing that ever happened to humanity". :exasperated:

[Drake Tungsten]

I don't shun synthetic agricultural products, as I've clearly stated, I merely have concerns about consuming pesticides

Pesticides are synthetic agricultural chemicals, genius.

Now go ahead flamers, and tell me I just said "I never take antibiotics and they are the worst thing that ever happened to humanity".

It would be better if you actually did completely reject antibiotics. At least your retardation would be consistent.

[ricketyclik]

*sigh*

So, "concerns" = "shun"?

And acknowledgement of one of the side effects of a-b's = retardation?

Flamer.