{"id":40092,"date":"2022-07-26T04:15:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T18:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=40092"},"modified":"2022-07-26T04:15:50","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T18:15:50","slug":"why-organic-potatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=40092","title":{"rendered":"Why Organic Potatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Do you eat potatoes? Are all your potatoes organic? If not, you should know that while in storage, potatoes are sprayed with chemicals to keep them from sprouting. One of those chemicals is chlorpropham. It is not thought to be cancer-causing, but chlorpropham is metabolized into 3-chloroaniline which is categorized as a carcinogen. What’s more, some cattle are fed potato peelings. If those peelings are not organic (meaning the beef is not organic), then 3-chloroaniline makes its way into the liver and milk of the cow. (Photo by Eric Prouzet on Unsplash)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you eat potatoes? Are all your potatoes organic? If not, you should know that while in storage, potatoes are sprayed with chemicals to keep them from sprouting. One of those chemicals is chlorpropham. It is not thought to be cancer-causing, but chlorpropham is metabolized into 3-chloroaniline which is categorized as a carcinogen. What’s more, … <\/p>\n

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