Is Spinosad as safe as we once thought?

Widely recommended by many "experts" as completely safe and organic. Just because something is labeled "organic" does not necessarily mean it is safe for veggies to be consumed.

Low doses of the organic insecticide spinosad trigger lysosomal defects, elevated ROS, lipid dysregulation, and neurodegeneration in flies - PMC

Large-scale insecticide application is a primary weapon in the control of insect pests in agriculture. However, a growing body of evidence indicates that it is contributing to the global decline in population sizes of many beneficial insect species. ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 
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Meadowlark said:
Widely recommended by many "experts" as completely safe and organic. Just because something is labeled "organic" does not necessarily mean it is safe for veggies to be consumed.

Low doses of the organic insecticide spinosad trigger lysosomal defects, elevated ROS, lipid dysregulation, and neurodegeneration in flies - PMC

Large-scale insecticide application is a primary weapon in the control of insect pests in agriculture. However, a growing body of evidence indicates that it is contributing to the global decline in population sizes of many beneficial insect species. ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Wow. Of course its a toxin but that "lipid storage" thing the paper mentions struck me as brain lipids for some reason. Scary. Of course I'm a fathead but the organ does store fats.
 
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