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posted September 9, 2004

A neighbour's response

From Reema Tarzi

I read the attachment about organic food. It's been a while since I've read such an unscientific load of nonsense. Mostly it's about 'scientists' making unspecific claims. They mention one person who is 'on the cusp of retirement' and 'has kept his head down' who says something vague about there not being enough proof for the claims of organic food producers - very damming. Another person claims - there's not a lot of literature out there - hmm. There are no references, and just one study quoted:

"Last June, the Organic Center released a study, based on data collected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, that found conventionally grown fruits and vegetables were eight times more likely to contain pesticide residues than organically raised crops."

Then they say Michael F. Hare working for 'American Chemical Society' found of the fewer than 20% of conventionally grown samples in which a pesticide residue was found, the amount usually fell between 1% and 5% of the limits considered safe by federal government standards.' Do you need a translation for that one?

Other than that, there are no specific studies, just general claims about fecal matter and pesticides. In what? Organic crops. Hmm that's specific, we know organic crops are the same the world over.

In fact this reminds me of a documentary that aired in the states, 20/20, a few years ago. My friend saw it and it said pretty much the same things about pesticides and fecal matter in 'organic crops' . He believed it and was gloating. The next week they issued a quiet retraction - it turns out the documentary wasn't based on any specific studies and the presenter was on the payroll of some big Chemical corporation to the tune a few million bucks.

reema


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