Pesticides In Our Food and Environment

Chemicals used in conventional farming pose many risks to human health
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is charged with evaluating pesticides and setting
“acceptable risk” levels of exposure. EPA’s tests have largely been conducted on fully grown
adult men or non-human animal species, exposing them to one chemical at a time. Evidence
now shows that chemicals in combination, the way we are usually exposed to them in everyday
life, may exponentially increase health risk.

The EPA now considers:
60% of all herbicides, 90% of all fungicides, and 30% of all insecticides as
potentially cancer-causing.
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An Opportunity to
Support a Healthier
Tomorrow

In purchasing organic products
you are demonstrating your
belief that carcinogens, found in
many herbicides and pesticides,
do not belong in our food, on the
land or in the water systems of
our planet.

Recently, greater awareness and
increasing preference for
organically grown products has
brought an increased return to
organic agricultural systems.

Through nurturing the soil and
keeping toxic and persistent
chemicals out of the
environment, supporting organic
agriculture is one thing we can
support to help us pass along a
healthy and safe planet for future
generations.

By supporting organic produce,
we help our environment and
save the energy drain required to
produce synthetic fertilizers.
Why Organic, Especially
for Children?
Infants and children are more
vulnerable to health and
developmental damage.

The Consumers Union and
Environmental Working Group
have released studies confirming
that children are overexposed even
if their exposure is within legal
limits.

By reducing toxic exposure,
organic products can help us raise
healthy, strong children.
Defining Organic

An organic lifestyle appreciates the delicate balance of the natural world and strives to maintain
this harmony by using environmentally-friendly products that are nurturing to us and as harmless
as possible to our earth.  It means choosing to avoid synthetic chemicals by becoming aware of
our environment.

Organic farming relies on healthy, rich soil to produce plants that resist pests and diseases. It
prohibits the use of toxic and persistent chemicals in favor of innovative practices that work with
nature, instead of against it, such as crop rotation, cover crop planting, beneficial insect release
and composting. In the case of livestock, no antibiotics or synthetic hormones are permitted.
Organic production also prohibits the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Day after day we grow more aware that we are responsible for our health and for the health of our
world in which we live in.  Society today is demanding a healthier and more environmentally
responsible lifestyle in response to a real concern for our well-being and that of the world we live
in. Concern for our physical appearance should be balanced with finding conscientious ways in
which to care for our health and our skin in general.

Organic practices mean: