lets talk about the preharvest application of glyphosate to wheat, how much glyphosate is in our food, and how it affects us.
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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It really shouldn’t come as a surprise anymore. We might be harder pressed to identify foods that do not contain glyphosate anymore. The New York Times is reporting that the Organic Consumers Association has found glyphosate in 10 of 11 samples of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. Levels in the ice cream were found to be well below the EPA […]
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CBC’s tease headline of “Canadian flour has the ingredient for perfect pasta, so why are Italians protesting against our wheat?” piqued my interest. The tease links to an article titled “Italy’s farmers ‘demonizing’ Canadian wheat in bid to protect domestic industry“. A group of farmers from across Italy have gathered at the Italian parliament in Rome to protest with chants […]
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Interesting post on Gizmodo about a study from Andrew Chan from Harvard Medical School on health impacts of removing gluten from your diet. I cant find the study itself, but found some similar ones over at Eureka Science News. From the Gizmodo article: more gluten consumption was associated with a lower risk of heart disease—possibly because people weren’t getting the […]
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The report “Safeguarding with Science: Glyphosate Testing in 2015-2016” authored by the Food Safety Science Directorate of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has leaked. Its a 5 page pdf that was emailed to US-RTK (Right to Know). It has been reported on by the Western Producer and Carey Gillam at the Huffington Post. These sites report that the authenticity was […]
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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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This is an interesting article in the Manitoba Co-operator about the Canadian Grain Commission testing for glyphosate for export markets, “especially the high value Asian markets”. It emphasizes the vigilance required to satisfy our international grain customers. As far as I can tell, no one is testing the food in the domestic food chain. As a Canadian food product consumer, […]
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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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