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> Non-organic food is probably healthier. Less insect residue.

Not a foregone conclusion.

Reading the Forbes article, I wonder if the studies took organic food fraud into account, possibly even from Randy Constant.

Also, there are a lot of interests - very well funded interests - downplaying glyphosate and other herbicides/insecticides. The net effect would be to make non-organic food seem costly with fewer benefits.




There are also a lot of well funded interests who stand to gain an enormous amount of money from vilifying GMOs: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-otc-masstorts/doj-charges...

Let's not pretend that "organic" is simply synonymous with altruism. It's a huge, huge industry.




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