What's Safe and What’s a Concern???
A recent peer-reviewed study revealed that lab rats with glyphosate levels of 0.1 ppb show signs of fatty liver disease.
At the other end of the spectrum, EPA sets maximum allowable tolerances for glyphosate on corn, soybean, oil seeds, grains, and some fruits and vegetables, from 100 to 310,000 parts per billion (ppb).
FDA only reports levels above 10 ppb. The agency tested for
glyphosate, for the first time, in 760 samples of grain corn, soybean, milk, and egg samples. It found no residues in milk or eggs, but 63.1% of corn and 67% of soybean samples had glyphosate.
For FDA, there is no detectable level is below 10 ppb.
Clearly what’s safe and what is a concern is still being debated in the court of public opinion and in scientific circles.
What's my Risk???
Glyphosate recently made national headlines when a court ordered Bayer, which now owns Monsanto, to pay Dewayne Johnson, a former school caretaker $289 million in damages, asserting Roundup caused his cancer.
- Cornell University, Environmental Working Group, and the FDA all issued reports in just the last few weeks on foods contaminated with glyphosate.
- In HRI Labs’ study on people’s exposure to glyphosate, 86% of study participants had detectable levels in urine averaging 0.52ppb for men and 0.45ppb for women. Those who eat organic most of the time had much lower levels than those who eat the least amount of organic food.
- By the way, pet levels are 40 times higher.
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