Many thanks for the information Rachel.  It's not that I don't want to eat
grass-fed meats -- I generally do as much as possible.  It's just questions
have arisen when I look at the issue in an unbiased manner.  I don't doubt
that pesticides may cause problems in some species.  However --  frogs are
generally immersed in the chemical filled water and drink from it daily.  Is
this the same as ingesting chemicals/hormones in meat that has been cooked
and then passed through the digestive tract of a human?  I don't know.  While
I'm not advocating one swig chemicals, I'm also not advocating throwing the
baby out with the bathwater. Chemicals, like most things, have good and and
not so good aspects. For instance, since the ban on DDT, millions of people
have died from an increase in malaria.  Check out the interesting article
below by Walter Williams.

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams100902.asp