Yes, you need to know your farmer... any *icides, petrochemical or not, are probably going to be dangerous to humans. Life is life.

This article is skewed in favor of poisons from the beginning by referring to the petrochemical insecticides as *pest*icides.

*Nothing* wrong with spinach in the first place? Spinach is *highly* acidic. Too much acidity in the gut is known as an environment for bad things to happen. Stick to kale - acidic but one third the acidity of spinach. Jus saying'.

"Corporate funding doesn't mean the study is bogus" - Yah, it pretty much does...let me put it this way...if I told you I was writing a study of the health benefits of hamburgers and it was funded by the meat board, why on earth would you ever accept the results?

I have found that the best place to argue is on 4chan. Not because it's civil. Not because you will win. But, for the sheer pleasure of knowing how good of a person I really am in comparison to the people who are calling me names and wishing extreme forms of harm upon me. It really boosts the self-esteem.

I disagree with you!

1) Is this battle with strangers on the internet? It's not worth fighting. Except for fun, or as a way to keep your debate chops up.

Here's my latest setup.

The upside is that you get free coffee. The downside is that you get free McDonald's coffee.