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People give plenty of thought to how their food is grown and where it comes from, but what about Christmas trees? They all look green, but like any monoculture Christmas trees are heavily sprayed with a cocktail of pesticides and herbicides including glyphosate, dimethoate and di-syston 15-G, according to the Organic Consumers Association.
Most of those poisons won't make it into your living room, because they wash off in the rain and snow before the tree is harvested. But some do, and because of both health and environmental concerns, some buyers are switching to either organic or natural Christmas trees.
According to a recent New York Times article, trees can be certified-organic, meaning they were raised sustainably without the use of synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. Or they can be "certified-natural," a new designation that means essentially the same thing but saves farmers time and money on paperwork and filing fees.
Most of those poisons won't make it into your living room, because they wash off in the rain and snow before the tree is harvested. But some do, and because of both health and environmental concerns, some buyers are switching to either organic or natural Christmas trees.
According to a recent New York Times article, trees can be certified-organic, meaning they were raised sustainably without the use of synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. Or they can be "certified-natural," a new designation that means essentially the same thing but saves farmers time and money on paperwork and filing fees.
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