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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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[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 16 hours ago

Organic foods can still have synthetic pesticide used.

[–] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 12 points 22 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 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

What’s an example of worse?

[–] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 18 hours ago

Presumably copper

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 6 points 17 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.