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(Beyond Pesticides, <\/em>November 18, 2016<\/em>)<\/em> \u00a0<\/em>The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended testing for glyphosate residues in food, according to a \u00a0statement made to the \u00a0Huffington Post<\/em><\/a>. The suspension was announced as a \u00a0new report<\/a> \u00a0was released from \u00a0Food Democracy Now!<\/a> \u00a0and the Detox Project, which has exposed dangerous levels of glyphosate contamination in popular U.S. foods. Glyphosate has been \u00a0found to cause changes to DNA functioning<\/a>, resulting in chronic disease, and has been \u00a0classified as a probable carcinogen<\/a> \u00a0by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.<\/p>\n

\"glyphosate-roundup\"In February 2016, FDA \u00a0announced<\/a> \u00a0that it would start testing for glyphosate in food, following \u00a0sharp criticism<\/a> \u00a0from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) for not using statistically valid methods consistent with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) standards to collect information on the incidence and level of pesticide residues. Now, the agency has suspended testing amid difficulties establishing a standard methodology to use across the agency\u2019s multiple U.S. laboratories, according to \u00a0Huffington Post<\/em>. It was also reported that there have been problems with the equipment, with some labs needing more sensitive instruments. \u00a0FDA spokeswoman Megan McSeveney confirmed the testing suspension to the \u00a0Huffington Post,<\/em> \u00a0and said the agency is not sure when it will resume. Ms. McSeveney stated that they had only been testing for glyphosate residues on certain foods, such as soy, corn, milk, eggs, and popcorn.<\/p>\n

The new report, \u00a0Glyphosate: Unsafe on Any Plate<\/em>, found high levels of glyphosate contamination in popular American food brands, such as Cheerios, Doritos, Oreos, Goldfish and Ritz Crackers, and Stacy\u2019s Pita Chips. According to the report, the levels that found in these products are above the levels associated with \u00a0organ damage<\/a> \u00a0(above 0.1 parts per billion(ppb)). Among 29 different foods tested, the highest levels detected were found in General Mills\u2019 Original Cheerios, at 1,125.3 ppb. Stacy\u2019s Simply Naked Pita Chips were the next highest, at 812.53 ppb. The testing and analysis was performed by Anresco Laboratories, which is an FDA registered laboratory. Glyphosate residues have been detected in a wide variety of foods and products. In March 2016, \u00a0Moms Across America released a report<\/a> \u00a0on glyphosate residues in California wines and found \u00a0that all of the ten wines tested positive for glyphosate. Other recent reports of the widespread presence of glyphosate residues find the chemical in \u00a0breast milk<\/a>, \u00a0in German beers<\/a>, \u00a0feminine hygiene products<\/a>, and \u00a0bread<\/a>, as well as \u00a0in nearly 100% of Germans<\/a> \u00a0tested.<\/p>\n

Glyphosate<\/a>, created by Monsanto, is touted as a \u201clow toxicity\u201d chemical and \u201csafer\u201d than other chemicals by industry. But glyphosate has been shown to have \u00a0detrimental impacts<\/a> \u00a0on humans and the environment. Given its widespread use on residential and agricultural sites, its toxicity is of increasing concern. Roundup formulations can induce a dose-dependent formation of DNA adducts (altered forms of DNA linked to chemical exposure, playing a key role in chemical carcinogenesis) in the kidneys and liver of mice. Human cell endocrine disruption on the androgen receptor, inhibition of transcriptional activities on estrogen receptors on HepG2, DNA damage and cytotoxic effects occurring at concentrations well below \u201cacceptable\u201d residues have all been observed.<\/p>\n

In June 2016, at a \u00a0Congressional briefing<\/a> \u00a0sponsored by U.S Representative Ted Lieu, a delegation of independent scientists including this study\u2019s authors, presented their findings, urging lawmakers to call on the EPA to ban RoundUp (glyphosate). Beyond Pesticides participated on the panel, providing testimony on the impact of glyphosate on soil systems, as well as the unreasonable risk it poses to humans, animals, and the environment. Following the congressional briefing, scientists spoke at a closed meeting with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), explaining the biochemical and physiological reasons why exposure to glyphosate is linked to autism, Alzheimer\u2019s, cancer, birth defects, obesity, and gluten intolerance, among other health issues. However, EPA indicated that much of the information provided may not impact their current risk assessment for glyphosate, which is expected sometime in 2017.<\/p>\n

Then, in September 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) Office of Pesticide Programs \u00a0released its Glyphosate Issue Paper<\/a> \u00a0in which the agency is proposing to classify glyphosate as \u201cnot likely to be carcinogenic to humans at doses relevant for human health risk assessment.\u201d The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) was scheduled to review EPA\u2019s evaluation of the carcinogenic potential of glyphosate on October 18-21, but it was \u00a0postponed<\/a>, due to \u201crecent changes in the availability of experts for the peer review panel.\u201d \u00a0However, as veteran journalist, formerly with Reuters, Carey Gillam reports \u00a0in the Huffington Post<\/a>, the move was likely the result of a letter industry front group CropLife America sent to EPA just days before the postponement, challenging the bias of certain experts on the panel. Croplife America is a national trade association that represents manufacturers, formulators, and distributors of pesticides, and has a vested interest in tamping down consumer concerns over glyphosate\u2019s carcinogenicity. Currently, the FIFRA SAP meeting has been \u00a0rescheduled<\/a> \u00a0for December 13-16, 2016.<\/p>\n

In August<\/a>, Beyond Pesticides, Organic Consumers Association, and Moms Across America \u00a0filed a lawsuit<\/strong><\/a> \u00a0against General Mills for misleading the public by labeling their Nature Valley brand granola bars \u201cMade with 100% NATURAL whole grain OATS,\u201d after it was discovered that the glyphosate, an ingredient in Roundup and hundreds of other glyphosate-based herbicides, is present in the Nature Valley granola bars. \u00a0In November<\/a>, after Sue Bee honey products labeled \u201c100% Pure\u201d and \u201cNatural\u201d tested positive for \u00a0glyphosate<\/strong><\/a> \u00a0residue, Beyond Pesticides and the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) filed a lawsuit yesterday Sioux Honey Association, for the deceptive and misleading labeling of its Sue Bee and Aunt Sue\u2019s honey brands. Both lawsuits are intended to move consumer demand away from natural products, which are produced in chemical-intensive production systems that have adverse effects on health and the environment, and toward organic, which eliminates the use of toxic pesticides.<\/p>\n

Given the mounting evidence of glyphosate\u2019s hazards, environmental groups like Beyond Pesticides are urging localities to restrict or eliminate the use of the widely-used weedkiller, like Tracy Madlener, a mother of two, \u00a0successfully did last year<\/a>. Beyond Pesticides promotes these actions and many more through our \u00a0Tools for Change<\/a> \u00a0page. This page is designed to help activists and other concerned citizens organize around a variety of pesticide issues on the local, state, and national level. Learn how to \u00a0organize a campaign<\/a> \u00a0and talk to your neighbors about pesticides with our \u00a0factsheets<\/a>. See Beyond Pesticides\u2019 article \u00a0Glyphosate Causes Cancer<\/a> \u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

Source: \u00a0Huffington Post<\/a>, \u00a0Food Democracy Now!<\/a><\/p>\n

All unattributed positions and opinions in this piece are those of Beyond Pesticides.<\/em><\/p>\n

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It was also reported that there have been problems with the equipment, with some labs needing more sensitive instruments. \u00a0FDA spokeswoman Megan McSeveney confirmed the testing suspension to the \u00a0Huffington Post, \u00a0and said the agency is not sure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nFDA Stops Testing for Glyphosate as New Report Finds High Levels Are Found in Food - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2016\/11\/fda-stops-testing-glyphosate-new-report-finds-high-levels-found-food\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FDA Stops Testing for Glyphosate as New Report Finds High Levels Are Found in Food - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(Beyond Pesticides, November 18, 2016) \u00a0The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended testing for glyphosate residues in food, according to a \u00a0statement made to the \u00a0Huffington Post. 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