[CH] Detergents

byron bromley (byron.bromley@gsd-co.com)
Wed, 6 Sep 2000 21:57:03 -0400 

Many moons ago I was blasted for using detergents as part of a pesticide.

Copy from CA organic

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Here is a copy of the CA ones:
(3) When used in connection with the production, handling, or processing of
raw agricultural commodities and any other food not specified in paragraphs
(1) and (2), any synthetically compounded fertilizer, pesticide, growth
regulator, or any other substance that does not consist entirely of
microorganisms, microbiological products, or substances consisting of, or
derived or extracted solely from plant, animal, or mineral­bearing rock
substances. Before harvest, prohibited materials shall not include the
application of bordeaux mixes and trace elements for known deficiencies as
determined by plant or animal tissue or by soil testing, soluble aquatic
plant products, botanicals, lime­sulphur, gypsum, dormant oils, summer oils,
fish emulsion, soaps, and detergents, except for petroleum solvents, diesel,
and other petroleum fractions, used as weed or carrot oils. Prohibited
materials shall not include the application of soaps and detergents.

http://www.ccof.org/state_law.htm

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Lord Byron