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AskMen.com Joseph Moritz	Top 10: Foods To Buy Organic Amid all the good intentions, some lose sight of the most important things to buy organic -- for their own health and that of the environment.
AskMen.com Sabrina Rogers	Your Guide To Organic Food Although organic food only accounts for 1% to 2% of all food sales around the world, it is gaining in popularity. However, this surge in the popularity of organic foods raises a number of questions. Read on to find out all the answers.
Science News July 8, 2006 Janet Raloff	Farm Fresh Pesticides In the U.S., for people who live near croplands, traces of agricultural chemicals can find their way into homes by hitchhiking on windblown dust. This is disturbing for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the link between pesticide exposure and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
BusinessWeek September 6, 2004 Carol Marie Cropper	Does It Pay To Buy Organic? For some, the benefits of going organic are worth the higher price. Responding to the growing demand, mainstream grocers are stocking more organic produce, milk, baby food, and meats, while healthy-food chains have opened dozens of stores in the past five years.
AskMen.com Jen Janzen	Organic Food Primer These days, you can buy almost everything in organic form, from the cotton in your T-shirts to the spinach in your fridge. Read our organic food primer to learn about the benefits of going organic and how easy it can be to incorporate it into your life.
The Motley Fool January 17, 2007 Buz Livingston	The Wall Street Journal Goes Green Is it worth paying extra for organic foods?
BusinessWeek October 16, 2006 Diane Brady	Why the Stink Over China's Organic Food? Mainland farms are going natural - if natural means large, government-run farms that don't meet USDA standards.
Chemistry World April 13, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Organic Food Isotopes How do you distinguish 'organic' tomatoes from those grown with the help of synthetic fertilizers? By testing their nitrogen isotope ratios, suggest UK researchers.
Chemistry World April 7, 2009 Sarah Houlton	Double standard in pesticide ban? A number of pesticides in common use today, including several of those that are currently allowed in organic farming, will soon be banned under new rules in the EU.
Chemistry World June 4, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Some Pesticides Can Reduce Soil Fertility Some pesticides developed to boost crop yields could be doing the opposite in the long term, report US researchers.
Geotimes May 2006 Naomi Lubick	Mixed View on Pesticide Pollution The amount of pesticides in U.S. streams has generally decreased, according to a recent assessment. But urban streams are carrying more and more pesticides, and the number of different chemicals present simultaneously has gone up, raising concerns among some researchers.
Fast Company May 2006 Charles Fishman	A Farming Fairy Tale Imagine that you could wave a wand - and make all our food organic.
The Motley Fool August 11, 2009 Adrian Rush	A Study That Bears No Fruit Researchers miss the point on why organics are appealing.
National Gardening	Organic Gardening 101 The gardener who is committed to organic gardening does not simply boycott artificial chemical fertilizers and pesticides. He or she is committed to techniques that build healthy soil.
Delicious Living August 2007 Emily Courtney	Organics: A better way to feed our changing world? Organic agriculture not only produces healthy products, but is environmentally and socially friendly.
Science News December 3, 2005 Janet Raloff	Fruits and Veggies Limit Inflammatory Protein (with recipe) A new trial finds that eating plenty of fruits and vegetables reduces an inflammatory protein linked to elevated blood concentrations in debilitating illness.
Science News November 2, 2002 John Pickrell	Federal Government Launches Organic Standards Though for decades some foods have carried the label "organic," consumers never could be sure exactly what the term meant. Action by the Department of Agriculture last week should clarify things.
Science News November 6, 2004 Janet Raloff	Pesticide Disposal Goes Green A chemist and his colleagues at Carnegie-Mellon University (CMU) have been developing catalysts that might safely degrade dangerous stores of pesticides so that they pose less of a hazard to people and farm animals.
Delicious Living January 2006	Organic Farming as Bountiful as Conventional Organic farming is not only better for the environment, a study has found, but it also produces the same amount of corn and soybeans as conventional farming.
The Motley Fool June 9, 2010 Adrian Rush	The Great Organic Misunderstanding It isn't about what's in organic foods. It's about what isn't.
Chemistry World January 31, 2012 Anthony King	Pesticides linked to vitamin D deficiency Pesticides could be suppressing people's vitamin D levels, leading to deficiency and disease, say scientists.
Prepared Foods July 1, 2005 Marcia Mogelonsky	Conveniently Organic As organic food products become ever more convenient and perceived health benefits persevere, consumers likely will continue to embrace the category's offerings.
Prepared Foods July 22, 2007 Mary Mulry	Ordering Organic Organic foods have become an integral sector in the food industry's ongoing strategy to crack the growing health and wellness market.
Nutrition Action Healthletter November 2001 David Schardt	Genetically Engineered Foods: Are They Safe? Using biotechnology to produce food has enormous potential: safer pesticides and less harm to wildlife, more nutritious foods, and greater yields to help feed the world's hungry nations. It's the risks of dicing and splicing Mother Nature that are harder to get a handle on...
Delicious Living September 2006 Gina DeMillo Wagner	Bloom The organic flower business is blossoming. Find out why it makes sense to choose these healthy bouquets for every occasion.
BusinessWeek July 30, 2007 Chi-Chu Tschang	Organic, With Pesticides Some farmers in China are taking advantage of confusing rules to falsely label food.
Food Processing April 2005 Kantha Shelke	How to say it organically Consumers are buying into organic foods; are food processors buying organic ingredients?
Salon.com July 29, 2002 Linda Baker	The not-so-sweet success of organic farming Pesticide-free, non-genetically modified food is a big, global business now. But, ironically, small farmers are getting the shaft.
Science News August 27, 2005 Janet Raloff	Nonstick Pollution Sticks in People High concentrations of a chemical used in the production of well-known nonstick surfaces have turned up in people living near a Teflon-manufacturing plant in West Virginia. The data emerge from the first government-sponsored epidemiological study of the chemical, known both as perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and C-8.
TIME Asia September 27, 2010	Inbox Readers comment on stories about organic foods, leaving Iraq, and tragedy in Manila.
Fast Company September 1, 2007 Jennifer Boulden	The Green, Green Grass Of Home Step outside and discover how to make your grass greener -- without chemical pesticides, fertilizers, and a gazillion gallons of water.
Science News December 6, 2003 Janet Raloff	Leaden Gardens Recognizing the threat posed by tainted soil, environmental scientists have warned that growing edible plants in soils near streets or within several feet of homes and other painted structures risks extracting lead from the soil and bringing it to the dinner table.
Chemistry World January 24, 2012 Hayley Birch	Fake pesticides rife in Europe According to the European law enforcement agency Europol, which earlier this month published a set of recommendations for stamping out counterfeits, the trade is on the rise.
Food Processing February 2008 Mark Anthony	The convergence of organic and green Another reason to reformulate for organics: environmental responsibility.
Prepared Foods May 6, 2007 Marcia Mogelonsky	Organic Beverages Consumer concerns about food integrity, government organic standards and the availability of organics in mainstream channels are helping to fuel an organic product expansion.
Science News August 12, 2006	Timeline: From the August 8, 1936, Issue Food for the Land... "Dirtless Farming" is Now Successful Out in Garden... Two Drops of Blood Reveal Elements in New Analysis...
Science News April 21, 2001 Janet Raloff	Toxic runoff from plastic mulch By laying plastic across their fields, farmers can bring crops to market faster while reducing their vulnerability to many blights. This polymer mulch, however, creates impermeable surfaces significantly increases the amount of pesticides that runs off into nearby lakes and streams...
The Motley Fool October 23, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Panic in Organics? Is the market for organic foods slowing? Some think so, but there may be more than meets the eye. Should investors short Whole Foods? Heck, no.
National Gardening Carrie Chalmers	Organic Matters Balance green with brown to maximize the benefits of soil amendments...
Scientific American May 10, 2006 David Biello	Mixing It Up Harmless levels of chemicals prove toxic when combined.
U.S. CPSC February 10, 2011	CPSC Investigation Finds No Problem Drywall or Environmental Factors Linked to Ft. Bragg Deaths Conclusions from a broad investigation by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission presented to Ft. Bragg military officials and families today, found no evidence either of problem drywall or environmental factors linked to the deaths of three infants.
National Gardening	Building Organic Matter in the South Organic matter, they say, just can't accumulate in southern soils. But from the Coastal Plain Research Station in Florence, South Carolina, the latest word is that organic matter can accumulate--if you reduce tillage...
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi	Organic Matter Deters Weeds Research from the USDA Agricultural Research Service suggest that organic farming practices, such as additions of compost, crop rotation, and decreased use of chemicals and tilling increases the amount and diversity of beneficial soil microorganisms.
BusinessWeek October 16, 2006 Diane Brady	The Organic Myth Pastoral ideals are getting trampled as organic food goes mass market.
Food Processing October 2006 David Feder	Well Noted: Organic by Any Other Name While the demand for organic foods and ingredients threatens to outpace supply, some companies are coming under fire for allegedly "fudging" what is truly organic. So what do the "purists" expect?
Fast Company May 2006	Organic Expansion With total revenues of $15 billion in 2005, and 20% growth per year, organic food is a very fertile market.
IDB America June 2001 Carlos Gonzales	Organic crops gain ground in El Salvador IDB program assists farming cooperatives that supply local restaurants and supermarkets...
Chemistry World June 8, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	National Survey Finds Fewer Toxic Chemicals in Soil Concentrations of dioxins in the UK's soil and plants have fallen by about 70% since the late 1980s, according to major survey. The results suggest that industrial emissions are no longer a significant source of persistent organic pollutants in the country.
Science News November 20, 2004 Janet Raloff	A Carrot Rainbow (with Recipe) Plant geneticists are breeding carrots in a rainbow of antique hues, including red and deep purple, to survive in U.S. soils and appeal to American flavor preferences... Here's a recipe for carrot salad...