Health effects of organic vs conventional foods
Tuesday, September 4th, 2012Organic food is grown without using synthetic fertilizers, chemical pesticides and insecticides, growth hormones, or antibiotics. It cannot be irradiated, contain genetically engineered organisms or genetically modified organisms, and cannot be grown using sewage sludge fertilizer.
Researchers at Stanford University, in California, reviewed the evidence that farming by these criteria is better than conventional methods. (more…)