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irelephant [he/him]🍭 to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 11 months ago

What popular product do you think is modern day snakeoil?

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What popular product do you think is modern day snakeoil?

irelephant [he/him]🍭 to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 11 months ago
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  • geoma
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    Organic food? Please let me take that out of your list. Organic produce has a huge lot of benefits over industrial, to both the consumer and the environment.

    • @spittingimage@lemmy.world
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      20•11 months ago

      All it takes to qualify for the organic label is a payment to the right industry group.

      • geoma
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        8•11 months ago

        That’s another thing. That’s organic certification.

        • @ChexMax@lemmy.world
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          7•11 months ago

          You’re fighting for semantics, but the other guy is right here. Organic labeled food and “organic food” can be used interchangeably

          • geoma
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            Maybe in the US or the EU.

    • @Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee
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      7•11 months ago

      You sure?

      https://ourworldindata.org/is-organic-agriculture-better-for-the-environment

      • geoma
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        1•11 months ago

        Yep. I’m pretty sure. But we have to distinguish “organic input based produce” v/s regenerative agriculture, which is also “organic”. And there’s a huge gray area in between.

    • @HelixDab2@lemm.ee
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      All food is organic. Every bit of it is made of carbon building blocks.

      • geoma
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        That’s another meaning for the word “organic”.

    • @PapaStevesy@midwest.social
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      2•11 months ago

      All food is organic. Unless you have a crop like a chicken (you don’t), you really shouldn’t put any inorganic materials in your body.

      • geoma
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        That’s another meaning for the word “organic”.

        • @PapaStevesy@midwest.social
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          1•11 months ago

          What is

          • geoma
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            Organic means both chemical compounds that contain carbon and a form of agriculture that complies with certain standarda

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