Industry-funded study of the week: Organics, alas

Source https://www.foodpolitics.com/2019/10/industry-funded-study-of-the-week-organics-alas/

I am a great believer in the value of organic production methods, which avoid the most toxic pesticides and herbicides, are demonstrably better for soil, and produce fewer greenhouse gases.

But I wish the organic industry would try to find a less conflicted, more objective way of conducting studies on organic foods.

The study: Production-related contaminants, pesticides, antibiotics, and hormones in organic and conventionally produced milk samples sold in the USA.  JA Welsh, et al.  Public Health Nutrition.  Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 June 2019. DOI:  <a class="url doi" href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S136898001900106X" target="_blank" rel…

Source https://www.foodpolitics.com/2019/10/industry-funded-study-of-the-week-organics-alas/

I am a great believer in the value of organic production methods, which avoid the most toxic pesticides and herbicides, are demonstrably better for soil, and produce fewer greenhouse gases.

But I wish the organic industry would try to find a less conflicted, more objective way of conducting studies on organic foods.

The study: Production-related contaminants, pesticides, antibiotics, and hormones in organic and conventionally produced milk samples sold in the USA.  JA Welsh, et al.  Public Health Nutrition.  Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 June 2019. DOI:  <a class="url doi" href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S136898001900106X" target="_blank" rel…

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