Interesting! I guess I’m not surprised that organic farming is overall worse for the environment.
I only had time to skim the abstract - does it make any conclusions about the health impact of the reduced pesticides?
Edit: also, the other commenter is admittedly correct in one aspect: this article doesn’t analyze American agriculture. Even non-“organic” food producers in Europe go way easier on the pesticides than American farmers, no?
When it comes to health impacts there is no evidence that eating pesticide treated food has any health effects when used according to the label. Most of the really bad chemistries were cleared out in the '80s and '90s. The bad ones that remain are more environmental issues or dangerous to applicators.
In nutritional content there is evidence that a few crops have higher nutritional value when grown conventionally (greater nutrient availability).Some crops have higher nutritional content when grown organically (lower yield = more nutrients per fruit). Most of the time there is zero difference.
No the European union and the U.S. are pretty close on the chemistries they use. They do have some stricter Maximum Residue Limits (MRL’s). However these are more for trade limitations than anything else. Producers inside the EU do not have the same standards or testing.
Interesting! I guess I’m not surprised that organic farming is overall worse for the environment.
I only had time to skim the abstract - does it make any conclusions about the health impact of the reduced pesticides?
Edit: also, the other commenter is admittedly correct in one aspect: this article doesn’t analyze American agriculture. Even non-“organic” food producers in Europe go way easier on the pesticides than American farmers, no?
When it comes to health impacts there is no evidence that eating pesticide treated food has any health effects when used according to the label. Most of the really bad chemistries were cleared out in the '80s and '90s. The bad ones that remain are more environmental issues or dangerous to applicators.
In nutritional content there is evidence that a few crops have higher nutritional value when grown conventionally (greater nutrient availability).Some crops have higher nutritional content when grown organically (lower yield = more nutrients per fruit). Most of the time there is zero difference.
No the European union and the U.S. are pretty close on the chemistries they use. They do have some stricter Maximum Residue Limits (MRL’s). However these are more for trade limitations than anything else. Producers inside the EU do not have the same standards or testing.