I'm multi-tasking right now, but I will come back and provide hyperlinks to my introductory comments.
Many of us pull our hair out when we read a corporate media hack job where a reporter suspends all credibility to advance a corporate meme for they day. Many of these stories have been on AP, including one just yesterday on the special election for the CD in Hawaii.
I'm in the business world, and I find Reuters to be even worse than AP. Reuters is a corporate propaganda hack shop, pure and simple.
Today, they may have lowered the bar to a new level.
The headline just reaches out and grabs your attention: it's the top-rated Yahoo! story:
No evidence organic foods benefit health: study
No evidence organic foods benefit health: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Consumers who opt for organic foods often believe they are improving their health, but there is currently no strong evidence that organics bring nutrition-related health benefits ...
according to the review, by researchers with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Health in the UK.
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Hmm- the new "study" is a review of the literature, not a study itself.
In that study, the researchers combed through 162 articles published in the scientific literature over the last 50 years, and found no evidence that organic and conventional foods differ significantly in their nutrient content.
OK, but nutrition isn't the only issue. ......
OMFG, you can't mean:
While questions remain as to whether organic foods have any extra nutritional value, people buy organic for a number of other reasons as well.
Organic foods are made without the use of conventional pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, antibiotics or hormones -- which could potentially reap benefits for people's health and the environment.
The current review, Dangour and his colleagues point out, did not look for studies on the possible health benefits of reduced exposure to those substances. Nor did it address the environmental impact of organic food production.
Yes, that's right:
Reuters claimed a new study finds no health benefits from organic foods without considering the issues of pesticides, antibiotics/hormones, or environmental pollution. It's a disgrace- I should be able to skim headlines without presuming each might be a bald-faced lie.