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The idea of organic and chemical-free plant protection and gardening goes hand in hand with the idea of sustainability, but it hasn't always been that way! The first generation of plant protection products were still very toxic, e.g. some of them contained cyanide. One of the next generation of pesticides was the infamous DDT, which was later banned in developed countries around the world. Pesticide active substances are still banned every yearbecause it turns out to be harmful to people and the environment. Pesticides currently on the market go through an extremely rigorous approval process and are reviewed every ~10 years. However, as science advances, more and more are later found to be harmful to wildlife.
We are also part of nature, so if we destroy our environment, we are harming ourselves and especially future generations! Let's have a greener garden! 🌼
It takes 10-20 years and billions of dollars to develop and market a new pesticide active ingredient. Pesticide manufacturers, seeing the increasing rigour of testing, have moved towards biological products.
So does this mean that organic pesticides are a new phenomenon? No, chemical-free plant protection has been part of people's lives for a long time, and there are historical examples. The first documented biological pesticide was sulphur ~4,500 years ago
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