Report says major shift to organic would cut pesticide risks in diet

Lancaster Farming    Translate This Article
27 March 2008

On 27 March 2008 Lancaster Farming reported: Converting the country's eight million acres of produce farms to organic would reduce dietary pesticide risk by 97 per cent, the non-profit Organic Center organization concluded recently. Global Good News service views this news as a sign of rising positivity in the fields of environment and health, documenting the growth of life-supporting, evolutionary trends.

Fruits and vegetables account for less than 3 per cent of the nation's cropland, but these crops account for most of the pesticide risks from domestic dietary exposure.

According to the article, 'The estimates are based on pesticide residue data from the USDA and the Environmental Protection Agency's current methods for estimating pesticide dietary risks.'

The study by the Boulder, Colorado-based Organic Center* provides the first-ever quantitative estimate of the degree to which organic farming methods can reduce pesticide risks.

Nearly 10 per cent of retail sales of fresh fruits and vegetables are organic. Assuming consumer demand for organic produce continues to grow, several major fresh produce growers have announced aggressive timetables to convert all or most of their fruit and vegetable acreage to organic.

The process to convert American fruit and vegetable farms to organic methods is well underway, even though it may take years.

According to the article, 'Several major fresh produce grower-shippers have recently announced aggressive timetables to convert all or most of their fruit and vegetable acreage to organic, assuming consumer demand continues to grow.'

* The Organic Center is a non-profit organization founded in 2002 to present and provide peer-reviewed scientific evidence on how organic products benefit human and environmental health.

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