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“Natural” and Organic Foods 8 Times More Likely to Have Safety and Recall Problems

Download PDF Organic and “all natural” products are revealed to be 8 times more likely to be recalled for safety related problems than conventional products, according to U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada records.

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The Most Sustainable Farming In History Gives The World Its Finest Food Choices

Download PDF A group of academics from Johns Hopkins University says the world should abandon the high-yield science-based agriculture that has doubled the world’s food supply in 50 years. However, as their paper makes clear, the authors have little expertise … Continue reading

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Fear Profiteers

Download PDF Do ‘Socially Responsible’ Businesses Sow Health Scares to Reap Monetary Rewards? Recent research has uncovered a tangled web of non-profit advocacy groups with a public relations “ring leader” playing spider. Who would have thought that “non-profit” could mean … Continue reading

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Cesspools of Blame: Eco-Group’s ‘Environmental’ Manure Policy Would Betray the Environment

Download PDF The Natural Resources Defense Council recently published a new report which recommends banning both confinement livestock and poultry feeding and the spreading of manure on the nation’s crop fields. Unfortunately, such a policy would force America to convert … Continue reading

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The Deadly Chemicals in Organic Food

Originally Published in the New York Post, June 2001 June 2, 2001 — IF you buy organic food because you think it’s free of the cancer-causing pesticides used on other farms, think again. “Organic” farmers routinely spray their crops with … Continue reading

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Nature’s Toxic Tools: The Organic Myth of Pesticide-Free Farming

Download PDF It is important to address the common misperception that organic farming is “pesticide-free.” Organic farmers are allowed to use a number of toxic chemical pesticides, and many organic crops are routinely sprayed with pesticides.

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MDLs: The EPA Fishes Something Nasty from the Clean Water Act

 Download PDF If full implementation of TMDLs (Total Maximum Daily Loads) can be achieved nationwide, the federal government—specifically the EPA—will have gained control, as Whitten feared, over virtually the entire American economy.

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Marketing & The Organic Food Industry: A history of food fears, market manipulation and misleading consumers

Download PDF Years of black propaganda from the organic fringe, backed by the BSE tragedy, have had a perceptible effect on consumer views. By their very nature, organics promote health and food safety, implying that non-organic food is somehow unhealthy … Continue reading

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Comments to White House Task Force on Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico

 Download PDF It is no secret that public opinion drives policy. But it is a national scandal when those describing themselves and presenting themselves to legislators and the public as “scientists” abandon their ethical responsibilities to scientific method by subscribing … Continue reading

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Infantile Methemoglobinemia: Reexamining the Role of Drinking Water Nitrates

Download PDF Ingestion of nitrates in drinking water has long been thought to be a primary cause of acquired infantile methemoglobinemia, often called blue baby syndrome. However, recent research and a review of historical cases offer a more complex picture … Continue reading

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