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My main gripe with organic food is the following: if there is evidence that chemical A or fertilizer B are dangerous for humans and/or the environment, shouldn'

by carlob 14y ago

My main gripe with organic food is the following: if there is evidence that chemical A or fertilizer B are dangerous for humans and/or the environment, shouldn't we ban them altogether? Why make it a luxury to eat healthy? Why should we allow some affluent vegan live to 110, while girls in inner city districts have their first period 2-3 earlier than 50 years ago because of growth hormones in cheap meat?

loxs 14y ago
Because some people can only afford cheap products. It's much better to eat "unhealthy" food than to not eat at all.
- carlob 14y ago
  If this were true, why then the obesity epidemic that we currently see in the poorer parts of the US?
  - dagw 14y ago
    Because it's the cheapest foods that are the ones that cause obesity.
    - loxs 14y ago
      Who's talking about America? I'm talking about "third world". That's poor. Fat people in America are wealthy.
markdown 14y ago
Your gripe isn't with organic food, it's with the FDA, which is headed and controlled by captains of the agriculture industry.
- carlob 14y ago
  I currently live in Italy, where there is no such thing as FDA and where GM food is banned, still many prefer to buy organic.
RobAley 14y ago
I don't know what it's like in the US, but here in the UK the reasoning is very clear, and contrasts with medicine. With medicine, products that can't be proven safe (to x degree) are banned. With food, products the are proven dangerous (to x degree) are banned. So with one, the default is "it's not ok", and with the other, it's "it is ok".