You don't have to drink my kool aid, but you're drinking some kool aid whether you believe it or not. Same with organic farming, that's fine if it's not your thing, what makes you say it's a farce? Cult maybe, but it's certainly as real as any other business scheme or farming practice out there. Haven't you ever heard of biodynamic farming Of course I have lead and arsenic in my blood, everybody does, and most who lived through the 70's or earlier had higher blood lead levels than what they're whining about today. That doesn't mean I want MY food to be at/near the maximum allowable level of any contaminant (or at the minimum allowable nutrition level, if there WERE such a thing) Speaking of arsenic, reminds me of a relevant story of the good old days, when arsenic was added to pig feed as a growth accelerator. Somebody messed up one batch and half the pigs died, half of the survivors were blind, and they all took much longer to make it to market weight. I'm sure they were blended so as not to exceed the allowable arsenic limit Arsenic feed ingredients were pulled off the market about FIVE years ago...