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Is organic food really healthier? 有机食品真的更健康吗? Organic food is more than just a passing fad. Organic food sales totaled a record US$45.2 billion in 2017, making it one of the fastest-growing segments of American agriculture. While a small number of studies have shown associations between organic food consumption and decreased incidence of disease, no studies to date have been designed to answer the question of whether organic food consumption causes an improvement in health. 有机食品可不仅仅是一时风尚。2017年，其销售总额创下历史新高——452亿美元，成为美国农业增长最快的部分之一。虽然少数研究已表明食用有机食品和疾病发病率降低存在联系，但尚未有研究对如下问题做出解答：食用有机食品是否会让人更健康？ I’m an environmental health scientist who has spent over 20 years studying pesticide exposures in human populations. Last month, my research group published a small study that I believe suggests a path forward to answering the question of whether eating organic food actually improves health. 我是一名环境健康科学家，过去二十年一直都在研究人类接触农药的情况。上个月，我的研究团队发表了一篇小型研究，我认为这项研究为上述问题提供了前进方向。 According to the USDA, the organic label does not imply anything about health. In 2017, Miles McEvoy, then chief of the National Organic Program for USDA, refused to speculate about any health benefits of organic food, saying the question wasn't "relevant" to the National Organic Program. Instead, the USDA's definition of organic is intended to indicate a production method that "foster cycling of resources, promote ecological balance, and conserve biodiversity." | 
