A Look Into Pesticides

"Rest assured, synthetic pesticide residues on food are safe in the minuscule amounts present – we're talking parts per billion. What's more, many are even less "toxic" than substances you encounter each and every day. For example, glyphosate, the most commonly used herbicide in the U.S., is about three times less deadly than Tylenol and thirty times less deadly than caffeine."

There is much pseudoscience involving food and pesticides. This article will help in clarifying the situation:

Plants Make Their Own "Carcinogenic" Pesticides, and You Eat A Whole Lot More of Them

The Food Babe

An Example Of EPA Anti-Science

While most of the developed world, including the USA historically, accept the preponderance of the evidence that a form of pesticides commonly referred to as neonics are harmful to bees and other pollinators, as well as birds and aquatic invertebrates (link, link), the US EPA, under the Trump administration through Scott Pruitt, is stalling to implement even the recommendations of its own scientists (link).

Organic Pesticides

"There is no apriori reason to assume that chemical pesticides derived from natural sources are safer or better for the environment that synthetic ones."

Whatever works is good, but we should follow the evidence, not ideology.

Organic Crops And Pesticides

Organic crops use carcinogenic pesticides.

With The Zika Outbreak, Pseudoscience Is Bound To Rear Its Ugly Head

 A "Pro-DDT" article:

How poisonous is DDT?

A more nuanced article:

Zika virus, microcephaly, and calls to bring back DDT.

The Biggest Myth About Glyphosate

The "probably carcinogenic" ranking places glyphosate's cancer causing potential behind bacon, sausage, and other processed meats that many people enjoy on a regular basis.

Zika Virus, And Other Viruses Spread By Mosquitos

"Note to environmentalists: Before you start screaming about how pesticides are killing us — they aren’t — you might want to examine both sides of the equation. All of these “new” viral infections are spread by mosquitos. So please answer the following: What is the cost of not spraying? This answer is, unfortunately, already available: Africa. Malaria, which is also spread by mosquitos, kills thousands of people every day. How many deaths would have been prevented by more aggressive use of pesticides? You tell me."

Zika Virus: Unlikely to Kill, Impossible to be Killed