Organic Apples: Tastier, More Profitable, Safer

"Researchers believe that chemical exposures, particularly to pesticides, play a role in some cases of Parkinson's. Three lines of evidence suggest this finding. First, people who live in farming areas, especially those who drink well water, and have a history of exposure to pesticides are more likely to contract Parkinson's. Second, several studies have shown that those who die of Parkinson's disease have higher levels of organochlorine pesticides in their brains than the general population. Finally, in the early 1980s, a group of young people developed Parkinson's symptoms after taking an illegal drug called MPTP whose structure is similar to meperidine or Demerol. The structure of its metabolite is similar to the herbicide paraquat."

A recent Stanford University study showed a strong connection between in-home and garden use of insecticides and Parkinson's Disease. Since one percent of the population over 60 years old are effected by Parkinson's it is, arguably, an extremely expensive disease.

Who, one asks, is subsidizing the low cost of that "conventionally: produced bag of apples in the grocery store? end

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