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One thing that organic does not address: Organic plants/veggies are not grown using chemical fertilizers. Therefore they must rely on organic sources of fertilizer: animal waste, processed sewage, or mulched plant material. Animal waste in any sizable quantity comes from commercial livestock operations. There is no rule that I know of that says manure used on organic plants must come from organic livestock farming. So all that antibiotic, drug, and parasite-control put into the animals is put right into their manure -- to be spread on organic farms. We don't know yet how long it takes a given antibiotic or de-worming chemical to break down in the environment, nor do we know how much ends up absorbed or coating the tomato or apple. Therefore "organic" doesn't mean completely contaminant free.  Does anyone know if they're developing a solution to this problem? |
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