Which is better—Coke or Pepsi? Chocolate or Vanilla? Conventional food or Organic food? Wait‚ what? It’s easy for us to form answers from our own opinions‚ but not from scientific research. Your best friend might love Pepsi‚ but you could be an adamant supporter of Coke. There is no true evidence that chocolate is better than vanilla. The same applies to food. No one can prove scientifically that organic food is better than conventional food. That’s not to say that regular food is unhealthier or
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you know the difference between organic farming and factory farming? Organic goes far beyond just “not using chemicals.” It also has to do with the treatment of the animals. Conventional‚ also known as “factory”‚ farming uses an overdose of pesticides‚ chemicals‚ and antibiotics- as well as the harsh treatment of the animals. Organic farming uses none of these methods. There are many reasons we should abolish the conventional methods and entirely switch to organic farming. Factory farming is among
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Organic Food VS Genetically Modified Food Section: Advertising feature Edition: 1 - First Edition AWARENESS of organic products has come a long way over the past 12 years‚ according to Billy Bond‚ owner of Organic Larder. The Malop St grocery store‚ which sells high-quality certified organic and bio-dynamic produce‚ was opened in 2000. Business is booming. Mr Bond said he opened the business when organic products were ``a bit of an unknown’’ in Geelong but his store was thriving as consumers
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VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (10244818) Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are organic chemical compounds that have high enough vapor pressures under normal conditions to significantly vaporize and enter the atmosphere. According to EPA ’s Terms of the Environment‚ a volatile organic compound is "any organic compound that participates in atmospheric photochemical reactions except those designated by EPA as having negligible photochemical reactivity." VOC can also stand for the term “volatile organic chemical”
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farm you visit‚ you will see different things. Most farms are using fertilizer or other additives in their agriculture but there are also farms that are completely natural and organic. Depending on your beliefs‚ you may think organic is better than industrial and vise versa. Each has its own pros and cons. The use of organic practices in food and livestock has a positive long term effect on the earth and its environment. In the United States we have about 313‚000‚000 people (Census). To effectively
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Chemistry 2: Organic and Inorganic Chemistry Activity 1 PROPERTIES OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (Sugar) Rainbow Density Column Introduction As a chemical term‚ “sugar” usually refers to all carbohydrates of the general formula Cn(H 2O)n‚ an organic compound. This exercise is focus on sugar as an organic compound and its properties. Objectives: 1. To identify the properties of organic compound - sugar. 2. To observe some physical properties and changes on an organic compound during the actual conduct of
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Social Alchemy 2nd Quarter / SY 2012 – 2013 Eng’r. Josephine A. Ng CHM142L/B21 Concepcion‚ Jermin B. Group# 2 Experiment No. 1 ------------------------------------------------- MELTING POINT AND BOILING POINT OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ------------------------------------------------- ABSTRACT The melting point (MP) and the boiling point (BP) are probably the most widely used physical constant in the field of science. Determining the boiling point and the melting point of a compound helps you to characterize
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Vanden Eynden CHM2510 AU13 Practice Midterm Exam #2 CHM2510 Practice Midterm Exam #2 This exam is designed to give you a small glimpse as to the format of the exams I write. The content of the exam has no direct correlation to the difficulty of the actual exam you will take. Use this exam as another problem set so you can get a little more practice in where multiple chapters are combined into one document. It would greatly benefit you to try doing this exam first WITHOUT ANY NOTES
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Name__________________________ Chemistry 190: Organic Chemistry EXAM 3 Thursday April 21‚ 2011 1. (12) ______ 2. (14) ______ 3. (20) ______ 4. (12) ______ 5. (54) ______ 6. (16) ______ 7. (12) ______ 8. (10) ______ Total (150) ______ The exam consists of twelve numbered pages and an unnumbered cover sheet. Make certain that you have a complete exam. You will have two hours to work on the exam. No books or notes are allowed; however‚ you may use a molecular model set and a calculator
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Williams English 1010 7 October 2012 Organic Food vs. Processed Food How important is the food that the averages person puts into their bodies every day? Eating is a way of making peace‚ passing the time‚ sharing friendships‚ and having a communion. The narrator of Food Inc points out that‚ “The way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 10‚000” (2008). How has it changed? Americans have gone from eating hunter-gatherer style organic greens and fruits‚ to severely processed
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