by PediaBlog | Mar 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
Johanzynn Gatewood has bad news for us — and good news, too: An annual report by the Environmental Working Group found that nearly 70% of samples of 48 types of conventionally grown produce were contaminated with pesticide residues. That’s down 6.6...
by PediaBlog | Mar 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
Yesterday on The PediaBlog, Sara DePierre walked us through the benefits of organically grown foods. One advantage organic foods have over conventionally farmed foods is their absence of pesticides. Sara mentioned the “Dirty Dozen,” a list of...
by PediaBlog | Mar 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Sara DePierre, PA-C, Pediatric Alliance — Jefferson Hills March is National Nutrition Month and you now feel inspired to make the conscious effort to choose more nutritious foods for yourself and your family. (Or you know that summer is around...
by PediaBlog | Oct 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
A lot of parents I know have strong feelings about buying organic produce for their families. For those who understand that organic farming is kinder to the soil, the air, drinking water, and to those who actually do the farming (and are therefore being exposed to...
by PediaBlog | Sep 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
A review of published scientific studies by researchers at Stanford University, published recently in the Annals of Internal Medicine, concludes that organically grown food is neither safer nor more nutritious than foods grown conventionally. Alice Park explains the...
