"The chief aim of pesticides is to protect crops. If they did not serve this purpose, no one would buy them. ?"


We had a discussion here a couple of months ago, where it was said that consumers HAVE to buy the neonics. It's not possible to get untreated seeds in many areas of North America. The question was....why not? The chem/ag companies have decided that everyone will use these products, period. They don't supply untreated seeds. So that's why everyone buys them.


It was further pointed out that neonic use in consecutive years is unnecessary, especially given the soil half-life of the compounds and also given the "knock-down" effect on the target insects. So not only does everyone buy these because they have no choice, but they are over-applying them, also because they have no choice.


Christina

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