What Are We Putting in Our Food? This 9-Year-Old Girl’s Simple Science Experiment Will Shock You

What exactly do chemicals used in agriculture do to our food? How do they affect our bodies?
2/20/2014
Updated:
7/18/2015

The issue of organic food versus industrial, pesticide laden crops is a contentious one.  While some say that the world’s population can not be fed with traditional agricultural methods, natural growth advocates point to ever-growing health risks and environmental problems associated with  industrial farming. 

But what exactly do these chemicals used in agriculture do to our food? How do they affect our bodies?

A sweet 9-year-old girl conducted a simple experiment on sweet potatoes. The experiment is so simple, and the results so striking, it is hard not to pause and consider the price of industrial agriculture.

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