Some farmers and cooperatives offer opportunities to buy shares for weekly supplies of organic food. Check with your health food stores to make these contacts. To get organic food at the larger supermarkets, present the manager with a petition of names of people who will support them if they begin to stock organic foods. Quite simply, if the demand for toxin-free food is there, then the public will get it. W hether your fruits and vegetables are organic or not, be sure to wash off any surface dirt before eating or cooking.
Dust is a common source of dangerous levels of lead and cadmium.
Also avoid buying waxed produce, since paraffin can serve to trap these and other toxins. T esting the air and water quality in our homes can be done fairly easily. If a problem exists, the installation of a filter system can be done to insure safety. Check Consumer Reports to get the names of the top rated models of test kits and filter devices. For some air quality problems, one corrective measure may be to simply increase the circulation of fresh air.