Actually the point is that the chemicals have been tested. At length and at great expense.
It would be mildly suprising if there was a major diffence in the health of organic food buyers.
That's not to say that the residues are good for you, and it is entirely possible that the tests have missed something.
As it happens my mother was given Thalidomide, but that proves nothing about anything.
All foods are stuffed full of chemicals, food is chemicals. That's what it is.
All food except (ironically) sugar contains known toxins, and even a suiperficial reading of the damaging effects of the alkaloids found in all leaves makes their consumption appear much less attractive.
Sugar is pretty much unique since it's production means that white sugar is easily the purest thing most people eat.
Reckon it's healthy ?
The environmental impact is not always easy to figure. The soil association can't keep up with innovations, so apparently better processes are "banned". Ironically, last time I looked Copper Sulphate was allowed...
The soil association has a blanket ban on GM.
That means lower yields which means that more has to be grown, whichmeans more use of water etc.
The idea of organic cotton, made me laugh out loud.
The BBC carried it as a straight news story.