US food companies pressured over glyphosate in oatbased foods

摘要

US environmentalists continue to pressure food companies over the presence of trace amounts of glyphosate herbicide in food products. They suggest that children are being exposed to potentially unsafe levels of the herbicide. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) on October 24th released a second round of testing that found that glyphosate residues in oatbased cereals and other food products manufactured by General Mills and Quaker. None of the levels exceeded -- or came anywhere close to -- the US EPA's tolerance of 30 ppm, but the EWG contends that the federal standard fails to adequately protect children. "The fact that the level of glyphosate … is legal, doesn't mean it is safe," according to the environmentalist group. "The EPA standard is outdated and not one based on the best and most current science."