>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.
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