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To: AndrewWalden; All
Many today have a strange belief that organic is necessarily better. That's to say more nutritious, better tasting , less harmful, etc. But the evidence of this is not to be found. There are many toxins and poisons that are found in nature. In a strange sense, the bite (poison) from a pit viper is organic. It certainly occurs “naturally”.
20 posted on 01/17/2009 12:22:48 PM PST by truthguy (Good intentions are not enough!)
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To: truthguy
The same chemicals used to fertilize “organic” plants are the same that are used on deadly “non-organic” crops.

Nitrogen. It is in our atmosphere, and the Earth. Plants must have it to survive. Somehow, concentrated forms of it that are engineered, slowly release and feed plants in a much more efficient way, greatly increasing production and feed far more people than do “organic” forms.

the only difference is, the “non-organic” version can be engineered to give the crop the exact nutrients that the local soil conditions lack. And also be free of other biological hazards like the one mentioned here.

Other than that, there are no other hazards from “non-organic” food crops, especially the fear of “chemical” health risks. The herbicides and pesticides used today are neutralized by contact with soil, water and sunlight. And, the proof is, more people are living longer than ever in spite of the fact that more food is produced this way than ever before.

31 posted on 01/17/2009 1:29:37 PM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP (WHAT? Where did my tag line go? (ACORN))
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