FDA Finds Monsanto’s Roundup In Honey Samples Across America
Even though government agencies like the FDA and USDA are supposed to inspect and test food samples – and the USDA does do that – neither of them have tested for glyphosate residues for decades even though it is the world’s most heavily used herbicide. The long-held position on glyphosate testing is that it is “too expensive, too unnecessary” even though simple ELISA testing makes it possible.
Glyphosate – the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup and now other chemical compounds thanks to an expired patent – has been found in pregnant women, breakfast foods, snacks, urine, blood, breast milk, tampons, beer, vaccines, in stillborn piglets and so much more. It should be a top-priority to make sure non-Roundup-Ready beings are never exposed to glyphosate since it causes breast cancer in parts per trillion. In 2015, the World Health Organization’s IARC declared that glyphosate was a “probable human carcinogen” and it was recently verified that it alters DNA in a very damaging way.
So one would think it would be prudent to test food samples like honey considering that we have a pollinator crisis and considering that honey is the product of pollinators who grab their food supply in a world besieged by Roundup Ready crops. Last year, researchers found glyphosate residues in honey, soy sauce and many other food and condiments. Could that be why the FDA quietly tested honey samples? Typically, government agencies like the FDA and USDA roll out the protected red carpet for multinational corporations like Monsanto. This time, however, public pressure has twisted the FDA’s arm into testing honey for glyphosate residue.
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