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05/06/2004 "Organic labeling goes the way of clean air and water under Bush"

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Organic" Crops Raised with Pesticides?

The USDA has now stated that as long as the farmer and the organic
certifier don't know the specific ingredients of the pesticides applied
to the "organic" plants, the crops can be sold as "organic". To make
matters worse, it is not required by law for pesticide companies to list
the ingredients on their products (it's considered proprietary
information), so the farmers rarely know what the specific ingredients are.

http://www.organicconsumers.org/sos.cfm#action

Organic" Dairy Cows Injected with Antibiotics and Synthetic Hormones?

The USDA has announced that individual cows can be treated with any kind of drug at any time, including synthetic growth hormones, but milk can only be sold from that cow 12 months after that treatment. The problem with this directive is that it opens up the door for split operation factory style dairy farms, whereby organic and non-organic dairy operations are carried out simultaneously, and hundreds if not thousands of "organic" dairy cows are kept in intensive confinement. Not only are industrial sized dairy farms bad for the environment, but they inevitably give rise to sick cows who have to be treated with drugs. Of course many of these drugs build up in the body fat and are released in the milk and meat from these animals.. If this new directive is allowed to stand, organic milk could potentially contain residues of drugs and hormones.

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