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Monsanto, and its German owner Bayer, maintain that glyphosate does not pose a health risk, and government officials say that residues of glyphosate and other pesticides found in food products are almost always so low that they are not considered harmful.

But international scientists affiliated with the World Health Organization have classified glyphosate as probably carcinogenic to humans, and recent studies out of Europe have found glyphosate herbicides pose not just cancer, but other health risks.

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[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 30 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

It’s in literally all processed foods.

[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

It's in the flour, its on the veggies too

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 13 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (3 children)

Ya, it’s in basically everything. Anything with wheat, oats, beans, soy etc etc etc. If you don’t eat organic items, you are eating glyphosate.

https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2019/02/glyphosate-contamination-food-goes-far-beyond-oat-products

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 hours ago

Organic foods can still have synthetic pesticide used.

[–] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

And organics have residues of the "natural" pesticides they use, which are often just as bad if not worse.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

What’s an example of worse?

[–] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 hours ago

Presumably copper

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, plus, organic farms near non-organics can have the chemicals, too.

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 hours ago

To be clear, different organic certification standards exist, and some, like oregon tilth, test soil for drift from the neighbouring fields. Part of why organic food is more expensive, it’s an externality from conventional agriculture.