Your food may be organic, but that doesn't mean it's safe

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Uploaded by on Mar 4, 2009

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Over the past few years a rash of food-related illnesses caused by everything from tomatoes to spinach to peanut butter has sparked nationwide concern over food safety. Conventional wisdom has always said you can assure your food is safe by buying organic. But New York Times reporter Kim Severson did some digging and she found that organic certification has nothing to do with food safety.

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  • The term "organic" refers to anything containing the element carbon. Pesticides and herbicides contrain carbon........hence, they are organic. The word is wrongly used.

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