>>There have been many studies comparing organic and non-organic foods and
there really is not much difference except cost.  When it comes to differences, perception is everything.

Who conducted and sponsored those studies?  Were they well designed and were the results properly interpret ted.

Peaches typically top the list of USDA's dirty dozen fruits and vegetables.  On commercial peaches, they have found 50 plus pesticides, some of them illegal, while organic peaches showed 1-3 in the same testing.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/chi-0812-peaches-pesticides_mainaug12,0,2494206.story

My personal preference is for eating from the group with fewer pesticides.  Minimize the damage.  Growing your own is best.  It can ensure ripeness for the full complement of enzymes, flavanoids etc. and you can grow disease resistant variates plus employ IMP.  It also minimizes the carbon foot print.

And pesticides have been linked to Parkinson's increase.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7318188.stm

To think pesticides affect only pests and honey bees is not to look at the facts.

Waldemar 

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