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In reply to the discussion: Pesticide linked to reproductive issues found in Cheerios, Quaker Oats and other oat-based foods [View all]slightlv
(7,665 posts)12. How about all the reproductive problems of those who were pregnant
and eating this stuff?! Both me and my daughter spent most of our pregnancies in problem-ob throughout our terms. Both of us had kids with problems. Both of us were told not to have any more children. How much of this can we lay at their feet? It's damned scary when the very food you pay dearly for you don't know whether or not its safe to eat!
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Pesticide linked to reproductive issues found in Cheerios, Quaker Oats and other oat-based foods [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Feb 2024
OP
Ohhhh! I love Cheerios! I guess I"m glad I don't get Cheerios all of the time, perhaps 1 or 2 boxes a year.
SWBTATTReg
Feb 2024
#2
My wife hasn't been pregnant in nearly 40 years. I know she has been eating Cheerios.
twodogsbarking
Feb 2024
#3
It's all about the benjamins. Cereal companies have lobbyists. Cereal eaters do not.
Midnight Writer
Feb 2024
#5
I can't grow anything either - but even if I could, I wouldn't be trying grains.
soldierant
Feb 2024
#20
Chloroquat is essentially chlorocholine, choline being an essential molecule of physiological importance.
NNadir
Feb 2024
#22
Excellent anti-Panic points here! BUT! Why is this illegal substance in food crops???
PTL_Mancuso
Feb 2024
#30
I have had occasion professionally to evaluate certain types of industrial compounds in human plasma.
NNadir
Feb 2024
#31
You are right about media hype and existence of much more serious issues, however,
PTL_Mancuso
Feb 2024
#37
I am a scientist, have access to all the Nature journals and I don't take this paper all that seriously.
NNadir
Feb 2024
#38
"There is a difference between detection and physiological importance." Well stated.
honest.abe
Feb 2024
#32