Glyphosate is the primary active ingredient in the most ubiquitous herbicide or “weed killer” on the planet, sold by Monsanto under the brand name Roundup. It’s true, to a certain extent, as the U.S. PIRG report states, that “Roundup is everywhere.”
But Roundup became ubiquitous for a reason—it’s a highly effective agricultural tool. Farmers simply have to get rid of weeds or else face the consequences. As scientist Andrew Kniss wrote in a blog post entitled , ignoring weeds could mean the decline of “world food production...by 20 to 40 percent.”
Over the years since it’s come on the market, use of glyphosate has indeed increased dramatically, but that increase has brought about plenty of positives too: higher yields, economic gains for farmers and aby the Environmental Protection Agency.
Central Illinois corn farmer Jerry McCulley refills his sprayer with the weed killer glyphosate on a farm near Auburn, Ill. The highest level of glyphosate detected by U.S. PIRG in those twenty wine and beer samples was 51 ppb, or parts per billion, which is a very small amount and well below the EPA tolerance levels which are set at 200 to 400,000 ppb.before causing a real problem, as a spokesperson for the Beer Institute told. U.S.
at odds with safety reviews by other scientific and regulatory bodies, most notably, the EPA and theIARC has a system for assessing and rating the cancer-causing evidence for just about everything you can imagine—from manufacturing chemicals to processed meats to coffee—but it
No, don't worry weed killer in beer and wine and the icecream for your kids is COMPLETELY NORMAL ...
Yeah I mean it's not as if white people work in the fields harvesting the ingredients. So you people are safe.
'It’s such a small amount that an adult would have to drink more than 140 glasses of wine or beer daily before causing a real problem, as a spokesperson for the Beer Institute told USA Today'
Wasn’t even a concern until I️ saw this
If there is no need to panic, I recommend that editor in chief of Forbes magazine drinks a glass of weedkiller and prove us that everything is okay. Drink “Jelen”, Serbian beer. 100% natural!
The glysophate just adds an extra kick is all. Drink deep!
Yes u do! Go 2 a Dr and get tested! Ur going to let Forbes tell u it’s okay
YeEEEESss, masses. Do not pay any aTtEnTiOn to the weed killer in your food. Just go on about your business of blindly consuming products....
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