date:Sep 27, 2012
As an environmental health scientist, and as a mother of a toddler with another baby on the way, I closely followed the recent media flurry on the health benefits of organic versus conventional foods following the release of a study by Stanford University scientists earlier this month.
The study concluded that there is no strong evidence to suggest that organic foods are healthier than conventional foods, so they may not be worth the extra cost. This provocative result brought about a chorus of