?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2Fid%2Feprint%2F24351%2F&rft.title=Pesticide+residues+in+conventional%2C+IPM-grown+and+organic+foods%3A+Insights+from+three+U.S.+data+sets.+&rft.creator=Baker%2C+BP&rft.creator=Benbrook%2C+CM&rft.creator=Benbrook%2C+KL&rft.creator=Groth%2C+E+III&rft.subject=%22Organics%22+in+general&rft.subject=Crop+health%2C+quality%2C+protection&rft.description=Reducing+dietary+exposure+to+pesticide+residues+is+an+important+goal+of+public+health+and+environmental+officials%2C+farmers+and+other+segments+of+the+food+industry%2C+and+consumers.+Organic+agriculture%2C+with+its+strictures+against+the+use+of+synthetic+chemical+inputs%2C+seems+to+offer+a+low-residue+alternative+to+conventionally-grown+produce%3B+avoiding+exposure+to+pesticides+is+one+major+reason+consumers+buy+organic+foods.+Foods+sold+with+claims+of+reduced+pesticide+use+or+use+of+integrated+pest+management+(IPM)%2C+sometimes+certified+as+containing+no+detectable+residues+(NDR)%2C+are+now+on+the+market+as+well.+In+general%2C+the+effects+of+different+agricultural+production+systems+on+dietary+exposure+to+pesticides+is+a+question+of+considerable+interest+to+scientists%2C+regulators+and+the+public.%0D%0A+%0D%0ASurprisingly%2C+few+empirical+analyses+of+residue+data+have+addressed+this+question%2C+mostly+because+of+a+dearth+of+data+on+residues+in+organic+produce.+In+the+absence+of+better+data%2C+public+controversy+has+swirled+about+this+issue%2C+with+%0D%0Aconservative+media+commentators+and+critics+of+organic+agriculture+going+so+far+as+to+suggest+that+foods+grown+organically+have+just+as+many+pesticide+residues+as+conventionally+grown+foods.+%0D%0A%0D%0ASufficient+good+data+now+exist+to+resolve+the+issue+empirically.+The+authors+obtained+data+on+pesticide+residues+in+organically+grown+foods%2C+foods+produced+with+IPM%2FNDR+systems%2C+and+foods+with+no+market+claim+(assumed+to+be+conventionally+grown)+from+three+independent+sources+representing+tests+of+over+94%2C000+food+samples%2C+and+carried+out+statistical+analyses+of+residue+patterns.+&rft.date=2002-05&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=%2Fid%2Feprint%2F24351%2F1%2FFac-0935.pdf&rft.identifier=+++Baker%2C+BP%3B+Benbrook%2C+CM%3B+Benbrook%2C+KL+and+Groth%2C+E+III+++(2002)+Pesticide+residues+in+conventional%2C+IPM-grown+and+organic+foods%3A+Insights+from+three+U.S.+data+sets.+++Food+Additives+and+Contaminants%2C+19+(5)%2C+pp.+427-446.++++++++