Eco-Friendly Beyond Pesticides Guards Our Health!
Too few among us in the organic food movement--consumers, middlemen, or farmers--know the non-profit organization, Beyond Pesticides, based on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C. This organization, led by scientists, conservationists, and activists, lobbies to provide the public with useful information on pesticides and alternatives to their use. Through its website and publications, it offers ways for us to protect ourselves and the environment from the hazards posed by pesticides.
Choose Your Poisons--Or Avoid Them Altogether!
Beyond Pesticides, on its website offers a program--and a tool--called Eating with a Conscience, to protect health and the environment. The site declares:
The Organic Choice is Clear
It is important to eat organic food nurtured in a system of food production, handling, and certification that rejects hazardous synthetic chemicals.
USDA organic certification is the only system of food labeling that is subject to independent public review and oversight, assuring consumers that toxic, synthetic pesticides used in conventional agriculture are replaced by management practices focused on soil biology, biodiversity, and plant health.
This eliminates commonly used toxic chemicals in the production of food that is not labeled organic--pesticides that contaminate our water and air, hurt biodiversity, harm farm workers, and kill bees, birds, fish, and other wildlife.
Dial Your Poison!
Beyond Pesticides' website lets you choose from among four dozen fruits and vegetables to learn the names of numerous pesticides that can be used to grow your favorites. To avoid the possibility of ingesting these highly questionable aids used by conventional farmers, the only answer, according to Beyond Pesticides is to eat organic!
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April 16: The spring meeting of the National Organic Standards Board just recently ended, and Beyond Pesticides is happy to report that the Board voted to stand by a 2014 expiration date for the use of tetracycline in organic apple and pear production. . .
April 15: Supermarket Chain [in the UK] to stop Suppliers from Using Bee-Harming Pesticides . . .
April 12: Study Shows Tumors in Children Caused by Parental Pesticides Exposure . . .
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