An interesting EU study about organic farming clarifies this further. I find this image to be a nice way to summarize the use of pesticides in organic farming.
https://imgur.com/a/WjRHpk9The EU article is called "Human health implications of organic food and organic agriculture", I recommend peeking it. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2016/58192...
