The known carcinogen and infamous weed killing chemical glyphosate has just been found in breakfast foods marketed for children. A new study has discovered trace amounts of the most widely used herbicide in the country in oats, granolas, and snack bars.
Most disturbing, however, is the fact that thirty-one out of 45 tested products had levels of glyphosate that were higher than what many scientists consider safe for children.
The study, which was conducted by the non-profit Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that many of the breakfast foods marketed to children contain glyphosate. “I was shocked,” said Dr. Jennifer Lowry, who heads the Council on Environmental Health for the American Academy of Pediatrics. Although not much is known about the effects of the chemical on children, parents and doctors are concerned. “We don’t know a lot about the effects of glyphosate on children,” Lowry said. “And essentially we’re just throwing it at them.”
“We’re very concerned that consumers are eating more glyphosate than they know,” said Scott Faber, vice president of government affairs at EWG, according to CBS News. Faber has been working to improve food safety standards for more than a decade. He said he and his team at EWG conducted the study which included a lab test involving “45 samples of products made with conventionally grown oats.” The researchers found glyphosate, which is the active ingredient in the Monsanto weed-killer Roundup, in all but two of the products.
Don’t buy that shit. Most of the foods that use herbicides like that are shit to begin with.
Buy organically grown food that hasn’t had nasty chemical pesticides or herbicides used and instead use natural forms. Get stuff from local sources as much as you can.
It’s more expensive, but you absolutely get what you pay for.
Most of the food sold in restaurants and grocery stores is complete crap. Especially the stuff marketed for kids.
Be aware, intentional and wise regarding what you put in your body.
I agree with what you’re saying, but I think it’s going to be in organically grown food too.
Herbicides like fertilizers run off one field and to another.
I’m not sure. We pretty much steer clear of everything that comes out of a box or a can. We make time to cook real meals. However that doesn’t get us away from the toxins and hormones that may be in the meat and veggies we eat.
The whole organic thing is great, until everyone demands it. There is not enough land to grow food by the organic method to feed everyone. The pesticides and herbicides came about to get better return per acre.
The dirty secret is with out GMOs, fertilizers and pesticides we would have widespread famine. Forcing more of the food production into ‘organic’ just makes food more expensive for poor people. Like someone said, there are no lactose intolerant people in Eithiopia.
WHO says roundup is a probably causes cancer. “Probably” doesn’t mean shit to me. The only one who claims (probably falsely) it causes cancer is California. If you shy away from everything that could possibly cause cancer you would live a pretty miserable life. For those of you that know nothing about RU… You don’t spray crops with it. It would kill the crop.
According to Clyde Lewis’s guest, that’s exactly what they use it for. Killing the crop dries it out and it can be harvested faster, i.e., Roundup is a way to get product to market faster, therefore it’s being used everywhere and in ways not intended by the manufacturer.
I’m not sure that I totally agree with that belief.
The reason I hesitate to agree is because I live in Kansas and see the results of overproduction and inefficient marketing/transportation laying on the ground by filled to capacity grain elevators. At yet people starve…
Seems to me that if we quit putting ethanol in fuel, we could probably produce less, sell most of it, and reduce the use of herbicides.
But we’d **** it up like we always do because someone would get greedy.
Actually yes, you do. Look up what they call “roundup ready” crops. These crops can be sprayed with roundup without killing it so farmers can spray their whole fields and kill only the unwanted plants. This does not preclude the crops from absorbing the roundup, it just means the crop will not die from it.
This is the answer. Buying locally sourced foods is the very best option. If you don’t have the option of buying locally sourced foods, buy organic. It’s more costly, but what’s your/your family’s health worth? I guarantee the vast majority of people could cut out extraneous unnecessary pleasure foods/drinks like coffee, energy drinks, soda, etc and afford to eat better quality foods.
I should qualify…I mean overpriced coffee drinks, like double mocha whip lattes. I’m amazed how many people I see buying $5 coffee drinks 1-2 times a day. $5-10 per day x 5 days a week is $25 - $50 a week, $100 - $200 per month.