Is organic as good as it seems?

Many people say eating organic and eating foods from local farms are both just as healthy as the other. What most people fail to realize, though, is the difference in the number of pesticides between organic and local produce, and the health concerns linked to such. In a study done by the CDC, an average red tomato from a chain supermarket has between fifty and sixty pesticides soaked into its soft skin. However, the local red tomatoes also included in the test were found to have only three to four traced pesticides. In substantial amounts, pesticides can cause severe illness and even death. So in a case such as this one, less is worth so much more,