Silly Ignorance on Organic Foods

It's interesting that you claim there is absolutely nothing to back up the belief that it is our exposure to chemical toxins in the environment, caused by industry and nonorganic farming, which is to blame for the soaring rates of cancer over the past 30–40 years.1 How can you say in one fell swoop that our food is safe if you haven't conducted extensive research to establish that significant levels of various chemicals are never inserted into the food supply system? You can't, but you cho

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It's interesting that you claim there is absolutely nothing to back up the belief that it is our exposure to chemical toxins in the environment, caused by industry and nonorganic farming, which is to blame for the soaring rates of cancer over the past 30–40 years.1 How can you say in one fell swoop that our food is safe if you haven't conducted extensive research to establish that significant levels of various chemicals are never inserted into the food supply system? You can't, but you choose to anyway, at risk to us all.

And then there is the effect of antibiotic resistance – no small issue – and the pollution of our environment, which again comes back to human beings via the water supply and other chemical exposures. It's easy to dismiss the whole organic movement with one or two sentences, but your argument is not good science. In reality, ...

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