Hvis bare halvdelen af punkterne i denne artikel i The Independent holder vand, så er der nogle, der står med et forklaringsproblem. Et hurtigt udpluk:
Large studies in Holland, Denmark and Austria found the food-poisoning bacterium Campylobacter in 100 per cent of organic chicken flocks but only a third of conventional flocks; equal rates of contamination with Salmonella (despite many organic flocks being vaccinated against it); and 72 per cent of organic chickens infected with parasites.
This high level of infection among organic chickens could cross-contaminate non-organic chickens processed on the same production lines. Organic farmers boast that their animals are not routinely treated with antibiotics or (for example) worming medicines. But, as a result, organic animals suffer more diseases. In 2006 an Austrian and Dutch study found that a quarter of organic pigs had pneumonia against 4 per cent of conventionally raised pigs; their piglets died twice as often.
Og nej, jeg har ikke personligt noget imod økologi, selvom jeg nok mener, at det ikke er “all it’s cracked up to be”. For eksempel er jeg træt af at høre på folk, der føler sig renere, fordi de køber økologi. Og jeg er endnu mere træt af at høre på folk, der tror at de afhjælper den globale opvarmning ved at købe økologisk. De to ting er faktisk modsatrettede, fordi økologi kræver betydeligt mere energi at fremstille end ikke-økologiske varer.
Posted in Politik og etik