No Benefits From Organic Food
Written by Brian Garst, Posted in Energy and the Environment
Reuters reports, “Organic food is no healthier, study finds:”
Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said consumers were paying higher prices for organic food because of its perceived health benefits, creating a global organic market worth an estimated $48 billion in 2007.
A systematic review of 162 scientific papers published in the scientific literature over the last 50 years, however, found there was no significant difference.
“A small number of differences in nutrient content were found to exist between organically and conventionally produced foodstuffs, but these are unlikely to be of any public health relevance,” said Alan Dangour, one of the report’s authors.
Organic food also provides little to no environmental benefit, as it requires more acreage to produce the same amount of food.
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