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Pesticides: Study on Children's Exposure Sparks Organic Food Fight
Published December 12, 2002
When the Department of Agriculture announced in October a uniform set of national standards for certifying organic foods, environmental groups hailed the moment as a potential catalyst for bringing organic farming -- which shuns synthetic pesticides, growth hormones and the nitrogen-infused fertilizers that can damage water quality -- into the mainstream...
The survey has prompted the non-profit Environmental Working Group to insist USDA recognize organic food as healthier than conventional food. "Based on this evidence, we're calling on USDA to formally recognize the safety benefits of eating organic," said EWG spokesman Jon Corsiglia. "USDA and representatives of the conventional food industry are loathe to acknowledge organic as safer with respect to pesticides because of the implications for conventional food, but it is safe..."
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