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Originally Posted by jyl

What is the evidence that the food safety problem is an "organic food" safety problem?

I read the article you linked, twice, and was unable to find any facts to suggest that organically produced food is associated with higher rates of food-borne illness that conventional produced food.

In fact, I noticed that the author never actually makes that claim. He tosses around words in a way designed to leave the careless reader with that impression, but never actually goes out on that limb. I rather think that, if there was evidence, he wouldn't be shy about trumpeting it.

For example, he complains about organic food that is not irradiated. But he never says that conventional food is irradiated. And in fact, the vast majority of conventional food is not irradiated.

Careless reading + clever writing = careless thinking.

it always comes down to the lowest denominator. that said, why don't we, in the USA, irradiate our food? it is cheap and effective.