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In reply to the discussion: "No GMO" is now officially an advertising gimmick... [View all]pnwmom
(110,255 posts)Washing it off will not remove what has been absorbed.
And residues can remain stable in foods for a year or more, even processed foods.
http://cals.arizona.edu/crops/pdfs/062512%20Maximizing%20the%20Use%20of%20Glyphosate.pdf
Glyphosate must be absorbed into the foliage to be translocated to the sites of action.
https://www.foeeurope.org/sites/default/files/press_releases/foee_4_human_contamination_glyphosate.pdf
Glyphosate-containing herbicides are applied in large amounts to both genetically modified
(GM) crops and non-GM crops. GM crops may receive two or three applications of
glyphosate in a season [1] while glyphosate-containing herbicides may be sprayed just
before harvest onto non-GM cereals, pulses, sunflowers and oilseed crops. This is done to
remove weeds and dry out the grains, a process called dessication [2]. Glyphosate remains
largely unchanged in non-GM plants, but GM plants will convert glyphosate into aminomethyl
phosphonic acid (AMPA), N-acetyl-glyphosate or N-acetyl-AMPA, depending on the type of
genetic modification used [3]. When conducting risk assessments of residues in food, the
European Food Safety Authority views such breakdown products as equivalent to glyphosate
[4].
Once applied, glyphosate and its break down products are transported throughout the plant
into the leaves, grains or fruit [5]. They cannot be removed by washing, and they are not
broken down by cooking [6]. Glyphosate residues can remain stable in foods for a year or
more, even if the foods are frozen, dried or processed [7]. Some processing may even
concentrate the residues; for example, during production of wheat bran the glyphosate
residues may be concentrated by a factor of four [8].