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Reference Articles
At Earthbound Farm, we’re always on the lookout for detailed information concerning health and environmental issues concerning organic foods.
What’s the Difference? Foods You’ll Want to Buy Organic (Environmental Working Group)
Government data show that some conventional fruits and vegetables carry a much heavier pesticide load than others. EWG has compiled a list of produce to buy organic, if you can. If organic isn’t available, you may want to choose fruits and veggies that are consistently less contaminated.
Download EWG’s Shopper’s Guide. [pdf]
Minimizing Pesticide Exposure Through the Consumption of Organic Food [pdf]
by Charles Benbrook for The Organic Center
Go to The Organic Center to download the full 63-page report.
Compromising Our Children (WWF) [pdf]
The brain development of many children in Europe today has been harmed by man made chemicals. Details of studies showing that chemicals are seriously impacting on children's intelligence are highlighted by WWF.
Cancer Risk and Parental Pesticide Application in Children of Agricultural Health Study Participants (Environmental Health Perspectives) [pdf]
Parental exposure to pesticides may contribute to childhood cancer risk.
Why Food Safety Will Continue Driving Growth in Demand for Organic Food [pdf]
from EcoFarm
Genetic Engineering Online Presentation
This online presentation from Pesticide Action Network provides a brief but comprehensive overview of genetically engineered crops and foods.
Organophosphorus pesticide exposure of urban and suburban pre-school children with organic and conventional diets [pdf]
From The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
New Studies Confirm Dangers of Atrazine, a Widely Used Agricultural Weed-Killer
From the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Hermaphroditic, demasculinized frogs after exposure to the herbicide atrazine at low ecologically relevant doses [pdf]
From the University of California, Berkeley.
Pesticides—Their Multigenerational Cumulative Destructive Impact on Health Especially on the Physical, Emotional and Mental Development of Children and of Future Generations
From the Environmental Illness Society of Canada / La soci??t?? canadienne pour les sensibilit??s environnementales.
Pesticide Action Network Pesticide Database
The Pesticide Action Network Pesticide Database is your one-stop location for current pesticide toxicity and regulatory information.
The Three Mile Island of Biotech?
Linked article from www.thenation.com.
Health Risks associated with Genetically Engineered Foods
Linked article from Friends of the Earth.
Feeding or Fooling the World? Can GM food really feed the hungry? [pdf]
52-page report from Five Year Freeze (UK).
"Golden Rice" and Vitamin A Deficiency
Linked article from Friends of the Earth.
Environmental Hazards of Genetically Engineered Plants
Linked article from Friends of the Earth.
Pesticides in Our Food [pdf]
Report from Friends of the Earth.
Seeds of Doubt [pdf]
This major report from the Soil Association shows that GM crops have been an economic disaster in the USA and Canada. "Seeds of Doubt" is the first detailed look at what has happened in North America since the commercial cultivation of GM crops started in 1996.
10 Reasons Not to Use Pesticides [pdf]
by Caroline Cox from The Journal of Pesticide Reform.
A Snapshot of Federal Research on Food Allergy: Implications for Genetically Modified Food [pdf]
From the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology.
Pesticide residues in conventional, integrated pest management (IPM)-grown and organic foods: insights from three US data sets [pdf]
by BP Baker, CM Benbrook, E Groth III, and K Lutz Benbrook.
