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Organic alert: full - Cash investigation June 6, 2023 Organic fruits and vegetables are said to be better for your health, because they are free of all pesticides, and therefore a little more expensive. Except that organic does not mean pesticide-free. Hundreds of products of natural origin are authorized in organic farming for treatments. And not all of them are without danger. Like BT, the most widely used insecticide in organic farming, or spinosad, which is very effective against caterpillars in particular. The latter is a formidable bee killer, but it is also suspected by the European health authority of being an endocrine disruptor. After the broadcast of François Cardona's investigation, Elise Lucet proposes a major debate. Guests from all walks of life, farmers, association leaders, answer the journalist's questions.