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College poverty driven meals:

Top ramen: adding white vin, milk, red pepper flakes, frozen peas

Kraft mac n' chesse: canned tuna, and again red pepper flake and frozen peas

and dumpster diving at the dorms @ the end of the semester! Sooo much free stuff kids don't want to bring home!

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College poverty driven meals:

Top ramen: adding white vin, milk, red pepper flakes, frozen peas

Kraft mac n' chesse: canned tuna, and again red pepper flake and frozen peas

and dumpster diving at the dorms @ the end of the semester! Sooo much free stuff kids don't want to bring home!

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Heavy Metals Found in Organic Agriculture; Does that Make Organic Dangerous?

Oh good grief, what a pile of composted crap that Slate article is. First, the article doesn't even definitively SAY anything - it just makes a number of vague allusions to inconclusive studies peppered with "may" and "could" and "possibly." The first "study" they point to isn't even in a bona fide peer-reviewed science journal, and there for isn't even worth taking with a grain of salt. The second study - the Belgian wheat study - was at least in a science journal, but appeared to be a chemical analysis of commercial wheat rather than a controlled comparative study.

It's articles like this in the mass media that really drive me crazy. It serves no purpose: it's not actually reporting on anything, yet causes consumers to be afraid and spread unsubstantiated gossip.

"Gee I just read an article the other day that said organic food has lots of heavy metals. I don't know what heavy metals are, but I think they are bad so I will not buy these peas which were grown in a sustainable, chemical-free way, and instead opt for these GMO peas from Archer-Daniels Monsantoland because they are better for my family. The internet told me so."

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Heavy Metals Found in Organic Agriculture; Does that Make Organic Dangerous?

I do not know who was testing what, but fact is, that there were hundreds of random tests, made by Greenpeace Europe in supermarkets and health food stores and groceries, where they tested what really is in the vegetables sold in the end.

Ands surprise, surprise: only the organic fruits and vegetables were more or less free of any metals or chemical substances - while the "standard" produce contained partially amounts which were directly dangerous to life, especially in young children (so several supermarkets got sued by Greenpeace right after the tests).

The amounts of "dangerous substances" which could be found in organic foods are constantly tested, not only by Greenpeace, but also by the organic monitoring organizations. There is 99% more chance to get sick from "usual" produce than from organic.

I am not rich myself, and I usually buy only animal derived products organic, in small amounts (meat, eggs, cheese). I can understand that some people get mad at the high prices, but spreading false rumors will not help anybody. Due to higher and higher demand some organic produce is sometimes sold already at the same price as the other or just slightly more pricey (apples, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, carrots). And, if you mistrust anybody and everybody, the best choice would be growing you own vegetables, or not?

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