But what does it do for or to the animals? Christy ----- Original Message ----- From: Tony Nelson-Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 11:18 AM Subject: Re: Organic selenium approved for feeds
> > >I always thought selenium was a naturally occurring mineral... > > Yes, Sharon, that was my point: either someone's gone over the top with > this (how can a naturally occurring mineral NOT be 'organic' in the > commonly-accepted sense relevant to agriculture?) or there is a clash with > the academic sense (an inorganic mineral can't possibly be 'organic' in the > chemical sense, but the message referred to selenium compounded with organic > chemicals)? > > As we all obviously know, a vegetable crop can be organic (grown without the > use of artificial fertilisers and pesticides and so on) or conventional; > but a chemical compound is a chemical compound is a chemical compound, yes? > While we can feel the effect of 'intention' when stirring preps, applying > peppers etc, can a pure chemical prepared by synthesis be any different from > one extracted from, say, a plant and then purified to the same standard? > Even if so, do we really believe that these selenium compounds were > extracted in minute quantities from organically-grown plants when it would > be overwhelmingly easier and cheaper to prepare them in a lab? > > Am I missing something which is obvious to the USDA? > Tony N-S. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com >
