Latest Findings Come as Courts Levy More Than $2B in Judgments Against Bayer-Monsanto Over Cancer-Causing Glyphosate
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2019
By Olga Naidenko, Ph.D., senior science advisor, and Alexis Temkin, Ph.D., Toxicologist
Major food companies like General Mills continue to sell popular children’s breakfast cereals and other foods contaminated with troubling levels of glyphosate, the cancer-causing ingredient in the herbicide Roundup. The weedkiller, produced by Bayer-Monsanto, was detected in all 21 oat-based cereal and snack products sampled in a new round of testing commissioned by the Environmental Working Group. All but four products contained levels of glyphosate higher than what EWG scientists consider protective for children’s health with a sufficient margin of safety.
The new tests confirm and amplify EWG’s findings from tests in July and October of last year, with levels of glyphosate consistently above EWG’s children’s health benchmark. The two highest levels of glyphosate were found in Honey Nut Cheerios Medley Crunch, with 833 parts per billion, or ppb, and Cheerios, with 729 ppb. The EWG children’s health benchmark is 160 ppb.
Product Type Variety Glyphosate (ppb)
Oat breakfast cereal Honey Nut Cheerios 147
Oat breakfast cereal Cheerios Toasted Whole Grain Oat Cereal 729
Oat breakfast cereal Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheerios 400
Oat breakfast cereal Cheerios Oat Crunch Cinnamon 283
Oat breakfast cereal Honey Nut Cheerios Medley Crunch 833
Oat breakfast cereal Multi Grain Cheerios 216
Oat breakfast cereal Nature Valley Baked Oat Bites 389
Granola Nature Valley Granola Peanut Butter Creamy & Crunchy 198
Granola Nature Valley Granola Protein Oats n Dark Chocolate 261
Snack or snack bar Nature Valley Fruit & Nut Chewy Trail Mix Granola Bars, Dark Chocolate & Nut 76
Snack or snack bar Nature Valley Fruit & Nut Chewy Trail Mix Granola Bars, Dark Chocolate Cherry 275
Snack or snack bar Nature Valley Sweet & Salty Nut granola bars, Cashew 158
Snack or snack bar Nature Valley Crunchy granola bars, Oats and Honey 320
Snack or snack bar Nature Valley Crunchy granola bars, Peanut Butter 312
Snack or snack bar Nature Valley Crunchy granola bars, Maple Brown Sugar 566
Snack or snack bar Nature Valley Soft-Baked Oatmeal Squares, Blueberry 206
Snack or snack bar Nature Valley Soft-Baked Oatmeal Squares, Cinnamon Brown Sugar 124
Snack or snack bar Nature Valley Granola Cups, Almond Butter 529
Snack or snack bar Nature Valley Granola Cups, Peanut Butter Chocolate 297
Snack or snack bar Nature Valley Biscuits with Almond Butter 194
Snack or snack bar Fiber One Oatmeal Raisin soft-baked cookies 204
https://www.ewg.org/childrenshealth...still-contaminates-foods-marketed-to-children
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2019
By Olga Naidenko, Ph.D., senior science advisor, and Alexis Temkin, Ph.D., Toxicologist
Major food companies like General Mills continue to sell popular children’s breakfast cereals and other foods contaminated with troubling levels of glyphosate, the cancer-causing ingredient in the herbicide Roundup. The weedkiller, produced by Bayer-Monsanto, was detected in all 21 oat-based cereal and snack products sampled in a new round of testing commissioned by the Environmental Working Group. All but four products contained levels of glyphosate higher than what EWG scientists consider protective for children’s health with a sufficient margin of safety.
The new tests confirm and amplify EWG’s findings from tests in July and October of last year, with levels of glyphosate consistently above EWG’s children’s health benchmark. The two highest levels of glyphosate were found in Honey Nut Cheerios Medley Crunch, with 833 parts per billion, or ppb, and Cheerios, with 729 ppb. The EWG children’s health benchmark is 160 ppb.
Product Type Variety Glyphosate (ppb)
Oat breakfast cereal Honey Nut Cheerios 147
Oat breakfast cereal Cheerios Toasted Whole Grain Oat Cereal 729
Oat breakfast cereal Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheerios 400
Oat breakfast cereal Cheerios Oat Crunch Cinnamon 283
Oat breakfast cereal Honey Nut Cheerios Medley Crunch 833
Oat breakfast cereal Multi Grain Cheerios 216
Oat breakfast cereal Nature Valley Baked Oat Bites 389
Granola Nature Valley Granola Peanut Butter Creamy & Crunchy 198
Granola Nature Valley Granola Protein Oats n Dark Chocolate 261
Snack or snack bar Nature Valley Fruit & Nut Chewy Trail Mix Granola Bars, Dark Chocolate & Nut 76
Snack or snack bar Nature Valley Fruit & Nut Chewy Trail Mix Granola Bars, Dark Chocolate Cherry 275
Snack or snack bar Nature Valley Sweet & Salty Nut granola bars, Cashew 158
Snack or snack bar Nature Valley Crunchy granola bars, Oats and Honey 320
Snack or snack bar Nature Valley Crunchy granola bars, Peanut Butter 312
Snack or snack bar Nature Valley Crunchy granola bars, Maple Brown Sugar 566
Snack or snack bar Nature Valley Soft-Baked Oatmeal Squares, Blueberry 206
Snack or snack bar Nature Valley Soft-Baked Oatmeal Squares, Cinnamon Brown Sugar 124
Snack or snack bar Nature Valley Granola Cups, Almond Butter 529
Snack or snack bar Nature Valley Granola Cups, Peanut Butter Chocolate 297
Snack or snack bar Nature Valley Biscuits with Almond Butter 194
Snack or snack bar Fiber One Oatmeal Raisin soft-baked cookies 204
https://www.ewg.org/childrenshealth...still-contaminates-foods-marketed-to-children