while switching to organic foods can be good for you insofar as doing so helps you avoid nasty things
Not true at all. The list of chemicals and additives that the USDA has approved for use in organic food is enormous.
And there's no reason to believe that the ones that are approved are safer, either. Because the primary criterion for determining whether an agrichemical is suitable for use in organic agriculture is how "natural" it is considered to be. And "natural" is not a good proxy for "safe", on account of the two being orthogonal characteristics.
It's not a good proxy for "green", either. Your local watershed doesn't really care that the excess phosphorus that's being dumped into it comes from certified organic bone meal.
Not true at all. The list of chemicals and additives that the USDA has approved for use in organic food is enormous.
And there's no reason to believe that the ones that are approved are safer, either. Because the primary criterion for determining whether an agrichemical is suitable for use in organic agriculture is how "natural" it is considered to be. And "natural" is not a good proxy for "safe", on account of the two being orthogonal characteristics.
It's not a good proxy for "green", either. Your local watershed doesn't really care that the excess phosphorus that's being dumped into it comes from certified organic bone meal.