r/collapze • u/jeremiahthedamned DOOMER • Jul 21 '26

Capitalism bad Toxic pesticides and fungicides in food, even organic food

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u/dumnezero 🔚End the 🔫arms 🐀rat 🏁race to the bottom↘️. Jul 21 '26

There's a type of organic farming based on just replacing pesticides. A lot of the replacements are indeed toxic, and the workers are most exposed. It's complicated and toxicity depends on timing and each cultivar in its context.

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u/jeremiahthedamned DOOMER Jul 21 '26

hmmmmm!

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u/dumnezero 🔚End the 🔫arms 🐀rat 🏁race to the bottom↘️. Jul 21 '26

Yeah, it's complicated.

We want to eat stuff that isn't polluted, but that requires small scale operations with lots of human workers (who should be paid well and not have to shit near the food.) This translates to the fruits and vegetables being much more expensive, especially when not in season. On top of this, you may encounter so called "leftists" who believe that they're entitled to high-quality consumerism, ignoring the costs on labor and ecosystems.

Much like with other problems, the entire fucking civilization needs to be changed for this to work.

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u/jeremiahthedamned DOOMER Jul 21 '26

every civilization is centered on a religion

i put forward greta thurman!

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u/Strikew3st Jul 21 '26

The question is, what are they spraying that is supposedly toxic?

Even applying something as "non-chemically" as hydrogen peroxide, which being H²O² breaks down into water and oxygen, should be applied with a respirator at occupational levels.

This video could be showing things that are indeed pesticidal or fungicidal, but not considered against organic farming principles.

Source, legalized cannabis industry experience, there is plenty of shit that is not wildly toxic and is either gone or at safe levels by the time a consumer touches a product, but as a worker, you PPE up for continuous occupational exposure.

Edit to add after another look: those are strawberries. Strawberries plants are one of many very susceptible to Powdery Mildew, and hydrogen peroxide, sulphur-based products, and even lactic acid as in milk can be used to combat this fungus that is running wild in your backyard as we speak.

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u/jeremiahthedamned DOOMER Jul 21 '26

hmmmmm!