"Alan Gould" wrote in message
...
In article , anton
writes
Soil Association are carrying out detailed research into
pesticides
commonly encountered in non-organic fruit and vegetables.

That's strange. To arrive at a balanced view, they also ought to
carry out
detailed research into pesticides encountered in _organic_ fruit &
vegetables, too.

S.A. are doing that in respect of four pesticides which are
allowable
for conversion and/or crisis purposes - what HDRA call 'qualified
approval'. Such produce cannot be sold for public consumption as
organic. The aim is to phase out their use completely and the
current
research is designed to speed up that process.

That would go only part of the way towards meeting Anton's worry about
the methodology of the Soil Association's investigation.
--
Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.