lets talk about the preharvest application of glyphosate to wheat, how much glyphosate is in our food, and how it affects us.
Article on NBC News site by Danica Jefferies. It includes an analysis of 2019 USGS agricultural glyphosate usage data with a bunch of great infographics and charts. It really illustrates the amount of glyphosate being used in different areas of the US and its historic growth since 1992.
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There is a new cooperator article about glyphosate titled “No reprieve for glyphosate” written by Robert Arnason. Its got a couple factual errors in my opinion. Breweries aren’t refusing to buy malt barley if it’s been sprayed with glyphosate before harvest because of “negative perceptions”. Canadian maltsters have told growers not to apply glyphosate to malt barley crops prior to […]
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This EcoWatch article by Ken Roseboro is one of the best articles I have ever seen on the topic of glyphosate in our food. It gives a great view of the widespread use of preharvest glyphosate on wheat in Manitoba and Saskatchewan including quotes from farmers and ag experts including these gems: “We are told these (glyphosate residues) are too […]
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A Veterinarian from Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Ted Dupmeier, blames livestock health problems on the glyphosate in their feed, according to this Western Producer article dated Oct 19 2017. He believes the problem is that glyphosate acts as an antibiotic, for which it is patented, and kills off good bacteria in the gut. This is not the first veterinarian or scientist to […]
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The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment announced in March 2017 that it will add glyphosate to its Proposition 65 list of carcinogenic chemicals with a delayed effective date due to the pending case Monsanto v OEHHA. Monsanto’s challenge was unsuccessful in the trial court. Although the case has been appealed, no stay of the listing […]
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Why not fruits and veggies? Aren’t they given the same pesticides? I am not worried about any other chemical than glyphosate (which is used as a herbicide or dessicant mostly). It is the dessicant function that is really increasing food residue levels. If you spray glyphosate on a plant, the plant dies. Unless its RoundupReady which means its been genetically […]
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A summary of the potential issues to bring newborns and babies up to speed on glyphosate below. (Might be useful info for pregnant women and parents too) Why might it matter more for children? This will be first generation of people to get a good dose of glyphosate from birth. Children’s brains are obviously developing. Brain development is being linked to […]
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Hoping to learn something about which foods have levels of glyphosate that exceed our arbitrary and likely too high maximum residue levels? Waiting for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency report to finally give us the info we have been waiting for? Keep on waiting… Because the Western Producer is reporting that the report will exclude details. Why? For “confidentiality reasons”! […]
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One thing you can do easily do to help avoid glyphosate in your food, is to help raise awareness of #glyphosateinfood among food buyers. Next time you are out: ask your waiter if the bread or pasta has glyphosate (roundup) in it. ask your local microbrewer if their malt barley has glyphosate on it. They likely wont know, but they […]
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Snopes is the famous site to check the veracity of facts, rumours and internet memes. The snopes article titled “The Real Reason Wheat is Toxic” attempts to present impartial evidence about glyphosate in our food. In general, the article is fair, but I have an issue with the section leading us to believe that the preharvest application of glyphosate to wheat is […]
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