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No evidence organic foods benefit health: study
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| 5/24/10
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Posted on 05/24/2010 4:24:51 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: altura
Thanks for the advise and well digested.
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posted on
05/25/2010 3:53:48 PM PDT
by
MollyKuehl
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To: MollyKuehl
I was just pointing out that organic foods are not necessarily any safer, which you implied...they can have just as much bacterial contamination as conventional food (and a number of studies have shown they have more, because of they way they are processed).
My own garden is mostly organic, but it is mainly because I have a lot of citrus and like citrus butterflies...so I can't even use the biologically approved organic pesticides, like Bt, because they will kill caterpillars. Also, we have a lot of honey bees, and I don't want to harm them.
There are a number of approved pesticides you can use and still be organic, but if you want the beneficial insects, you cannot even use many of approved organic insecticides.
To: Aussiebabe
If I implied that the organic foods are safer, I was incorrect and I apologize for the misunderstanding. Organic or natural does not equate safe. Most lethal poisons are in an organic form :)
And I have used, successfully, lavender and marigolds as pest repellent for no other reason than curiosity.
103
posted on
05/25/2010 4:21:51 PM PDT
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MollyKuehl
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To: MollyKuehl
Excuse me. Weren’t you talking about what a great vegee you are?
104
posted on
05/25/2010 6:29:58 PM PDT
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freekitty
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To: freekitty
Excuse me. Werent you talking about what a great vegee you are?
Relax, nobody mentioned you!
105
posted on
05/25/2010 6:48:58 PM PDT
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MollyKuehl
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To: MollyKuehl
Care to tell us why you chose to land here with your obvious combat training?
106
posted on
05/25/2010 6:53:27 PM PDT
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freekitty
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To: freekitty
You are a troll and you need to leave. We don’t need your kind here.
107
posted on
05/26/2010 6:46:48 AM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: freekitty
Care to tell us why you chose to land here with your obvious combat training?
YOU initiated the personal attacks and insults in public and then continued the same attacks via FR email and now you reported me to the moderator for something you started? Cowardice, dishonesty and malice.
108
posted on
05/26/2010 7:08:28 AM PDT
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MollyKuehl
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To: freekitty
A person who does nothing but come to FR and immediately start jackbooting members is a troll. You have done nothing but insult members of FR with your smart aleck comments.
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posted on
05/26/2010 7:12:31 AM PDT
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freekitty
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To: freekitty
YAWN!
Your ongoing dishonesty and Alinsky type tactics are no challenge: from each according to his/her ability...
112
posted on
05/26/2010 8:28:25 AM PDT
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MollyKuehl
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To: NormsRevenge
Mounting evidence proves there are health benefits for consuming organic foods. In fact, studies linking non-organic practices to increased health risks are beginning to prove more conclusively the many benefits that organic agriculture has to offer farmers, the land, our water supplies, air, and ultimately, the health of the planet and those living on it. The U.S. Presidents Cancer Panel report released in May exhorts consumers to choose food grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizers, antibiotics, and growth hormones to help decrease their exposure to environmental chemicals that can increase their risk of contracting cancer. Also, a study published May 17 in Pediatrics concluded that exposure to organophosphate pesticidesprohibited in organic productionat levels common among U.S. children may contribute to the prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in these children. This latest study authored by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Health researchers looks at the paucity of data now available concerning the nutrition-related health effects of organic foods, and points out the need for better designed studies to answer this question in the future.
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posted on
05/26/2010 11:09:38 AM PDT
by
OrganicTrade
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To: Ditter
I opt for conventionally grown vegetables because organics are fertilized with poop. I do like organic beef and milk.
When I was in Africa, if we wanted veg it was rinsed in Clorox.
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posted on
05/26/2010 11:12:50 AM PDT
by
PeterPrinciple
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