June 14, 2019 — In a new round of testing, the nonprofit watchdog Environmental Working Group found the weedkiller glyphosate in all 21 cereal and snack products it sampled.
“All but four contained levels higher than what EWG considers protective for children’s health,” says Alexis Temkin, PhD, an EWG toxicologist and co-author of the new report, issued Wednesday.
Glyphosate is the main ingredient in Bayer-Monsanto’s weedkiller Roundup.
Monsanto took exception to the report and said its products
contain safe levels of chemicals, well below federal limits. The FDA
says its standard safe level of glyphosate ranges from 0.1 parts per
million to 310 ppm.
The products meet the regulatory standards set by the federal
Environmental Protection Agency, Temkin says, but the EWG believes that
the feds’ “tolerance limits are too high to adequately protect
children’s health.”
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