Guest guest Posted May 9, 2002 Report Share Posted May 9, 2002 1. ORGANIC FOODS VINDICATED, BUT SO WHAT? http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/08/science/08PEST.html Last year ABC-TV's John Stossel got caught inventing nonexistent scientific studies so he could pretend that organic foods contain as many pesticides as conventionally-grown produce. Now Consumers Union has done a real scientific study, published in a peer-reviewed journal, which shows (surprise, surprise) that Stossel was dead wrong and organic foods contain substantially fewer pesticide residues. The American Council on Science and Health (ACSH), a long-time apologist for agribusiness, is pooh-poohing the result. " So what? " says ACSH's Gilbert Ross. " The health risks associated with pesticide residues on food are not at all established. " The Associated Press put its own bizarre spin on the story, headlining its report, " One-quarter of organic produce contains pesticides " . AP's lead paragraph warns, " Think organic fruits and vegetables are free of pesticides? Think again. " The story waits until the third paragraph before mentioning that 75 percent of conventionally-grown produce contain pesticide residues, as compared to only 23 percent for organic produce. SOURCE: New York Times, May 8, 2002 More web links related to this story are available at: http://www.prwatch.org/spin/May_2002.html#1020830400 *§ §* Subscribe:......... - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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