Organic farming
By Ms H
Judit Hadnagy
Pesticides are not
used in organic foods; natural compounds are used instead. Many health risks,
such as cancer, are associated with pesticide use.
The “organic animals”
means that they are not fed antibiotics or growth hormones. It is commonly
believed that organic foods are safer to consumers and their nutritional values
are greater than conveniently farmed fruits and vegetables.
Farmers have pest,
fungus, or weed problems and the pesticides, fungicides are designed to kill
them. The condition for organic pesticides is that they must originally come
from a natural source, but this does not suggest that natural chemicals are any
less poisonous than their synthetic equivalents.
We know great deal
about the level of hazard eating conventionally grown food but nothing about
the risks from organically grown food. The synthetic pesticide residues are
well and regularly tested. Volumes of
data support their safety. We have
nothing about the safety of pesticides used on organic foods additionally consumers
believe that there are no toxic residues on organic products. Many pesticides;
acetic acid, copper sulphate, pyrethrin, nicotine sulphate and lime sulphur used
in organic farming are highly toxic to the wildlife and hazardous for human
health. The organic pesticide residues are not regularly tested and the consumers
are not informed clearly.
Organic farmers use animal
manure as the major source of fertilizer for their food crops. Animal manure is the biggest reservoir of
these nasty bacteria that are afflicting and killing so many people.
Consumers of organic
food are also more likely to be attacked by a relatively new, more virulent
strain of the salmonella bacteria and the new E. coli O157.
No pesticides used,
the crop fields suffer more damage from insects and rodents through the damaged
areas fungi can enter the fruits and seeds. The organic crops have higher rates
of invasion by aflatoxin, one of the most virulent carcinogens know to
man.
Summarising the
difference between the conventional synthetic fertilizer, pesticides and
fungicides and organic farming approved counterparts is that with the synthetic
plant protection products you get mountains of safety data and regular
pesticides residue monitoring while with organic –approved pesticides have no
clear regulation, no regular residue monitoring, lack of data about their
safety but plenty of well-fabricated lies that they are harmless for human
consumption, bees and the environment. Further you pay a lot more money to get
nice, healthier feel- good organic products than conventionally grown
foods.
