Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Are Organics Healthier? 5 Ways the New Study Gets It Wrong

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September 5, 2012

 

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Are Organics Healthier? 5 Ways the New Study Gets It Wrong

Is organic food little more than a trumped-up marketing scheme, another way for affluent consumers to waste money? A just-released meta-analysis by Stanford University researchers—and the reaction to it by the media—suggests as much.  

"Stanford Scientists Cast Doubt on Advantages of Organic Meat and Produce," declared a New York Times headline. "Organic food hardly healthier, study suggests," announced CBS News. "Is organic healthier? Study says not so much, but it's key reason consumers buy," the Washington Post grumbled.

In reality, though, the study in some places makes a pretty good case for organic, and in the places where it finds organic wanting, key information gets left out or downplayed. Here are five ways organic food is better for you than the Stanford researchers would have you believe. [READ MORE]

 

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