[NAFEX] Organics

Thomas Olenio tolenio at sentex.net
Fri Jun 10 08:16:40 EDT 2005


On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 19:30:46 -0500, Heron Breen <breen at fedcoseeds.com>
wrote:

> It is interesting that present experiments with botanical >extracts  
> would be considered snake oil by anyone. Most of our >modern healthcare  
> products have their origin in botanical >compounds

Hi,

I guess a lot of that can be blamed on the long running, snake-oil  
infomercials for products that do not work.  You can hear them hawking  
their wares, curing everything from hangnails to cancer.  The same  
side-show pitch of 100 years ago, revamped for the 21st century.

I agree that many chemicals have their roots in nature, however the  
concentrations found in nature are so low, you could spray a natural  
product all day with little effect.

Many lethal poisons are "are natural" too (oxcylic acid found in
rubarb, nicotine found in tabacco, and the alkaloid coniine found in  
hemlock).  But when you spray them in concentrations high enough to deter  
insects, you can kill people too.

"All Natural" means nothing to me.  Just because it is natural does not  
make it safe.

If something works as advertised, great.  If something doesn't work as  
advertised, it is snake-oil.  Lots of snake-oil to be found out there  
today.

Later,
Tom
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