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Myth:<\/strong> Organic foods are produced without pesticides.<\/p>\n

Reality:<\/strong> Organic guidelines need to be tightened up.<\/p>\n

The truth is, a great many pesticides are permitted in organic farming, and some of them are considered lethal to humans in very small quantities — like nicotine sulfate and lime sulfur, both of which carry a “danger” warning from the FDA but are permissible under organic-farming guidelines. — Joshua Brau <\/em><\/div>\n

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Myth: Organic foods are produced without pesticides. Reality: Organic guidelines need to be tightened up. The truth is, a great many pesticides are permitted in organic farming, and some of … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[494],"tags":[436],"class_list":["post-2409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-organic"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Qv5g-CR","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2778,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2778","url_meta":{"origin":2409,"position":0},"title":"What is in Your Milk?","author":"Will Clower","date":"June 4, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Do NOT read this report and expect to ferret out what the they're talking about.Figure this out:Lower input non-organic and organically produced milk has been found to contain significantly higher levels of beneficial fatty acids, vitamins and antioxidants compared to higher chemical use sources, a new UK study claims. 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