Organics
Healthy Diets –
Organic Foods Are Good For You and For The Earth
Organic foods can be a part of your healthy diet. Organic food minimizes your exposure to toxic and persistent pesticides in the soil in which your food grows, the air you breathe, the water you drink, and the foods you eat.
U.S. consumers can experience up to 70 daily exposures to residues from persistent organic pollutants (POPs) through their diets, according to a report from the Pesticide Action Network North America. The use of POPs is not allowed in organic agriculture.
Proponents of Genetic engineering (GE) proponents claim GE crops will cut pesticide use, but organic agriculture already reduces such exposures because it avoids the use of toxic and persistent pesticides.