• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
BlackDoctor.org
Where Wellness & Culture Connect

Where Wellness & Culture Connect

  • Health Conditions
  • Wellness
  • Lifestyle
  • Longevity
  • Resource Centers
    • Cancer Resource Center
    • Covid Resource Center
  • Find A Doctor
  • BDO TV
Home / Wellness / Food / ALERT: Cancer-Causing Weed Killer Found In Some Cereals

ALERT: Cancer-Causing Weed Killer Found In Some Cereals

Imagine opening up your box of cereal and pouring out a bowl of cancer. Doesn’t sound too good, does it? Well, it seems like that’s what many may be inadvertently doing because of the chemicals just found in certain cereals.

Lab tests of cereals and snack bars made with oats found that many had high levels of the weedkiller glyphosate. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in the widely used pesticide Roundup, which has been linked to cancer.

The tests were commissioned by the nonprofit Environmental Working Group after internal FDA emails surfaced last year showing chemists at the agency were testing wheat, corn, and oat foods for glyphosate and had found “a fair amount in all of them,” but had not yet released those results to the public. The emails were obtained by investigative journalists working for the nonprofit U.S. Right to Know.

Out of 61 food samples tested, 48 had some glyphosate in them. The most heavily contaminated were made with conventionally grown — as opposed to organically grown — oats.

You May Also Like
15 Natural Remedies for Aches and Pains

The highest level detected, 1,300 parts per billion, was in a sample of Quaker Old Fashioned Oats. The lowest level, 10 parts per billion, came from a sample of Whole Foods conventional rolled oats scooped from a bulk bin.

Oats are the basis of many favorite children’s snacks, including Cheerios and other baby finger-food cereals. Because of their small size and still-developing bodies, babies and young children are more vulnerable to environmental harms than adults are.

Earlier this month, a California jury ordered Monsanto, the makers of Roundup, to pay $289 million in damages to a man dying of cancer, which he says was caused by his repeated exposure to large quantities of Roundup and other glyphosate-based weed killers while working as a school groundskeeper.

(What’s in your cereal?)

Monsanto produced Roundup for decades, but this year merged with the German pharmaceutical company Bayer AG. In the cancer man’s case, the jury found that Monsanto knew for decades of the product’s hazards and not only failed to warn customers, but schemed to publicly discredit the evidence.

You May Also Like
Bacon and other meats May Increase Your Risk for This Lung Disease

Organic products have been found to have lower levels of glyphosate. Almost two-thirds of the samples made with organically grown oats didn’t have any detectable glyphosate at all. But even organic oats can be contaminated if they sit next to fields where glyphosate is sprayed, or if they’re processed on the same equipment as conventionally grown oats.

So, how big is the risk of cancer? Should you be worried?

Experts have different viewpoints on this answer. In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer declared that glyphosate was “probably carcinogenic to humans.” Europe is seeking to ban the chemical. More than 1 million people signed a petition calling on the European Union to prohibit its use, and Germany announced plans to stop its use there by 2021.

Yet in 2017, the EPA said the chemical was “not likely” to cause cancer in people.

“This is where it gets tricky. This isn’t straightforward,” says Michael Davoren, PhD on Yahoo News. Dr. Davoren studies molecular toxicology at UCLA. He was not involved in the Environmental Working Group’s tests.

Olga Naidenko, PhD, the Environmental Working Group’s senior science advisor for children’s environmental health, says glyphosate shouldn’t be in food, especially in foods that we…

Continue Reading

The Latest In Food

5 Incredible Benefits Of Recycled Coffee Grounds

If you’re like most people, then you enjoy a hot cup of coffee in the morning, but did you know those old coffee grounds that you toss away can be put to good use? Here are five reasons to never read more about 5 Incredible Benefits Of Recycled Coffee Grounds
processed foods

3 Processed Foods That Are Actually Good For You!

Hi MealMasters! I am Dr. Monique May, Board-certified Family Physician and Founder of Physician in the Kitchen™. Through my meal delivery service, cookbooks and cooking utensils, I help busy households enjoy healthy eating without impacting their hectic schedules. Today I read more about 3 Processed Foods That Are Actually Good For You!
diet

4 Popular Diet Foods Making You Fat

Check out my Fit 411 episode where I share how certain popular diet foods can actually sabotage your weight loss. Yikes! Also, be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel for a regular dose of FitBeauty and healthy living tips! Stop Lying read more about 4 Popular Diet Foods Making You Fat
Mother's Day

Healthy Desserts She’ll Love on Mother’s Day

We all know the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, but the same can be said for a woman! What better way to show the special woman in your life how much she means to you on read more about Healthy Desserts She’ll Love on Mother’s Day
meal planning

3 Steps to Easy Meal Planning

Hi MealMasters! I am Dr. Monique May, Board-certified Family Physician and Founder of Physician in the Kitchen™. Through my meal delivery service, cookbooks and cooking utensils, I help busy households enjoy healthy eating without impacting their hectic schedules. With all read more about 3 Steps to Easy Meal Planning
vegan and vegetarian

10 Black-Owned Vegan & Vegetarian Spots You Should Know

When you buy Black, you not only invest in your own community, but you invest in yourself as well. What better way to take it one step further than to patronize a Black-owned vegan or vegetarian restaurant that is healthy read more about 10 Black-Owned Vegan & Vegetarian Spots You Should Know

Primary Sidebar

Subscribe to our newsletter

Poll

Popular Posts

  • The McGhee Sextuplets: A Family Built On LoveThe McGhee Sextuplets: A Family Built On Love
  • Top 3 Mistakes Cooking Salmon (You Should Never Make Again)Top 3 Mistakes Cooking Salmon (You Should Never Make Again)
  • Black Don’t Crack: Mother Of 3 Photo Goes ViralBlack Don't Crack: Mother Of 3 Photo Goes Viral
  • Aleisha Allen: From Actress to Speech PathologistAleisha Allen: From Actress to Speech Pathologist
  • Reality Star Hospitalized After Major Car Accident: “Unresponsive, But Stable”Reality Star Hospitalized After Major Car Accident: "Unresponsive, But Stable"

Podcast

Footer

Where Wellness & Culture Connect

BDO is the world’s largest and most comprehensive online health resource specifically targeted to African Americans. BDO understands that the uniqueness of Black culture - our heritage and our traditions - plays a role in our health. BDO gives you access to innovative new approaches to the health information you need in everyday language so you can break through the disparities, gain control and live your life to its fullest.

Connect With Us

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Learn More About

  • Hepatitis C
  • Diabetes
  • Sickle Cell
  • Mental Health
  • About Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Advertise With Us
  • BlackDoctor.org Advertising and Sponsorship Policy
  • Daily Vitamina
  • TBH

Copyright © 2022, BlackDoctor, Inc. All rights reserved.