Stop Assuming That Organic Food Is Much Safer!

Many people assume that consuming organic food is safer than non-organic one. In view of the fact that, drinks, bread, vegetables and fruit grown, processed or packaged organically is free from the use of artificial preservatives, colorings, irradiation or any other additives, most of people prefer purchasing them.Another reason is that organic food can be nutritious, richer in vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids that can extend people’s lives and prevent from sickness. However, we should not directly suppose that the organic food is absolutely better than the ordinary one for the science has not proven any nutritional difference between them. Thus, organic food doesn’t guarantee us either lengthen our lives or prevent from disease.

One of the strongest arguments in favor of organic food is that it is produced according to certain production standard. It means that it is not only grown without the use of conventional pesticides, artificial fertilizer, human waste, or sewage sludge, but also formulated without ionizing radiation or foods additives. While non-organic food is a farming methods not rising in normal growth but with the artificial and preservative compounds stated that it can give many problems for our health. Therefore, most of people believe that organic farming is healthier than the non-organic one. For instance, an Indonesian famous artist, Ana Maria Sofiana has claimed in one of Nyata tabloid issued on July 18th, 2008, that she only eats organic fruits and vegetables to keep her healthy and would never thinks of buying the foods if they were not organic. Still, it does not mean that organic food warrant us prevent from disease since there is some major reasons we should notice.

The reality found in our society is that lot of people less notice of the harmful effect of organic food. Since it doesn't have any pesticide or chemicals that can kill unsafe microbes got in organically food, there is a bigger risk of infecting by dangerous germs. The fact is that the manure used in organic compost may be more harmful than the health risks from pesticide residues. Besides, it has been supported by the reports of the ABC News correspondent John Stossel hosted a report on Feb. 4, 2000, that probably surprised many fans of organic foods. It made the case that organic food is not necessarily healthier than conventional one and might actually be dangerous. He said that manure may contain E. coli bacterium, which can result in intestinal disorders such as diarrhea and gastroenteritis as well as extra-intestinal infections such as urinary tract infections and meningitis. Therefore, that organic food is not absolutely safe for us can be proven precisely.

The important cause having to be known is that organic food has more seriously risk in containing worms and other harmful insect killers. Different from ordinary food, in organic food, preservatives is not used on growing and processing organic food, as a result there are more worms and their eggs found in organic food. We know that the worms such as Ascaris lumbricoides, the largest nematode parasitizing the human intestine, cause a serious intestinal worm disease. Indeed, organic farming standards do not allow the use of synthetic pesticides, but they do allow the use of specific pesticides derived from plants to kill the bugs. Furthermore, the most common organic pesticides, accepted for restricted use by most organic standards, include Bt, pyre thrum, and . While based on the research of The United StatesEnvironmental Protection Agency in1996 said that some organic pesticides, such as rotenone, have high toxicity to fish and aquatic creatures with some toxicity to mammals. Besides, it causesParkinson disease if injected into rats. Thus, claiming that organic food guarantee us lengthen our lives is not absolutely true.

There, certainly, has been a controversy between the organic food and the conventional one about whether it is safer and better to consume the organic one or not. Besides, it is very debatable whether consuming the organic food does make ensure us to either lengthen our lives or prevent from disease. Yet, I believe that the organic food label is not enough to prove that it is superior and safer than non-organic foods. What about the effect found in it?How about the manure used that even has worse effect than pesticide? Actually, there are many of us who keep consuming non-organic food. However, whenever we consume the conventional food like vegetables or fruits, we should always rinse them properly. We know that this removes the pesticides and the surface microbes so that they will be safe to eat. For this reason we recognize that non-organic food is not absolutely worse than the organic one.

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