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Re: organic produce - is it worth the cost?
Old 07-20-2006, 12:52 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by claire
Ive read more than once that if you cant afford organic fruit and veg dont bother with normall stuff because all the crap they put on it outweights any benefit of buying fruit and veg in the first place.

what do people think?
See last month's Consumer Reports (or a recent month at least). IIRC, apples and peppers are definite "go-organic" items, along with a few others due to toxic residue.
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