Most of the “organic” eggs sold in supermarkets are a legal fiction, produced in the same overcrowded corporate aviaries as their non-organic counterparts. This via BoingBoing:
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Free-Range Eggs May Be Less Healthy Than Regular Eggs
From Science Daily:
Contrary to popular belief, paying a premium price for free-range eggs may not be healthier than eating regular eggs, a new study reports. Scientists found that free-range eggs in Taiwan contain at least five times higher levels of certain pollutants than regular eggs.
Their findings appear in ACS’ bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
In the new study, Pao-Chi Liao and colleagues note that free-range chickens are those that have continuous access to fresh air, sunshine, and exercise, in contrast to chickens that are confined to cages. Demand for eggs from free-range chickens has increased steadily due to their supposed better nutrition qualities, including higher levels of certain healthy fats. But scientists suspect that free-range chickens may risk getting higher levels of exposure to environmental pollutants, particularly PCDDs and PCDFs, potentially toxic substances that are produced as by-products of burning waste. Also known as dioxins, these substances may cause a wide range of health problems in humans, including reproductive and developmental problems and cancer…
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