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In supermarkets and general stores, there are a lot of items labeled "organic" (e.g. organic pears, organic squash, even organic dish soap). I am wondering do any if not all of these labels really have a scientific meaning behind it or is the word "organic" just added to make the product seem nicer?

Friends have told me "organic products" are items not treated with chemicals; but in a chemistry sense, is there a set definition of "organic?"

Any source references that can clear it up would also be great. Thanks in advance.
As well, there are products labeled "natural" and "chemical"; do any of those labels have any meaning?

Organic is pretty much anything that contains carbon atoms. Or substances synthesized by producers. I don’t have my chemistry book anymore but if it doesn’t contain carbon then it is not organic. organic foods in the supermarket are usually just foods that are grown with out anything besides the basics needed for life. No manufactured fertilizers, that doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot of cow poop spread around. And for animals it means eating hay and water, and no shots,vaccines, hormones, or anyting besides what the animal would typically eat in the wild. You know all those wild cows out there, what they eat.

I have found that after prolonged use of natural, organic and alternative foods, supplements, and other products, that I have seen a increase in health issues. Anyone else?

That’s quite a wide range to blame. Personally, I wonder just what "alternative foods" (what is an alternative to food?) and supplements, and "other products", you’re using? Or abusing?

I’m very leery of supplements, myself; they’re not very well regulated, and there’s so many on the market, even as much oversight as there is, is swamped. Many are ineffective. Some are harmful. Most don’t have consistent standards or any testing or proof they actually do anything. I see consistent problems in this area, where longer term testing shows the latest popular supplement is useless… after people spent billions on it because it was popular and supposedly made you "feel slimmer" or some such generic marketing term. A recent, more harmful example, is the ban on Indian medicine (I forget the actual name) — which turns out to often contain lead. Some, from poor quality control in manufacture, and some, because the compounders believe it’s good for you. … Lead is rather BAD for you.

I daresay that organic/natural foods — if actually organic/natural (again, possible oversight issues and some manufacturer taking advantage to make a ripoff profit by marking up regular foods, etc)…. are pretty good for you. It’s the additives, supplements, and other stuff you impulse buy because the marketers lure you into thinking it will do something for you without ever actually claiming it straight out (since then they’d have to prove it!) that’s scary stuff.

I love body shop but I need to know if their products are organic. And what is the difference between natural and organic. Thanks.

With cosmetics there is no organic standard as there is whith food so anything can be called organic in this business. unlike food there is no difference between organic and natural and won’t be until there is an organic standard for soap and make-up. I have read too many body shop labels and have yet to find anything even close to organic. They have some pretty toxic stuff in their ingredients on things that have the word organic on the label.

I think the philosophy behind fair trade is worth spending extra money for, but I do not support the organic food movement and don’t want to buy organic products. Do products like this exist?
I read more about the Fairtrade organization in the link you provided, and you’re right; the organic principles are built into the labeling procedure. I don’t think what I’m looking for exists. Thanks for your help.

There may be but you see organic farming practices because synthetic pesticides are not allowed is a big worker plus (much less exposure to toxins) and if you are going to be prohibited from using most insecticides and fungicides you might as well get your farm certified organic as well as Fair Trade. The two philosophy’s are very close and because of that I don’t quite see how you can hate organic farming but be for Fair Trade, unless you don’t really under stand what organic farming is really about
http://www.fairtrade.net/home.html?&L=title%3Dopens

For instance, we all know that you cannot label something as "organic" without it being certified. My question is this…can a product have a normal line and an organic line that both conisist of organic ingredients? More specifically, can normal PAM contain organic ingredients without being labeled as organic? The purpose of doing so would be to steer customers towards the SAME product that has the organic label for a few more dollars.

yes, but with most things… there is an added expense to "organics" when dealing with things such as vegetables so it would be a cost disaster unless it was the same price as other sources.

I heard that petroleum and mineral oil are bad for your body in the long run, but I want to know if it is true…. Some organic products don’t seem to work that great, are they really better? Any advice?

There is no regulation for organic cosmetics, unlike organic foods which are heavily regulated. So any cosmetic company can slap the word organic on any product regardless of whether or not the product has any organic ingredients at all.

See http://www.organicconsumers.org for a lot of information about organic cosmetics and body care. Right now the only companies that have truly organic cosmetics and soap are Dr Bronner’s magic Soap and Aubrey Organics. the rest are just jerking your chain and taking advantage of the huge organic loophole due to organics being regulated by the USDA and cosmetics being regulated by the FDA

) What are the major organic products expected from the hydrolysis of acetophenone oxime under acid catalysis?

a. acetophenone and hydroxylamine
b. acetic acid and acetophenone
c. acteophenone and ozone
d. acetaldhyde and ozone
e. acetylhydrazone and propanol

a

We are expecting a child in December 2009 (we don’t know gender yet) and have started a registry at Babies-R-Us, but cannot find many products: wool/alpaca blankets, cotton plush blankets, modern looking cotton nursery bedding, organic toys, foam mattress, light-weight crib in cherry color (there is one in maple color at Babies-R-Us though) …
Does it mean that we should open a registry at another store instead? What other national store chain would be good for a variety of organic/quality baby products?

Do you have a buy buy baby near you? They have a bit higher end things, and many organic products.
http://www.buybuybaby.com/default.asp?order_num=-1&

Pottery barn kids also has cotton bedding, and an organic line as well
http://www.potterybarnkids.com/shop/b/index.cfm?cm_type=gnav

I don’t want to use any harsh chemicals on my hair or skin so I’m looking for organic products that I can buy in stores.
Is the botanics range at boots organic?

LUSH. It’s a bit more expensive, but a lot of it is soooo worth it.

I recently signed up as a dealer of organic products. This particular company only sell their products online. The brand name being relatively new (less than a year in the market), is not well-known. And most people aren’t aware about organic products and it’s overall benefits. Helping save the environment has been my advocacy. Thus I wanted to promote organic products, and earn at the same time.

How do I create public awareness on organic personal care products?

How do I promote my merchandise? What mediums should I use?

Thank you for the help.

Sell on amazon, ebay. Set up a blog, use feedburner. Google pay per click, overture, msn keywords etc. Shopzilla and Nextag is sometimes good, do a few tests with various keywords at different bid points. Write lots of good quality original content on your website so it gets picked up by search engines. Don’t try any spammy seo techniques. See if you can hit up physical stores to have them carry the new line, be sure to bring your business card and some brochures about the product.