Poison with your cereal, anyone?: Health Canada is proposing to more than double, triple and quadruple
the Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) – also known as parts per million –
in oats and bran, lentils, peas, and 25 types of beans such as
chickpeas, kidney beans, and pinto beans, as well as nuts such as
almonds, pecans and walnuts, mostly coming from the United States.
Glyphosate is already prevalent in the environment. There is
contamination in drift from the air or wind, dust, and
possibly in shipping containers. Residues of glyphosate are already
being found in children’s cereals and other products marketed to children.

If allowed by Health Canada, this increase in glyphosate levels in
field crops will also affect organic products, since it will legally
allow more of the glyphosate or Roundup residue in these products. And
if independent organic certification organizations limit the parts per
million allowed via certification, then it will mean that Canadian
organic farmers may have a difficult time getting some crops certified.
Either way – the outcome will affect our environment and hence organic
crops.

To be clear, in 2015, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) identified glyphosate, the world’s most commonly used herbicide, as a probable human carcinogen.

Poison with your cereal, anyone?: Health Canada is proposing to more than double, triple and quadruple
the Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) – also known as parts per million –
in oats and bran, lentils, peas, and 25 types of beans such as
chickpeas, kidney beans, and pinto beans, as well as nuts such as
almonds, pecans and walnuts, mostly coming from the United States.
Glyphosate is already prevalent in the environment. There is
contamination in drift from the air or wind, dust, and
possibly in shipping containers. Residues of glyphosate are already
being found in children’s cereals and other products marketed to children.If allowed by Health Canada, this increase in glyphosate levels in
field crops will also affect organic products, since it will legally
allow more of the glyphosate or Roundup residue in these products. And
if independent organic certification organizations limit the parts per
million allowed via certification, then it will mean that Canadian
organic farmers may have a difficult time getting some crops certified.
Either way – the outcome will affect our environment and hence organic
crops.To be clear, in 2015, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) identified glyphosate, the world’s most commonly used herbicide, as a probable human carcinogen.Read More