Organic foods have less pesticide residue than conventional produce—but does it matter?
Story Date: 5/23/2018

 

Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 5/22/18

I’ve been following these issues for a long time, and I’ve seen a lot of evidence that organic foods have lower levels of pesticide residues than conventional foods, so I was surprised to read a two-part analysis on Forbes.com, by Steve Savage, a conventional-side plant scientist I know and respect, showing that the number of residues, and the amount of pesticide in those residues, were virtually the same for organic and conventional foods.

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