This is SO IMPORTANT! *!*PLEASE READ!*! A warning from Uniquity about Christopher's products
I agree wholeheartedly, it DOES come down to $$$$$$$$$$.
But knowledge plays a part, as well.
#1. Just because something is labeled "organic" does NOT mean it is non-toxic. It means it was grown according to whatever "organic standards" are in place in that country...and some, like China, are mighty NON-organic to this ole gal. (And of course, no matter WHAT the 'standard', they can never be free from the myriad of toxins in the air and water).
#2. Whether or not an herb/plant is "certified organic" in it's growing country, if it is imported to this country from another, IT IS DOUSED WITH PESTICIDES OR BOMBARDED WITH ETHYLENE OXIDE WHEN ENTERING OUR COUNTRY (and most likely irradiated, as well). This is the law. This is not bs. ALL IMPORTED HERBS ARE DOUSED WITH PESTICIDES WHETHER THEY WERE GROWN ORGANICALLY OR NOT.
#3. If the imported herb was NOT "organically grown" outside of this country, it was probably grown using the MOST TOXIC chemicals, pesticides and fertilizers known to man...and most commonly that includes the use of DDT - a known carcinogen and neurological toxin. There are MANY reports of people taking herbal products that have neurological conditions worsen. Folks, we're not talking just a little bit of chemicals here, we're talking about MAJOR dousing and spraying throughout the lifetime of the plant.
#4. It's not just the pesticides, herbicides, DDT, chemically soaked ground AND dousing of MORE pesticides of imported herbs that's at issue. It's the fact (that due to the $$ factor), the majority of these herbs were substandard to start with. The seed stock they're grown from is lousy; the slave-labor and $$ issues cause all variety of issues...the herbs being harvested at the wrong point in their growth for maximum healing virtues; the wrong (sometimes toxic) part of the plant being mixed with the rest; mislabeling and mis-identification; and the horrendously hot ovens and dryers that are used to dry & compact the herbs before shipping (that destroy living/vital healing properties).
#5. Companies (and individuals producing products to sell) can choose to use herbs for their formulas that they sell to us that have been grown according to stricter US organic standards (and utilize wildcrafted herbs herbs collected in their natural growing places and picked at their peak for healing). OR (as 95% or more do) they can choose to use herbs that have been imported...the price difference IS phenomenal.
When an individual or company chooses the utilize the most clean, organic herbs they can get their hands upon (regardless of cost) you will ALWAYS find that information clearly and obviously posted on their product, website and/or "about our company" information.
PLEASE check out these vendors to see how they explain this and what it is you should be looking for (or looking OUT for!).
http://www.herb-pharm.com/
http://www.pacificbotanicals.com/
http://www.gaiaherbs.com/brochure.php?id=54
http://shoppingcarts4you.com/southernbotanicals/catalog/index.php?c...
http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/about/about.php
http://www.dr-schulze.com/p8.asp
If you do not see this information CLEARLY stated, you can be fairy safe in assuming that some portion or all of the herbs they utilize in their products ARE imported. (Note: a couple of the companies above do sell non-organic herbs...but that fact is CLEARLY STATED on those items).
It IS a jungle out there...Big Pharma is NOT the only corporation affected by greed and the almighty dollar. PLEASE be careful what you put into your precious body...what the point of "cleansing" with a KNOWN TOXIN!?!
Flush ON (but be armed with knowledge and logic!),
Unyquity