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In reply to the discussion: Chemical Glyphosate (GMO handmaiden) found in California Wines [View all]Major Nikon
(36,925 posts)Let's just forget for a moment that this dubious site is channeling obviously bullshit mongers like Mom's Across America.
Let's forget that they are also channeling the widely discredited organic-shill Seralini.
Let's forget they are further channeling Monika Krüger who has to pay well known junk science purveyor OMICS to publish her nonsense.
Let's also forget that the European Food Safety Authority's commissioned study on the IARC's determination of glyphosate as a "probable carcinogenic" found it to be complete bullshit.
Let's forget that the lab used is the favorite of the organic industry shill, Henry Rowland, and evidently isn't certified for accuracy by anyone.
Let's also just go with the highest tested level out of all the samples tested (by far) of 18.74 PARTS-PER-BILLION and completely forget the EPA standard for drinking water is 700 PARTS-PER-BILLION.
The really, really, funny part is California wine typically contains 14-18% ethanol, which is listed by the IARC as definitely carcinogenic, as opposed to 18.74 PARTS-PER-BILLION of something the IARC says is probably carcinogenic (not).
In other words, the chemophobic bullshit mongers, Moms Across America, are actually worried about completely insignificant levels of a lesser "poison" contaminating significant levels of a much greater "poison".