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		Johnythree on Sept 11, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the global banana industry is killing the worl... Bordeaux Mixture is relatively benign. Copper, Sulfur and Lime are all naturally occurring chemicals, which (as you say) have been used to fight fungus for hundreds of years. Not all "chemicals" are evil.

PhantomGremlin on Sept 13, 2014 [–]

> Not all "chemicals" are evil.

A while ago Monsanto ran a series of condescending ads whose tagline was "without chemicals life itself would be impossible"

http://peterfeld.tumblr.com/post/51503279414/monsanto-ad-197...

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