| English term or phrase: Soil Association | | Evidence of organic food's superiority is confirmed by Consumer Reports, the Soil Association, the Rodale Institute, Pesticide Action Network, and research at Johns Hopkins and Washington State University, to list a few. If challenged to prove that organic food is safer, I can present evidence by the Pesticide Action Network, U.K., that it is safer for children and babies to eat organic foods because 'Latest pesticide residue results from the European Commission suggest that residue safety breaches are getting worse.' Those breaches are even worse in our country. In 1997 the Consumer's Union tested conventional foods and their organic counterparts and found that 'Organic fruits and vegetables have fewer pesticide residues than non-organic produce; they have lower levels of pesticides, and they have less overall pesticide toxicity than fruits and vegetables grown with chemicals. If challenged to prove that organic food is more nutritious, I assert such studies such as 'Nutritional Quality of Organic Versus Conventional Fruits, Vegetables and Grains' by Virginia Worthington, doctoral candidate at Johns Hopkins University. Her research found that 'Organic crops contain significantly more vitamin C, iron, magnesium and phosphorus and significantly less nitrates than conventional crops.'" |
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