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[https://www.ehn.org/sulfur-pesticide-opinion by Ronald Lane 22/4/25 EHN] | [https://www.ehn.org/sulfur-pesticide-opinion by Ronald Lane 22/4/25 EHN] | ||
Sulfur doesn’t act as a pesticide until it becomes sulfur dioxide — the very same gas listed under California’s Proposition 65 as a reproductive toxicant and by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a criteria air pollutant. Exposure is linked to asthma, lung irritation, and risks to fetal development. And unlike many synthetic pesticides, sulfur dioxide has no known safe threshold. Harm has been observed at concentrations below 1 part per million. | Sulfur doesn’t act as a pesticide until it becomes sulfur dioxide — the very same gas listed under California’s Proposition 65 as a reproductive toxicant and by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a criteria air pollutant. Exposure is linked to asthma, lung irritation, and risks to fetal development. And unlike many synthetic pesticides, sulfur dioxide has no known safe threshold. Harm has been observed at concentrations below 1 part per million. | ||
=====Regenerative Organic Farming: A Solution to Global Warming===== | |||
[https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/rodale_research_paper-07_30_08.pdf by RODALE INSTITUTE] | |||
Rodale Institute’s Farming Systems Trial® (FST) is the longest-running side-by-side comparison of organic | |||
and conventional farming systems in the U.S. and one of the oldest trials in the world. It has documented | |||
the benefits of an integrated systems approach to farming using regenerative organic practices. These | |||
include cover crops, composting and crop rotation to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide by pulling it from | |||
the air and storing it in the soil as carbon. Results from these practices—corroborated at other research | |||
centers that include University of California at Davis, University of Illinois, Iowa State University and USDA | |||
Beltsville, Maryland, research facility—reiterate the vast, untapped potential of organic agricultural practices to solve global warming | |||
