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This article just came to me, so I thought I'd share it: https://bcfarmsandfood.com/tests-reveal-benefits-of-eating-organic/
I was surprised that they found such a drop in just a week - that certainly encourages me to grow more of my own veggies so I won't have to worry about contamination.

It would have been more interesting to know more about possible reasons for the differences in the levels within each of the test subjects.
 
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The reasons for the differences in levels after the week of organic foods is the persistence level of the toxin, water solubility is not a factor but there are better nutrients in organic foods and some of those nutrients can combine with the faster to deteriorate toxins and that takes them out of the picture.

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