Roundup for Breakfast, Part 2: In New Tests, Weed Killer Found in All Kids' Cereals Sampled

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WASHINGTON – A second round of tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group found the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer in every sample of popular oat-based cereal and other oat-based food marketed to children. These test results fly in the face of claims by two companies, Quaker and General Mills, which have said there is no reason for concern. This is because, they say, their products meet the legal standards.

Yet almost all of the samples tested by EWG had residues of glyphosate at levels higher than what EWG scientists consider protective of children’s health with an adequate margin of safety. The EWG findings of a chemical identified as probably carcinogenic by the World Health Organization come on the heels of a major study published in JAMA Internal Medicine that found a significant reduction in cancer risk for individuals who ate a lot of organic food.


The tests detected glyphosate in all 28 samples of products made with conventionally grown oats. All but two of the 28 samples had levels of glyphosate above EWG’s health benchmark of 160 parts per billion, or ppb.

Products tested by Anresco Laboratories in San Francisco included 10 samples of different types of General Mills’ Cheerios and 18 samples of different Quaker brand products from PepsiCo, including instant oatmeal, breakfast cereal and snack bars. The highest level of glyphosate found by the lab was 2,837 ppb in Quaker Oatmeal Squares breakfast cereal, nearly 18 times higher than EWG’s children’s health benchmark.

https://www.ewg.org/release/roundup-breakfast-part-2-new-tests-weed-killer-found-all-kids-cereals-sampled

[d_r]

1. This is like mercury to me

It is good to eat fish, but it has mercury in it (and is bad for environment/sustainability). Oats are good for your heart, but it has glyphosate in it. Maybe organic oats are better, but that doesn't take care of bars, etc., time to make your own granola.

[BeckyDem]

2. Its crazy anyone has to work around it.

Roundup for breakfast is just too much. Very young children begin their journey with first foods like Cheerios. It is damaging for them to have any level of this crap in their food. I'm pretty sure Kashi products were on the list too. But there are better organic brands when you do a search.