from Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) e-news:

Organically grown food comes out on top - twice!

Study finds link between pesticide exposure & ADHD
  A new study out this month has linked Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) with organophosphate pesticide exposure. Organophosphates are a commonly used pesticide in many agricultural crops, with 73 million pounds being applied in 2008 alone. The US Pesticide Residue Program Report showed that the organophosphate pesticide malathion showed up in 28% of commercially-produced blueberries, 24% of strawberries and 19% of celery in 2008...more.

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New Alarm Bells About Chemicals and Cancer  
  NYTIMES, May 5, 2010 - The President's Cancel Panel is the Mount Everest of the medical mainstream, so it is astonishing to learn that it is poised to join ranks with the organic food movement and declare: chemicals threaten our bodies...more.