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To address a couple of points, the Government regulatory agencies expect to see data from trials which have familiar, conventional designs before they will give a licence to sell. And they really do scrutinise the data, it's a big consultation and it takes them at least a year, So for drugs and pesticides which have gone through this process, their data is pretty tight. There isn't a regulator in the world that would accept Vinlander's statements that there are short cuts with regard to human safety. That statement about a simple substance being predictable - we wish!A couple of years ago I followed Quackwatch and it used to surprise me, the venom he met when he tried toquestion the alternative practices. Not any more :(
The article describes a laboratory experiment to determine the effect of copper oxychloride on the earthworm Eisenia fetida.
No need to wait till 2045 for the Famines, there's been plenty written.
I read somewhere the other day that even the supermarkets in the UK are now concerned about the lack of vegetables of good quality they can now buy in the and are now working with organisations to come up with sprays that we can use in the UK.I am afraid without them we are going to become a Nation without Market Gardeners
... tbh I am not interested in choosing one gardening philosophy, rather I read up on specific things and decide on their individual merits. ....Gardening is not like choosing a religion where you choose one then must walk a path and not deviate. You really can pick the best bits out of all the philosophies and use them. That's a good thing isn't it?
[I was hoping for a nicely made TV documentary that would be instructive and salutory in so many ways (including yours) for a broader public.Cheers.
Quote from: DenbyVisitor on March 07, 2011, 17:06:29... tbh I am not interested in choosing one gardening philosophy, rather I read up on specific things and decide on their individual merits. ....Gardening is not like choosing a religion where you choose one then must walk a path and not deviate. You really can pick the best bits out of all the philosophies and use them. That's a good thing isn't it?Now THAT is the best post that I've read for some time. I wholeheartedly agree.