RE: Cures and Capitalisim
August 22, 2016 at 5:41 pm
(This post was last modified: August 22, 2016 at 5:52 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(August 22, 2016 at 5:40 pm)Alex K Wrote: DDT is unusually long lived, right? How does it compare to other insecticides?It doesn't compare at all. Some hard core old timers bemoan the lack of anything like it, anymore. One some l;evels, I understand their frustration. It would be nice if we -could- develop a similarly long lived insecticide without all the nasty attendant risks for agricultural production.
The rei for the most leveraged pesticides used in ag (in the us) today are counted in hours or..in the case of extremely potent shit, days. In the case of suitability for consumption, sometimes weeks (strawberry root treatments come to mind - not that we eat the roots..we're just extra careful). Similarly, we've payed alot more attention to the ability of something to build up in soft tissue since the 70's. It bears mention, that the horror stories most will refer to are invariably going to end up being products that were initially developed as chemical weapons or combat assistants in the 40's (which is a criticism of modern ag that sticks on -so- many levels).
The bottom line is this...there is -no- lawful application of any agricultural product which exceeds it's allotted block in field. None, for any crop, any substance, in any circumstance. If your main gets "sick" the day before harvest, you are legally obligated to go out of business and lose everything...rather than treat it. That's one of the factors that drove the trend towards consolidated ag (and the death of the family farm) - a big operation just absorbs that loss.
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