Non Gmo Vs Organic Foods

So if Non-GMO are not a solution than organic would certainly be the best choice. It is a well known and quite safe to the average perspective and commonly recognized mark today is the organic mark. Organic peaches to strawberries, asparagus to artichoke. There are even organic breads and even nerve personal hygiene products such as soaps. Sure the marketplace has taken this fedish to the extreme. Of course organic products have a tight competition with a genetically modified products. Not everyone can afford nor will… pay for such a purchase. The small market that does is enough to support mass production of these products. The irony is that these products undergo a similar process. This product do not receive such mutations through means …show more content…
Pesticides are still used. Organic uses "botanical pesticides"which have been defined by the in the Organic Food Production Act as natural pesticides derived from plants. These pesticides are thought of as safer however there is no clear depiction. Simple using the poison of a plant does not mean it is safer. The Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium is popularly used as a common pesticide and the derived from the powder on the flower heads. Although derived from a plant and considered safe for use exposure killed two year old Amber Nickol McKeown within 72 hours (2008). There are many pesticides that were classified as safe that has caused grief among individuals and families. Botanical pesticides take a share even though not as potent still pose a dangerous threat. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency does not tests for these forms of pesticides and do not have a limit on the uses thereof. However the Organic Food Act classified synthetic as "means a substance that is formulated or manufactured by a chemical process or by a process that chemically changes a substance extracted from naturally occurring plant, animal, or mineral sources, except that such term shall not apply to substances created by naturally occurring biological