lets talk about the preharvest application of glyphosate to wheat, how much glyphosate is in our food, and how it affects us.
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 Nature of Things episode titled “it Takes Guts” about the gut biome is good science, but its a little “light”. Its a TV show, what do you expect? Some of Dr. Seneff’s previous experiments have been torn apart, but to a layperson like me, her video walking us through the molecular activity in your body seems legit. I would be […]
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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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So now we know that food in Canada was tested by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for glyphosate and the result is: lots of food has glyphosate in it. Yum. Some food tested has amounts that exceed the MRL (Maximum Residue Limits) set by Health Canada for food safety. Yum. So, what exactly did the CFIA do to the food […]
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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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The news website “EHS today” published an article today after Charla Lord, Monsanto corporate engagement representative, responded to their request for information. The short and sweet of Charla’s email: “Glyphosate is not a carcinogen. The allegation that glyphosate can cause cancer in humans is inconsistent with decades of comprehensive safety reviews by the leading regulatory authorities around the world.” I […]
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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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