Food journalist and former chef Burke (coauthor, The Trans Fat Solution) here delineates the effects of pesticides on humans and the environment in excruciating detail, with scathing indictments of the FDA, agribusiness, and agricultural lobbyists. She argues that large corporations and even foreign nations are now selling foods labeled as organic even though they may well be tainted by pesticides. She encourages buying foods that are local (grown within 100 miles of home) or sustainable (not "organic" by the FDA's rigorous standards but still technically organic). Shoppers are provided with a rather confusing formula to help determine whether the value of organic foods is worth the increased cost, as well as lists of the 12 most pesticide-laden foods and the 15 cleanest foods. Tips on finding healthy foods and a shopping guide chart may help readers determine when organics are a better choice. Although Burke's topic is worthwhile and she is right to point to the harm caused by pesticides, her language is fairly inflammatory; the book would have been more effective if the facts had been allowed to speak for themselves. For larger collections only.-Janet M. Schneider, James A. Haley Veterans' Hosp., Tampa (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.