I'm so flustered! As I've started buying only organic produce and meats I thought I was safe from antibiotics, toxins, and pesticides. Apparently not! I just read this article about how there are antibiotics in organic apples and pears. How is this even legal? I'm thoroughly disgusted. My personal view on the subject is that if it has a USDA Certified Organic label on it then it should NOT be allow to be sprayed with toxins or antibiotics. This needs to stop people! Our country is one of the sickest, if not THE sickest, of all of the "affluent" countries. That's because we allow these toxins and antibiotics into our food. You want to know why you or someone you know have cancer? There's a pretty good chance you got it from your food or the products you use. Because our country says these things are "safe" and they're not. They're making us sick which is making them money. It all goes hand in hand. A sick country is a profitable country...think about it. Be an advocate for yourself and for your family. Write your congressmen and women and tell them that these things are not okay. That you don't want your organic produce, or any produce for that matter sprayed with toxic chemicals.
Save yourself, because you're the only one who can.
http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=9888
Click on the link and sign the petition so that the government and organic farmers know that you do NOT want antibiotics sprayed on your organic apples and pears.
This website gives you a list of apple and pear varieties that are resistant to the Fire Blight bacteria that the farmers are using the antibiotics to ward off. It also tells you which varieties are highly susceptible to the fire blight. You can take this list to the grocery store to help choose apples and pears that are more likely to be antibiotic free and truly organic.
http://www.beyondpesticides.org/infoservices/pesticidesandyou/Summer2011/antibiotics-fruit.pdf
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