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

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MOTHER JONES September 5, 2012   THE MAIN DISH 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]   SIDE DISH Mood Lighting at Fast Food Joints Makes You Less Fat Proven by science! [READ MORE]   ADVERTISEMENT	RECIPE OF THE WEEK Frittata With Greens Eggs plus greens plus the wisdom of Marcella Hazan equals great, easy meal. [READ MORE]     MORE FROM MOJO Gay Marriage Seed Art at the Minnesota State Fair Amidst the mini donuts, butter statues, and live animal birthing, I spied some activist art made entirely of seeds. [READ MORE]     Follow Tom Philpott on Twitter   Read the Tom Philpott blog
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