Migros-Bio Garden Spray against pests, 500 ml

Migros-Bio Garden Spray gegen Schädlinge, 500 ml

Dear Migros
I was horrified when I read - unfortunately after I had already sprayed - how harmful the product is for bees and water!!!! Unfortunately, because of the BIO label, I was convinced that I had bought something "environmentally friendly" against pests - far from it (and perhaps a little naive)! I think this packaging is misleading and I am convinced thatmany people have no idea what kind of chemical they are spraying despite the BIO label! PS: I returned the product the next day, without any compensation...
Can't MIGROS please label such products CLEARLY in future and point out the dangers of the product?!!! (especially not only on the 2nd page/inside and without having to take the magnifying glass to read it)?
Thanks for your feedback!

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All replies (5)

smartcoyote

Just because it says organic on the label doesn't mean that it really is organic or that it contains organic ingredients... I've had this experience a few times.

Taking a magnifying glass to read a lot of products, but Migros probably can't do much about that, unless you pack everything in huge boxes/cups etc., then you can also make the font bigger... But that can't be the point either, then there's even more packaging material etc. You want to reduce packaging material and not produce even more/larger packaging... This problem with small/hardly legible lettering on products doesn't just affect Migros, but also Coop, Lidl, Aldi, Denner, etc.

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M-Infoline

Hello @Supertrooper, the active ingredients of the Migros Bio Garden spray against pests are rapeseed oil and pyrethrins. The product is also approved for organic farming by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FibL) and is included on its list of inputs. Hence the "Migros Bio Garden" label. This approval for organic farming and the classification of the FOAG (Federal Office for Agriculture) as "dangerous to bees" can unfortunately be somewhat confusing for customers.

However, the fact is that organic active ingredients, such as the two mentioned above, can also be classified as hazardous to bees. What does this classification mean? This warning means that direct spraying of bees is dangerous. For insecticides with this warning, it is important that the application is carried out correctly, i.e. outside the bee flight and therefore without direct spraying of the bees. On days with cool temperatures and early in the morning or late in the evening, there is generally less bee flight. If used correctly, there is also no danger to bees. Hence the warning on the product.

Only a few insecticides are not classified as "dangerous to bees". For example, the product Migros Bio Garden Spray against aphids (6585.030) is not classified as hazardous to bees. However, as with all plant protection products, the product must be used in accordance with the instructions on the product.

The warnings are on the first page of the back label and not on the second page. The note "Dangerous to bees" can also be found here.

Best regards, Sina

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Supertrooper

Many thanks for the clarifying statement. So, keep your eyes open when using it, but use as little as possible...!

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Traberli

Supertrooper
What problems do you have in the garden? I might have a tip, it depends on what it is.

Bio hmhmhm... the natural ones break down after 24 hours, the artificial ones build up and become a neurotoxin that builds up.

Wiki:
Pyrethrins

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"Toxicology
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Pyrethrins have a neurotoxic effect on both sensory and motor nerves. The lethal dose for pyrethrins I and II for rodents ranges from 130 to over 600 mg/kg body weight. If the substances are administered in several small doses over 12 to 48 hours, the lethal dose is up to 2900 mg/kg body weight.[15] A two-year-old child died after eating 14 g of pyrethrum powder. There have also been fatal poisonings from inhaled pyrethrin aerosol.

When pyrethrins are applied to the skin, this often results in a brief feeling of cold due to local paresthesia. Absorption of the substances via the skin surface is low. Pyrethrins irritate the eyes and mucous membranes, but are only slightly irritating to the skin. Unpurified pyrethrum extract is skin-sensitizing, but this is not due to the pyrethrins it contains."

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smartcoyote

I don't even want to know what toxins we humans ingest with our food... We are probably walking poison slingers ourselves ?

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