On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:38:13 -0400, Frank
wrote:

On 6/4/2010 11:44 AM, David E. Ross wrote:
On 6/3/10 11:08 PM, EVP MAN wrote:

Organic is good as long as you can eliminate all the other toxins in
your life which I feel is impossible. The air we breathe is toxic. If
you eat meat, was that steak you just had raised on organic grain? Was
that beef steer injected with a growth hormone? How about the water you
drink? I'm sure you wouldn't think of drinking tap water with all the
chemicals added such as chlorine and fluoride to help save your teeth.
OK, so it's spring water you purchase as the local grocery market
instead. Does that mean that there are no chemicals leeching into the
spring through the ground? The plastic bottle that the water came in,
does it contain any toxins that could harm you? My point being, some
people carry organic to the extreme! Now I'm not saying organic is a
bad thing! I guess the best part of it is the fact that you can live
organic and die healthy

Rich


See myhttp://www.rossde.com/garden/garden_organic.html. See also my
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I'm an organic chemist and your site makes a lot of sense to me.
As a chemist, I know that some of the most dangerous substances known to
man are things like botulism, aflatoxin and ricin, that are found in
nature and can be considered as organic.

I also spent a few years working on food packaging materials and know
that in spite of all the supposed dangers in packaging, people are
poisoned by the toxins in the food itself, not the packaging.


Frank,

"Organic" is not the same as an organic molecule with carbon or carbon
chains. The gardeners here misuse the word "organic." When
"organic" is used in this newsgroup, I think what they really mean is
"natural." If a "natural garden" exists it is unknown, untouched, and
not seen by man.

True or False: The Gulf oil spill is a massive organic event.