Glyphosate Found in U.S. Honey Supply... (w/Guest: Carey Gillam) - FDA emails show

[womanofthehills]

Internal emails from FDA show they could not find honey without glyphosate. Internal emails show Michael Taylor very interested on how to spin this. FDA starting to test foods for glyphosate but, so far, keeping results secret.

http://trofire.com/2016/09/16/glyphosate-found-u-s-honey-supply-thom-hartmann-program/

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. arrgghhhh.

It's hard enough finding honey that is not actually corn syrup...

I DO have a few jars saved, of local honey...


but stll....our food is becoming more and more contaminated.

[womanofthehills]

2. Supposedly - there is no amount of glyphosate allowed in honey in USA ???

FDA Finds Monsanto’s Weed Killer In U.S. Honey

In the records released by the FDA, one internal email describes trouble locating honey that doesn’t contain glyphosate: “It is difficult to find blank honey that does not contain residue. I collect about 10 samples of honey in the market and they all contain glyphosate,” states an FDA researcher. Even “organic mountain honey” contained low concentrations of glyphosate, the FDA documents show.

According to the FDA records, samples tested by FDA chemist Narong Chamkasem showed residue levels at 107 ppb in samples the FDA associated with Louisiana-based Carmichael’s Honey; 22 ppb in honey the FDA linked to Leighton’s Orange Blossom Honey in Florida and residues at 41 ppb in samples the FDA associated with Iowa-based Sue Bee Honey, which is marketed by a cooperative of American beekeepers as “pure, all-natural” and “America’s Honey.” Customers “can be assured that Sue Bee Honey is 100% pure, 100% all-natural and 100% American,” the Sioux Honey Association states.

In a Jan. 8, 2016 email Chamkasem pointed out to fellow FDA scientists that the EU tolerance level is 50 ppb and there is no amount of glyphosate allowed at all in honey in the United States. But Chris Sack, an FDA chemist who oversees the agency’s pesticide residue testing, responded by reassuring Chamkasem and the others that the glyphosate residues discovered are only “technically a violation.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carey-gillam/fda-finds-monsantos-weed_b_12008680.html

[progressoid]

3. O Noes!