Organics - Say NO to Chemicals and Additives
Awareness is growing about the Value of Organic Food
By Viola Woolcott
HERE ARE THE BASICS:
Organics - Say NO to Chemicals and Additives
NO Genetically Engineered Seeds or Crops, Sewage Sludge, Raw Manures, Synthetic Herbicides, Pesticides, Fungicides or Fertilizers are allowed.
NO Antibiotics, Growth Hormones or Genetically Engineered Products are allowed.
NO Food Irradiation, Genetically Engineered Ingredients or Synthetic Preservatives are allowed.
Awareness is growing about the value of Organic Foods. More and more people are making the connection between the increasing number of behavioural problems and illnesses in the cocktail of man-made chemicals found in every day food. Reproductive problems, Brain damage and Neurological Dysfunction, Cancers and other serious dis-eases are also increasing and at last there is a growing awareness that there is a link to the food we eat.
Especially children are more susceptible to the effects, as they consume more fruits and vegetables per pound of body weight. It leaves them more vulnerable to the effects, because of their rapidly developing physiology.
With respect to the health risk of pesticides on produce, Consumer Reports (CR) wrote In January 1998: “The government sets its limits (on pesticide exposure) as if people consume just one pesticide at a time - even though our tests, as well as the government’s own monitoring, show that most produce has traces of several different pesticides. And it ignores other common sources of exposure, drinking water and home pesticides. How all these exposures might add up to affect health is uncertain.”
Even though Organic Food has a reputation for being outrageously expensive, there are many times when it is actually less expensive than commercially grown food if you just check labels and sales.
The more that we buy Organic Food, the more consumer demand is created, the more prices will be driven down and the Organic Food market will get more competitive.
Top Ten Fruits and Vegetables that contain highest concentration of toxic pesticides:
1. Strawberries
2. Bell Peppers
3. Spinach
4. Cherries
5. Peaches
6. Mexican Cantaloupe
7. Celery
8. Apples
9. Apricots
10. Green Beans
CONCLUSION: Organic food is far safer than non-organic.
Related reading:
Pesticide Residues in Food and Drinking Water: Human Exposure and Risks (Wiley Series in Agrochemicals & Plant Protection)
Organic Baby and Toddler Cookbook: Easy Recipes for Natural Food (Planet Organic)
Toxic Overload: A Doctor’s Plan for Combating the Illnesses Caused by Chemicals in Our Foods, Our Homes, and Our Medicine Cabinets
Filed under: Organics on December 10th, 2007
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