Dozens of common breakfast cereals and snack bars have trace amounts of a controversial herbicide found in the weed killer Roundup, according to a report released today by an environmental advocacy group.
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that 26 of the 28 products it tested had levels of Roundup’s main ingredient, glyphosate, that were “higher than what EWG scientists consider protective of children’s health.” An earlier report found similar results in over thirty oat-based foods.
Manufacturers say their products are safe, but the EWG report argues that the vast majority of foods tested — such as Honey Nut Cheerios and Quaker Simply Granola Oats — have glyphosate levels that might pose a cancer risk with long-term consumption.
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The recent guilty verdict against Monsanto, the manufacturer of Roundup, should dispel any claim that glyphosate is safe. A California jury found that Monsanto knew that glyphosate causes cancer and deliberately withheld that information from the public. Monsanto was ordered to pay one of the victims $289 million in compensatory and punitive damages. Bayer, which recently acquired Monsanto, in the words of Sayer Ji, “will need more than an asperin to cure the Monsanto headache.” Bayer’s stock crashed after an appeal in court was denied.
It’s no coincidence that both Monsanto and Bayer have ties to Nazi Germany.