Vastly? Maybe not. Somewhat? Yes. Depending on what you mean by "vastly". I mean, what are we talking about? If there's j% chance of a k-point iq drop (or developing a neurodegenerative disease) or some non-neurological physical problems over, say, 30 years, or some years earlier than you otherwise would have... what do those numbers have to be, and what does the problem have to be, before you consider avoiding pesticides to be "vastly" better? Certain problems would be picked up by the FDA studies and taken into account when setting residue limits; other problems (like slight mental deficits) wouldn't.
Pesticides are generally not healthy. It does depend on what plant is under discussion, of course. Some are routinely more contaminated with pesticide residue than others, but some are badly contaminated (google "dirty dozen" pesticide).
I'm also completely passing over the potential ecological harm caused by pesticides.
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Vastly? Maybe not. Somewhat? Yes. Depending on what you mean by "vastly". I mean, what are we talking about? If there's j% chance of a k-point iq drop (or developing a neurodegenerative disease) or some non-neurological physical problems over, say, 30 years, or some years earlier than you otherwise would have... what do those numbers have to be, and what does the problem have to be, before you consider avoiding pesticides to be "vastly" better? Certain problems would be picked up by the FDA studies and taken into account when setting residue limits; other problems (like slight mental deficits) wouldn't.
Pesticides are generally not healthy. It does depend on what plant is under discussion, of course. Some are routinely more contaminated with pesticide residue than others, but some are badly contaminated (google "dirty dozen" pesticide).
I'm also completely passing over the potential ecological harm caused by pesticides.