Organic

[xoxoxoBruce]

This could have gone in the food thread... or the parenting thread, for that matter, but here it is.
The Organic Trade Association (OTA) is the membership-based business association for the organic industry in North America. They've put together a list that's kind of scary.

Organic agriculture minimizes children’s exposure to toxic and persistent pesticides in the soil in which they play, the air they breathe, the water they drink, and the foods they eat.
Here are reasons why minimizing exposure to toxic and persistent pesticides is so important:

There is a list of 9 things that are happening to children because of the excess use of pesticides, along with the sources of their claims.
I think this is more important than ever because of the tremendous increase in food being imported from places that allow much stronger chemical concoctions than can be used here.

Caution: It's not just for pet food any more.