Organic pesticides: Ask someone who knows

By ACSH Staff — Dec 14, 2012
As you may recall, yesterday s Dispatch covered a distorted, alarmist story on the harms of pesticides. Will Westerling, a licensed Pest Control Advisor in the State of California, wrote in with his views.

As you may recall, yesterday s Dispatch covered a distorted, alarmist story on the harms of pesticides.

Will Westerling, a licensed Pest Control Advisor in the State of California, wrote in with his views.

As a licensed Pest Control Advisor in the State of California who manages several thousand acres of both conventional and organic fruits and vegetables I can assure you that there is no shortage of organic pesticides being applied to organic crops.

I spray the organic fields just as often as the conventional ones. In fact, for very high value delicate specialty crops I may spray them two or even three times a week.

Many of the organic pesticides I use in organic production I also use in the conventional fields.

Just because an organic pesticide comes from a naturally occurring source (bacteria, plant or mineral) does not mean it is not a pesticide.

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