# I don't buy "organic," because there's no nutritional difference

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**Created:** [October 25, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-buy-organic-because-theres-no-nutritional-difference/702516 "2014-10-25T21:07:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-buy-organic-because-theres-no-nutritional-difference/702516/71 "2014-10-26T20:54:34Z")

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> [@Bricker](#):
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> Bring 'em on!

Incidentally, the use of genetic modification has massively reduced the amount of pesticides used on some crops. For corn, it’s down from ~200 g/ha in 1996 to ~10 g/ha in 2010. And yields have gone up, so the amount used per bushel has gone down even more.

[http://www.sciencemag.org/site/special/pesticides/infographic.jpg](http://www.sciencemag.org/site/special/pesticides/infographic.jpg)

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