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In reply to the discussion: Breakfast With a Dose of Roundup? Quaker Oats exceeds limit of 400ppb by having 930ppb [View all]shanti
(21,675 posts)39. it looks like
from the chart in the first link, that organic oats are ok. they may be pricier, but it's worth the extra cost!
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Breakfast With a Dose of Roundup? Quaker Oats exceeds limit of 400ppb by having 930ppb [View all]
womanofthehills
Aug 2018
OP
According to the article, organic is way lower in glyphosate and often zero.
womanofthehills
Aug 2018
#5
Some organic foods are not that expensive - you can buy oats out of a bin in most of our organic
womanofthehills
Aug 2018
#18
How could any person or any company defend the use of Roundup to speed up the process
Frustratedlady
Aug 2018
#10
What is so sick is that Louisiana is spraying Roundup on their sugar cane right before harvest too -
womanofthehills
Aug 2018
#14
Honey is contaminated too - with double the amt. of glyphosate than is allowed in the Europen Union
womanofthehills
Aug 2018
#19
Great! Are we even testing anything anymore? Didn't they stop a lot of the testing of meat?
Frustratedlady
Aug 2018
#23
The government was not testing for Roundup traces because Monsanto told them it was so safe
womanofthehills
Aug 2018
#25
They are areal spraying soybeans right now with glyphosate, so soy products are also contaminate.
pazzyanne
Aug 2018
#31
If you open the first link and scroll down to the bottom you will see a chart
womanofthehills
Aug 2018
#24
The article above, "Breakfast with a dose of Roundup" was written by a toxicologist, Alexis Temkin -
womanofthehills
Aug 2018
#40