Practical information for consumers on going green.
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Tuesday, December 02, 2003
Why Eat Organic Food?
It's not because of pesticide/herbicide residue that may or may not be building up in your fat tissue.
The most important reason to eat organic is to prevent water pollution.
Water pollution caused by runoff from chemically treated agricultural fields is called "nonpoint source pollution," as opposed to "point source pollution," which comes out of a pipe.
An EPA fact sheet titled "Managing Nonpoint Source Pollution from Agriculture" had this quote about runoff:
The most recent National Water Quality Inventory reports that agricultural nonpoint source (NPS) pollution is the leading source of water quality impacts to surveyed rivers and lakes, the third largest source of impairments to surveyed estuaries, and also a major contributor to ground water contamination and wetlands degradation.
To read the entire fact sheet, go to http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/NPS/facts/point6.htm.
An organic farm does not apply chemicals to control weeds or pests; thus those chemicals cannot get into the water supply from such a farm.
For other action you can take to prevent NPS pollution, go to another EPA page:
http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/whatudo.html.
posted by Beth at 6:07 PM
bapartin@yahoo.com
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