Organic foods, like conventional foods, can be susceptible to contamination with bacteria and heavy metals due to factors like environmental contamination or farming practices. Organic standards primarily focus on how the food is grown, processed, and handled, but this does not inherently eliminate the risk of such contamination.

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Organic Foods Are

Question 53

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Organic foods are:

A) found to be more nutritious than conventional food.
B) necessary to eat because pesticide exposure from conventional food is great.
C) not regulated by the government.
D) susceptible to contamination with bacteria and heavy metals.

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