Last fall, one of those deliciously contrarian studies came out that grabs headlines but doesn't deserve it. It turned out the flashy study from Stanford University was as much a case of false advertising as the organic foods it portrayed in that light. Annoyed by the study's flaws, I took it to task for The Aquarian. Here's a tweaked version of what I wrote followed by a brief update.
From The Aquarian, Winter 2012
Organic Foods Suck: Study
Actually,
the study does
By SYD BAUMEL
Like a tsunami of cold water on the
good name of organic food, the story was all over the media early in September. You pretty much had to be living off the grid to miss
it. The headlines were
withering enough to dry out a rack of organic grapes:
