NOTE: The US EPA is preparing to massively raise the allowed residue level for glyphosate in some food and feed crops, including soy (see item 1 below). The article below says the new EPA regulation would allow “oilseed” crops such as flax, canola, and soybean oil to contain glyphosate at levels up to 40 parts per million (ppm), up from 20 ppm, which is over 100,000 times the concentration needed to induce the growth of human breast cancer cells in vitro, according to a recent study: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23756170 It also raises the allowable glyphosate contamination level for food crops such as potatoes from 200 ppm to 6,000 ppm. Meanwhile, a new report by Food & Water Watch analyses official USDA and EPA data to find that the quick adoption of GM crops by farmers has increased herbicide use over the past 9 years in the U.S. The report can be downloaded here: foodandwaterwatch.org/reports/superweeds/ --- gmwatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14955:us-plans-to-hike-allowed-glyphosate-levels-in-food-supply
Posted on: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 00:45:35 +0000
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