Originally Posted by
Flaflyer
... which makes the entire bag itself "organic" from the chemistry definition of "contains carbon."
Originally Posted by
manneca
Organic in a chemistry sense refers to carbon compounds (with some exceptions). So, anything made from anything that ever lived is organic.
Oh, great, bring actual
science into the argument and confuse everyone.
In TSA land, "organic" is one of those words (like "respect" or "voluntary") that they just say without really knowing what it means.
My office cafeteria once stocked a brand of (unflavored) bottled water labeled "Organic H20". After a bunch of scientifically literate staff said "oooh, yuck, I'm not drinking that!" and explained what organic meant, the cafeteria switched to a different brand.
