The levels of pesticide residue present in New Zealand fruit and vegetables, shown in a study released yesterday, are the worst ever, say pro-organic food lobby groups.The results of the annual New Zealand Food Safety Authority...
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An interesting post and thread by Dr Ben Goldacre at Bad Science Blog on the reaction to two papers published by by the UK Food Safety Authority on the benefits or lack of them in respect to organic food and the response by amongst others the Soil Association. Now what struck Adam about this was the immediate attack on the FSA reports by the organic brigade. The attack and personal denigration being very similar to the line pursued by the Climate Change Jihadis when someone dares to disagree