"FDA Finds Monsanto’s Weed Killer In U.S. Honey"

"The Food and Drug Administration, under public pressure to start testing samples of U.S. food for the presence of a pesticide that has been linked to cancer, has some early findings that are not so sweet.

In examining honey samples from various locations in the United States, the FDA has found fresh evidence that residues of the weed killer called glyphosate can be pervasive - found even in a food that is not produced with the use of glyphosate. All of the samples the FDA tested in a recent examination contained glyphosate residues, and some of the honey showed residue levels double the limit allowed in the European Union, according to documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. There is no legal tolerance level for glyphosate in honey in the United States.

Glyphosate, which is the key ingredient in Monsanto Co.’s Roundup herbicide, is the most widely used weed killer in the world, and concerns about glyphosate residues in food spiked after the World Health Organization in 2015 said its cancer experts determined glyphosate is a probable human carcinogen. Other international scientists have raised concerns about how heavy use of glyphosate is impacting human health and the environment. "

Carey Gillam (U.S. Right to Know) reports for the Huffington Post September 15, 2016.

Source : Huffington Post, 09/21/2016

Agriculture, Chemicals, Environmental Health, Food, National (U.S.)

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2 Comments

1. The United States Environmental Protection Agency Fails to Test Over 80000 Chemicals on the market 

   Who is Without Responsibility? Lax regulations by US EPA?

   staff get paid by the government  so they got no issue as long as they are getting paid. but the public health costs.

    

   Untested chemicals are everywhere, thanks to a 39-year-old US law. Will the Senate finally act? 

   
   https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/feb/13/us-senate-toxic-chemicals-law-health-safety

2. This is the result of  'political' science. Glyphosate has been evaluated by many countries for many years and found to be very safe. The US drinking water standard is 700 ppb and that is conservative.The WHO's health based value is 900 ppb and it  decided that a Drinking Water Guideline was not necessary because of low concern and low occurrence. The IARC review was mostly  a rehash of the existing data with nothing new, but a more politically correct committee without responsibility.

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   1. I am curious about your technical qualifications. What is your background with regard to training in toxicology and health risk assessment? Most of the comments are not relevant to the issue. Apparently you disagree with the judgments of WHO and the responsible regulatory agencies from many countries. By the way, glyphosate and most other pesticides have very extensive data bases that are used in the determinations and updating of their registrations, almost approaching pharmaceuticals in depth. The registrations are periodically reviewed and additional data are often  required on toxicology, occurrence, exposure, environmental effects, etc , if the registration is to be maintained. Many old pesticides registrations have been cancelled based upon unresolved questions and risk benefit balances. Glyphosate happens to be a pesticide that has a huge data base supporting its use and a very substantial consensus exists on its safety and low risk  among the many experts in countries that have reviewed the data.

   2. Unfortunately Science is out. You have the obsolete / outdated information, after working for the US Government. Science got some new information for you. 

       

   3. Show the Evidence as to what you stated above, if you speak of accountability. 

      If you have baseless understanding of its safety, shame yourself. 

      A joint report by WHO and UN FAO this year is available at WHO FOOD SAFETY site;  http://www.who.int/foodsafety/en/

   4. Dear Ms Yoshida, I never worked for Monsanto. I worked for USEPA for 25 years.  You do not understand what you wrote about and you are just parroting some things that you found in the literature. It is important to have some scientific understanding before  writing about complicated technical topics.

   5. I believe you are behind what is currently known about Glyphosate. Have you worked for Monsanto before, or have been using subsidy for their seeds etc? Is that why you are supporting Glyphosate? 

      Unfortunately, Glyphosate now is not even probable cancer causing agent. It has already been proved the link. Good look. Often men come up to me and say that RoundUp Monsnto / Glyphosate is safe, but there are numerous cases that indicate glyphosate is NOT SAFE.   You better do your studies.