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POLLUTION
Fearmongering or Reality? Are We Poisoning Ourselves?
We have to eat and breathe, right?
A few weeks ago I posted this at another site:
An apple a day keeps the doctor away, assuming that you can wash off all the pesticides, but that takes a twelve minute soak in vinegar or a baking soda solution and you won’t do that, so forget it.
That made someone quite angry because they mistakenly assumed that I was promoting organic produce. They accused me of “fearmongering” and insisted that organic produce can be dangerous because of pathogenic contamination from inadequately composted manure.
I wouldn’t be surprised at that. I also wouldn’t be surprised if some “organic” produce is thoroughly doused with pesticides by dishonest vendors.
And even if none of that were true, I have often pointed out that organic is likely impossible today because our land, our air, and our water are already contaminated. The land we grow crops in, the water that irrigates them, the air the plants us for photosynthesis. All polluted.
And our food animals eat that produce just as we do.
Do we get less exposure with honest organic food? Maybe, probably, I don’t know. If I wash my apples, does it matter if they are…
