In a study on confidence and accuracy, Lewis Goldberg asked experienced neurologists and their administrative assistants to diagnose brain damage among patients as being organic or non-organic damage using a standard protocol in the field.
If Western consumers demand organic food among their imports, is that foisting an inappropriate standard upon growers in poor countries, or is it potentially helping to set better standards for farmers' health and welfare in the exporting country?
Dr. Bronner's lawsuit was conceived five years ago when the word "organic" began appearing on widely marketed products, which never had to meet a standard to use that term.