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- Chemical contamination of organic products versus conventional productsPublication . Pinho, Alyssa Oliveira; Teixeira, Paula Cristina MaiaThe objective of this thesis was to delve into a sector of food safety which is lacking research, chemical contamination of organic foods. In regards to studies that have been conducted on organic products, a majority of the research has focused on the biological contamination of organic foods verses conventional products. A systematic review was conducted using the databases Academic Search Premier and PubMed to gather peer reviewed publications. Also, regulations were referenced to determine if chemical contaminants are being adequately controlled in both organic and conventional products. The results indicated that there are various factors that can lead to the chemical contamination of crops despite their mode of production. Such factors include: exposure of pollutants through the air, contaminated water, soil, food fraud, and packaging materials. A significant difference, however, between organic and conventional products is that pesticides are restricted in organic agriculture. Therefore, these products contain less pesticide vestiges. The results also demonstrated that globally, there are strict regulations to effectively control pesticide exposure. EFSA found that in the European Union 96.2% of crops complied with legal standards and in the United States, the USDA found that 99.5% fulfilled legal standards. Thus, this diminishes a key argument that organic products are superior on the premise that they contain inferior amounts of pesticides because the contamination of pesticides in conventional foods is not a significant danger to begin with.