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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Got chemical and pesticide residues in your milk? Conventional milk contains toxics, says the USDA	Tom Philpott	13 Mar 2008	Gristmill
The Organic Center acts as a kind of shadow USDA, digesting the latest peer-reviewed research on organic food, translating it into English, and issuing summary reports. Consumers won't want to miss the center's newest one on pesticide residues [PDF]. It contains one of those handy guides on which conventional fruits and veggies convey the most toxic traces to eaters (here's a handy two-pager [PDF] for the fridge), as well as a blunt and important discussion of the pl ...
Topics: agriculture, food, health, organic food, toxics (all these topics)

Pesticide-free produce, pesticide-free kids Organic food reduces organophosphate exposure in children	Clark Williams-Derry	31 Jan 2008	Gristmill
By now, I think most people understand that organic food is supposed to be healthier for you. But I think there are still some people who feel that the health benefits are a just a bunch of marketing hype. Well, this new study suggests that it ain't just hype -- organic produce really does reduce kids' exposure to some potentially risky pesticides. From the Seattle P-I: The peer-reviewed study found that the urine and saliva of children eating a variety o ...
Topics: agriculture, food, health, organic food, toxics (all these topics)

Salad Daze On Roundup	Umbra Fisk	18 Aug 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I have a large, organic (hopefully) vegetable garden. However, I occasionally use Roundup around the edges to keep invasive grasses from creeping in. Now, I have been given to understand that Roundup is relatively safe and breaks down almost immediately. What are your thoughts on this subject? I totally trust your judgment. Betsy Michigan Dearest Betsy, Roundup is relatively safe -- it's not as bad as, say, depleted uranium -- but that ...
Topics: advice, agriculture, Ask Umbra, food, gardening, GMOs, health, organic food, toxics (all these topics)

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