Organic Shmorganic -- Conventional fruits and vegetables are perfectly healthy for kids.

[Zorra]

55. Oh, small things, like pesticides really are deadly poison and highly destructive to critical

ecosystems, and the environment of the planet in general, are not "perfectly healthy for kids" like the article claims, and the author of that propaganda article offers no proof that accumulation of ingested pesticide residue is not a significant threat to humans.

And, oh yeah, DDT and Parathion were "harmless to children" and were legal until they they were found not to be harmless and were made illegal.

Australia:

Parathion methyl products now illegal
4 September 2013

The Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) has advised producers that they can no longer use parathion methyl on their orchards or farms.

DEPI Senior Chemical Standards Officer Steven Field said the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has cancelled the registration of all remaining parathion-methyl products for use in Australia.

"A two year phase out period ended on July 26, 2013, applied to the supply and use of existing stock of parathion-methyl products," Mr Field said.
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"Continued use of parathion-methyl products after the July 2013 deadline may also result in treated fruit being classified as contaminated and is an offence under Section 52AA of the Act to sell contaminated produce.
http://www.depi.vic.gov.au/about-us/media-centre/media-releases/parathion-methyl-products-now-illegal

Child neurodevelopment
See also: Child development

Children are thought to be especially vulnerable to exposure to pesticide residues, especially if exposure occurs at critical windows of development. Infants and children consume higher amounts of food and water relative to their body-weight have higher surface area (i.e. skin surface) relative to their volume, and have a more permeable blood-brain barrier, and engage in behaviors like crawling and putting objects in their mouths, all of which can contribute to increased risks from exposure to pesticide residues through food or environmental routes.[25] Neurotoxins and other chemicals that originate from pesticides pose the biggest threat to the developing human brain and nervous system[citation needed]. Presence of pesticide metabolites in urine samples have been implicated in disorders such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, behavioral and emotional problems, and delays in development[citation needed]. There is a lack of evidence of a direct cause-and-effect relationship between long-term, low-dose exposure to pesticide residues and neurological disease, partly because manufacturers are not always legally required to examine potential long-term threats

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticide_residue

By the way, there was this correction at the end of the article:

Correction, Jan. 30, 2014: This article originally misstated that in none of the studies were the fruits and vegetables washed before testing. The USDA's Pesticide Data Program does rinse produce before residue testing.

Furthermore, the author is a former Global Products Manager for the Plastic Consumables Division of a huge biotechnology company called ABgene, which manufactures and sells molecular biology consumables to pharmaceutical industries.

Call me skeptical of articles in the MSM that appear to be propaganda for multi-national chemical corporations, and people who continually try to sell me corporatist marketing bullshit and call it science.

So, just curious; what are your thoughts these days on global warming/climate change?