Would you please provide the URL or cite the study you referred to below?
For those of us who want to read it or for those of us who may wish to
forward it to our non-believer friends and colleagues (non-believers re:
safety and virtues of organic systems and products), real data, such as
authors, publication info ,etc. included in these posting about said
study/studies would be most welcome.
Katerina Keller
>
> hey
>
> here's where one can see ONE of the reasons for organic.... yep - costs
> more -- (sometimes) but look at how much MORE you get........without the
> shockingly increasing amount of toxicity you get in mainstream agriculture....
>
>
> Friday, June 23
>
> Rutgers University (New Jersey) has an agricultural extension, and
> their scientists recently addressed the controversy surrounding
> organic vegetables. Is there really a difference between organically
> grown vegetables and factory-farmed supermarket produce that has been
> treated with with chemical fertilizers and pesticides?
>
> Many people believe that "organic food" is merely a label that
> achieves nothing more than to raise prices. In many cases, there is
> little or no taste differences between organically grown veggies and
> traditional supermarket vegetables.
>
> Scientists measured the amounts of key elements in five
> vegetables--beans, tomatoes, spinach, cabbage, and lettuce. Their
> numbers were published in milligrams per 100-gram portion. I have
> extrapolated the data and relate the levels of ten key elements in
> organic vegetables to the non-organic variety. In each case, the
> number reflects the TIMES (X) factor.
>
> EXAMPLES: Organic beans contain 2.59 times the amount of boron as
> non-organic beans. Organic cabbage contains 2.11 times the level of
> magnesium as non-organic cabbage.
>
> The results of this experiement were a surprise to me. Here are data
> from Firman Baer's report:
>
> Beans Cabbage Lettuce Tomatoes Spinach
>
> Phosphorous 2.59 1.70 3.54 2.34 2.31
> Magnesium 1.64 2.11 1.95 2.19 1.93
> Sodium 2.61 3.43 4.44 5.11 2.02
> Manganese 4.05 3.21 3.76 13.11 4.35
> Copper 3.43 4.40 3.29 2.52 2.80
> Ash 9.56 25.50 12.20 6.50 69.50
> Calcium 7.30 6.00 6.17 12.00 7.33
> Potassium 30.00 6.50 169.00 68.00 117.00
> Boron 22.70 4.70 57.33 1938.00 33.33
> Iron 23.00 120.00 20.00 53.00 106.67
> Cobalt 26.00 15.00 19.00 63.00 12.50
>
> It is clear that ORGANIC produce contains greater amounts of minerals
> than their non-organic alternatives.
>
> In the name of good health and nutrition, these data should end the
> debate as to whether ORGANIC makes a difference. Organically grown
> fruits and vegetables do cost more. Can one put a price on good
> health? Can one place a price upon cancer prevention?
>
> Robert Cohen
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