Yikes. They told us it was for weed control. Now it's used for something else. Never heard that before.

All this dangerous crap is going on week after week. Glad to see Kellogg standing up against its use.




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There is more crop dusting activity in August and September than in the spring. I am totally in support of Kellogg's decision. I have avoided all use of Round-up since it was introduced. Won't have it on my place. Imagine my angst when I found out that my "healthy" oatmeal breakfast choice contains a good percentage of glyphosate.

How the hell can the farmers justify not only the danger to the public, but the price paid to Monsanto? Why the hell do they need a "drying agent?" What's wrong with air?

And...why would it take 5 years for Kellogg's to phase out the unnecessary use of a terrible poison?

prob explain why they use a drying agent. But couldn't they find sometihing non toxic? Lime, baking soda ... i don't know, I'm not a chemist. I'm just appalled that it's in widespread use that we've never heard of. That sort of implies they use it twice on a crop - once for weed control and once at the end of growing season to boost yield and palpability. Outrageous.

Good idea to only eat organic sugar and grains.

can fly through the air with the greatest of ease and disturb their crops' certification standards. Do your research, even on Certified products of brands noted for being all-natural. I'm pretty sure there's a rating of cereals on the Environmental Working Group. I've noted that some Kashi cereals use sources that are now transitioning to "organic" though still not yet certified organic - these may just hold a non-GMO label at this time.

That dolt in the WH approved that sludge-dump fertilizer(s), too. I suppose we should be prepared for more field crop recalls for disease concerns.

https://www.organiclifestylemagazine.com/foods-most-likely-to-contain-glyphosate

Roundup is used about 10 days before harvest to kill any weeds that may be present that would make it more difficult to harvest. It also kills any unripe wheat plants in order to even out the ripeness of the plants. Before Roundup, most farmers cut and windrowed the wheat with a swather, and left the cut wheat plants in a narrow row where it was left for a day or two to dry out and desicate any weeds. Then it was picked up by a special header that fed it into the combines and threshed. The system works but the wheat in windrows are susceptible to rain, and once wet, takes longer to dry out. The use of Roundup just makes it a little easier to harvest, as the wheat can be straight cut with a bigger header on the combine. I agree that it should not be allowed that close to harvest.

may really be glyphosate intolerance as some research has found. Never can get enough glyphosate!

it's all come to a head the last 5 months. slight gluten allergy. Metals, some significant allergen. All of which is less when avoid wheat, then eliminate milk, potatoes, tomatoes for a couple weeks. So it was all doing a pancreas number.

Knowledge is power. Doctors would never figure it out.

https://www.motherearthnews.com/real-food/food-policy/gluten-intolerance-from-roundup-herbicide-zw0z1402zkin

GMOs are the main reason for extensive Round Up use.

The two other major Round Up Ready (GMOs) are corn and soy.

Corn in particular because it's everywhere.
I don't know how much soy is GMO.

are another source as well as schools, parks, public planting areas, and roadsides. We are constantly breathing, tracking into our homes, and touching glyphosate. Our poor bodies are having to process it and then we eat the stuff.

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Almonds are another crop with high levels of glyphosate. Eating organic seems to be best, but you still get some glyphosate from pesticide drift, rain, water, etc.

2025

And the "health care" corporate providers are raking in the bucks as we get sick and die. It's PERFECT! I appreciate countries like France that actually try to address some of these issues. We need to take it back. Desperately.

Thanks for posting this information. I was inspired to write an email to Kellogg's encouraging them to eliminate glyphosate from their products.

https://www.kelloggs.com/en_US/contact-us.html

Omaha World Herald reported that Kellogg's "made a commitment to phase out by 2025 wheat and oats on which farmers have used glyphosate as a drying agent." I have read that glyphosate, which is used in Roundup and other herbicides, is a carcinogen. I'm horrified that Kellogg's currently allows that chemical in their foods. I look forward to the time when your company's products are free of glyposate. Please keep the media apprised. In the meantime of course I will not buy or consume your products.

Contracts with producers?

It is not just "not widespread"; it is quite rare. This shouldn't be hard at all to accomplish.

https://livelovefruit.com/glyphosate-in-food-complete-list/

Examples of list:

EWG Report (source):
• Granola
– Back to Nature Classic Granola
– Quaker Simply Granola Oats, Honey, Raisins & Almonds
– Back to Nature Banana Walnut Granola Clusters
– Nature Valley Granola Protein Oats ‘n Honey
– KIND Vanilla, Blueberry Clusters with Flax Seeds
• Instant Oats
– Giant Instant Oatmeal, Original Flavor
– Quaker Dinosaur Eggs, Brown Sugar, Instant Oatmeal
– Umpqua Oats, Maple Pecan
– Market Pantry Instant Oatmeal, Strawberries & Cream
• Oat Breakfast Cereal
– Cheerios Toasted Whole Grain Oat Cereal
– Lucky Charms
– Barbara’s Multigrain Spoonfuls, Original, Cereal
– Kellogg’s Cracklin’ Oat Bran oat cereal
• Snack Bars
– KIND Oats & Honey with Toasted Coconut
– Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bars, Oats ‘n Honey
– Quaker Chewy Chocolate Chip granola bar
– Kellogg’s Nutrigrain Soft Baked Breakfast Bars, Strawberry
• Whole Oats
– Quaker Steel Cut Oats
– Quaker Old Fashioned Oats
– Bob’s Red Mill Steel Cut Oats
– Nature’s Path Organic Old Fashioned Organic Oats
– Whole Foods Bulk Bin conventional rolled oats
– Bob’s Red Mill Organic Old Fashioned Rolled Oats (4 samples tested)
– Quaker Simply Granola Oats
– Quaker Instant Oatmeal Cinnamon & Spice
– Quaker Instant Oatmeal Apples & Cinnamon
– Quaker Real Medleys Super Grains Banana Walnut
– Quaker Overnight Oats Raisin Walnut & Honey Heaven
– Quaker Overnight Oats Unsweetened with Chia Seeds
– Quaker Oatmeal Squares Brown Sugar
– Quaker Oatmeal Squares Honey Nut
– Apple Cinnamon Cheerios
– Very Berry Cheerios
– Chocolate Cheerios
– Frosted Cheerios
– Fruity Cheerios
– Honey Nut Cheerios
– Cheerios Oat Crunch Cinnamon
– Quaker Chewy S’mores
– Quaker Chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip
– Quaker Breakfast Squares Soft Baked Bars Peanut Butter
– Quaker Breakfast Flats Crispy Snack Bars Cranberry Almond

EWG Third Report (source):
– Honey Nut Cheerios Medley Crunch
– Cheerios Toasted Whole Grain Oat Cereal
– Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bars, Maple Brown Sugar
– Nature Valley Granola Cups, Almond Butter
– Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheerios
– Nature Valley Baked Oat Bites
– Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bars, Oats and Honey
– Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bars, Peanut Butter
– Nature Valley Granola Cups, Peanut Butter Chocolate
– Cheerios Oat Crunch Cinnamon
– Nature Valley Fruit & Nut Chewy Trail Mix Granola Bars, Dark Chocolate Cherry
– Nature Valley Granola Protein Oats n Dark Chocolate
– Multi Grain Cheerios
– Nature Valley Soft-Baked Oatmeal Squares, Blueberry
– Fiber One Oatmeal Raisin Soft-Baked Cookies
– Nature Valley Granola Peanut Butter Creamy & Crunchy
– Nature Valley Biscuits with Almond Butter
– Nature Valley Sweet & Salty Nut granola bars, Cashew
– Honey Nut Cheerios
– Nature Valley Soft-Baked Oatmeal Squares, Cinnamon Brown Sugar
– Nature Valley Fruit & Nut Chewy Trail Mix Granola Bars, Dark Chocolate & Nut
Moms Across America (source):
– Tropicana Orange Juice
– Minute Maid Orange Juice
– Stater Bros Orange Juice
– Signature Farms Orange Juice
– Kirkland Orange Juice

As I said, DRYING grains with Glyphosate is rare, and easily dropped. The vast majority of Glyphosate exposure, however, is during the growing season, and even from cross-field drift. Your link even validates this:

and on sugar crops in Florida and Louisiana - contributing to red tide also.

In fact, in Florida and Louisiana, glyphosate is listed as the only desiccant allowed.

Maybe it's used across the border in the Dakotas, but if so it's still not common. Most farmers already tailor their seed strains very closely to the growing season, and our growing season has been increasing noticeably over the years.

FDA could not find any US honey samples without glyphosate.

it represents a much larger percent of overall human dietary exposure since it is used so close to harvest.
Imagine, they kill their crop with glyphosate so it has time to dry more completely in the fields prior to harvest.
What kind of irresponsible farming practice is that!!!

https://www.ecowatch.com/roundup-cancer-1882187755.html

...will gladly poison us all for an extra 1/2 penny in profit.
I have to think 'family farms' provide a more wholesome product than the big 'corporate farms'.
At least I would like to believe that.

I was scratching my head because I assumed Kellogg's probably used GMO (Round Up Ready) wheat, but maybe they don't.....
GMO's are mostly about weeds anyway and maybe weeds aren't a big deal in wheat? (What do I know. I live in Texas)

Hence they are using Glyphosate to kill wheat and oats, so they can be harvested.

In the late 60s,or early 70s, Quicksilver Messenger Service put out a tune called What About Me. A line in that tune is “and the foods you feed our children are the cause of their disease”.
50 fucking years later, the food the corporate farmers are still growing poisonous food. Between the pesticides, herbicides, chemical fertilizers, and GMO seeds, we din’t stand a chance.

Even the soil that the food is grown in, unless organic, is dead, it is just cheap filler to hold the GMO plants in place while they pump carcinogenic fertilizers in the dirt to feed the seeds.

is still relevant. I just "rediscovered" it last year. All the same issues are going on now.

It seems like a whole lot of afflictions became so much more prevalent when all that crap started getting put in food.

Side note: All my life I enjoyed strawberries. I started getting an unexplained rash around my mouth and after a long time I realized it was happening after I ate strawberries. My son suggested that it was probably something on them. All I know is they're out of my diet and the rash hasn't happened in a few years.

Whodathunk.

There will people stupid enough to feed their children poison food.