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<blockquote data-quote="Cowabunga" data-source="post: 5568886" data-attributes="member: 718"><p>1. DDT was used up until the 1960's when its persistence was recognised, mainly in relation to bird's eggs. It is not generally used in agriculture but is used in limited applications in Africa, mainly as a household insecticide where the balance of benefits to humans is very positive and it saves thousands of lives annually.</p><p></p><p>2. Carcasses are not left about and it is a criminal offence to do so in the EU. Farmers are not even allowed to bury dead animals even though pets and millions of humans are buried annually and all of nature's animals die and rot naturally.</p><p></p><p>3. Raw sewage is not allowed to be spread in the UK. Treated sewage can be by specialist contractors that must test the product and the land for pollutants such as heavy metals. Indeed the only way to get rid of human sewage is to treat is and use it as fertiliser where possible, as it is certainly frowned upon to pump it into the oceans. </p><p>If a truly organic agriculture was to be demanded, then all human sewage and animal waste would have to be recycled to the land as fertiliser. That's just the way nature works.</p><p></p><p>4. Better that farmers do what they like within a framework of good husbandry rather than allow ignorant tossers to decide for them.</p><p></p><p>5. While some farmers, just like some businesspeople and some workers can be feckless, there are fewer and fewer of them these days due to a combination of education, economics, pride in their work and their environment and peer pressure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cowabunga, post: 5568886, member: 718"] 1. DDT was used up until the 1960's when its persistence was recognised, mainly in relation to bird's eggs. It is not generally used in agriculture but is used in limited applications in Africa, mainly as a household insecticide where the balance of benefits to humans is very positive and it saves thousands of lives annually. 2. Carcasses are not left about and it is a criminal offence to do so in the EU. Farmers are not even allowed to bury dead animals even though pets and millions of humans are buried annually and all of nature's animals die and rot naturally. 3. Raw sewage is not allowed to be spread in the UK. Treated sewage can be by specialist contractors that must test the product and the land for pollutants such as heavy metals. Indeed the only way to get rid of human sewage is to treat is and use it as fertiliser where possible, as it is certainly frowned upon to pump it into the oceans. If a truly organic agriculture was to be demanded, then all human sewage and animal waste would have to be recycled to the land as fertiliser. That's just the way nature works. 4. Better that farmers do what they like within a framework of good husbandry rather than allow ignorant tossers to decide for them. 5. While some farmers, just like some businesspeople and some workers can be feckless, there are fewer and fewer of them these days due to a combination of education, economics, pride in their work and their environment and peer pressure. [/QUOTE]
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