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51. There may not be any safe cereals

Sun Feb 18, 2024, 07:18 PM

Feb 2024

When my doctor declared me type 2 diabetic, I was banned from eating any cereal or drinking milk products.

He said cereals are highly processed. I took his advice and I'm better for it, but still crave a bowl of frosted mini-wheats.

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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

Hello Class Action!!! no_hypocrisy Feb 2024 #1

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

There are Organic equivalents StClone Feb 2024 #10

My wife hasn't been pregnant in nearly 40 years. I know she has been eating Cheerios. twodogsbarking Feb 2024 #3

Damn it - I love Cheerios and Quaker Oats jpak Feb 2024 #4

It's all about the benjamins. Cereal companies have lobbyists. Cereal eaters do not. Midnight Writer Feb 2024 #5

Yup jpak Feb 2024 #7

the oatligarchy orthoclad Feb 2024 #33

Never forget... GiqueCee Feb 2024 #49

For oats, try Bob's Red Mill organic oats RandomNumbers Feb 2024 #40

I love Bob's Red Mill cereals, too Random Boomer Feb 2024 #46

And in the news the past week BumRushDaShow Feb 2024 #48

Glyphosate is one of the big contaminants of oats womanofthehills Feb 2024 #41

Thanks for for the info jpak Feb 2024 #50

The food is poisoning us bucolic_frolic Feb 2024 #6

Argggghhhhh. I love to eat Cheerios. Owl Feb 2024 #8

Why should the repukes bother trying to outlaw birth control Wicked Blue Feb 2024 #9

The thing for me, is ... Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #11

Yes, glyphosate is in Goddessartist Feb 2024 #26

I really do believe Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #28

We have a garden every year, as much as we can here. Goddessartist Feb 2024 #29

In the Roundup lawsuits (glyphosate) womanofthehills Feb 2024 #42

When there are hundreds of potential orthoclad Feb 2024 #34

How about all the reproductive problems of those who were pregnant slightlv Feb 2024 #12

You know what I wonder about? llmart Feb 2024 #13

Cheerios for toddlers has been my concern as well BumRushDaShow Feb 2024 #16

We also need to clean house in the EPA. Delmette2.0 Feb 2024 #23

You are absolutely correct, Delmette2.0 Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #27

We definitely need to clean up FDA & EPA womanofthehills Feb 2024 #43

As I sit here..... BigOleDummy Feb 2024 #14

"If you can't beat 'em" Blue Idaho Feb 2024 #15

Exactly... slightlv Feb 2024 #18

We use the wrong paradigm orthoclad Feb 2024 #35

Should not be surprising that oats are a target for pesticides, given that soldierant Feb 2024 #17

Those of us with green thumbs are going to make out like bandits. slightlv Feb 2024 #19

I can't grow anything either - but even if I could, I wouldn't be trying grains. soldierant Feb 2024 #20

Where are the imported oats coming from? Old Crank Feb 2024 #21

From Canada & USA womanofthehills Feb 2024 #44

Chloroquat is essentially chlorocholine, choline being an essential molecule of physiological importance. NNadir Feb 2024 #22

Capitalism takes us in strange and sometimes destructive directions SouthernDem4ever Feb 2024 #25

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

I appreciate your well-reasoned and presented responses! PTL_Mancuso Feb 2024 #39

"There is a difference between detection and physiological importance." Well stated. honest.abe Feb 2024 #32

One other issue Old Crank Feb 2024 #24

this is what i know about growing oats, told to me by an organic farmer- mopinko Feb 2024 #36

Cinnamon Cheerios are food crack!!! wolfie001 Feb 2024 #45

Does anyone know DownriverDem Feb 2024 #47

There may not be any safe cereals Submariner Feb 2024 #51