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U.S. plans to hike allowed glyphosate levels in food supply

1. U.S. weighing increase in herbicide levels in food supply

2. GMO crops mean more herbicide, not less

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:

http://www.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:

http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/reports/superweeds/

http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php?opt...in-food-supply

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"Because of its pervasive nature, traces of glyphosate creep into our food. And if you eat packaged foods that include soy, sugar, corn, wheat, or canola, you're essentially eating RoundUp.

A new study from the Massachusetts Ins ute of Technology shows us why this glyphosate exposure is devastating.

Glyphosate inhibits an enzyme that helps us detox. When glyphosate undoes the action of this enzyme, food chemicals and environmental toxins become more active in our bodies.

And the damage takes a terrible toll.

Brace yourself. Here's a quote from the study... "Negative impact on the body is insidious and manifests slowly over time as inflammation damages cellular systems throughout the body." (Emphasis added.)

Researchers believe ingesting glyphosate plays a role in gastrointestinal disorders, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, depression, autism, infertility, cancer and Alzheimer's disease."

From an HSI Baltimore newsletter