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Topic: RSS FeedOrganic pesticides? - Brief Article
Better Nutrition, Oct, 2003
Myth: Organic foods contain very little, if any, pesticide residues.
Truth: All plants--including organically grown ones--contain natural pesticides, which are chemicals that plants use to try to kill off insects that try to munch on them. Even when we eat organic produce, we're eating natural pesticides. And loads of them too.
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