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In reply to the discussion: Roundup’s Glyphosate, Found in 100% of California Wines Tested [View all]womanofthehills
(8,706 posts)But what does this matter - there has never been testing to see if foods are under allowable tolerances.
You have to love the EPA - they make a chart of allowable limits but have NEVER (except for 1 food, 1 day long ago) tested the glyphosate levels in food. NO TESTS for the most used herbicide in the world. They test other pesticides on food but it seems like glyphosate was off limits. This shows how much power Monsanto has. Now, they finally say they will begin testing - but they give no timeline. The US Government Accountability office forced the EPA to test.
Animal feed is 400 parts per million (glad I only eat grass fed beef from local ranchers - watch out for grass fed that is corn finished)
Beets 10 ppm
carrot 5ppm
Barley 30 ppm
Oilseeds 40 ppm
pistachio 1ppm
plus more - OMG! The Moms Across America activists posted this chart - copied from the EPA website - this is from 2014 and it's been reported the government keeps raising tolerances so the levels are probably higher now.
http://www.momsacrossamerica.com/epa_glyphosate_list_allowable_levels_on_our_food