Public - Science Devided

The only thing the general public and scientists closely agree on in questions asked in a recent poll is that the International Space Station has been a good investment.  

Some areas you may be surprised scientists disagree with you include GMO's: 9 out of 10 scientists say they're safe to eat.  Pesticides?  68% of scientists see no problem with them.  Favor offshore drilling or fracking?  More of the public feels this way than the scientists.  And of course its already widely known that the general public is less likely to believe in human caused global warming.

Here's one of the interesting charts from a study done by the PEW Research Center, with more info at their site.

The Most Pesticide-Heavy Fruits And Veggies Of 2014

When I do a garden, I always do it organically. I believe you can have better, larger, and more abundant food that way.

Which makes me wonder, "why are organic products more expensive?" Just because it has the word organic on it. So, I don't buy organic products, because I don't like dishonesty.

However, I might start buying organic potatoes. Apparently they soak up more pesticides than pretty much any other food in the supermarket.  Makes sense, when you think about it.  Pesticides are sprayed on the plant above ground, they soak into the ground, and the potato sits there and absorbs all the gunk.  If that line of reasoning is correct, then even washing the potato won't help you remove the pesticides.

However, I have some doubts about some of the other veggies and fruit that show up on the EWG's (Environmental Working Group) "Dirty Dozen" list.  Reason being, they have explanations such as "A single Snap Pea sample carried 13 different pesticides."  A single sample?  Other explanations tell us, "over 99% of apples sampled" tested positive.  So what am I to make from the 'single sample' explanation?  Were a lot of the samples pretty bad, but in one case they were horrible, or were all samples clean except one?  Given that Greenies have no compunction to tell the whole truth if untruth fits the overall narrative better, I'll take my chances that Snap Peas are just fine.