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  1. “INDEPENDENT LAB CONFIRMS KASHI GO LEAN CEREAL LOADED WITH TOXIC GLYPHOSATE”

    Well, that headline is sure to get the attention of her gullible readers!
    “Independent,” “Confirms,” and TOXIC!” This sounds like a full emergency alert!

    Apparently, Christina Sarich assumes that her readers will not take the time to actually examine what this report means.

    FWIW, Glyphosate has an ld50 of about 5,000 mg/kg of body weight. That means a 200 lb. man would need to consume about 450 grams of pure glyphosate to ingest a lethal dose.

    For the sake of time, let’s assume that the study is correct, and glyphosate was found at 0.68 ppm. How much of this cereal would a 200 lb human have to eat to get a lethal dose from this “toxic” material?

    1,470,588 pounds!

    OK, the article also mentions that AMPA (aminomethylphosphonic acid), which is a resulting byproduct from the breakdown of glyphosate, at an “even higher level” of 0.81ppm or 0.81mg/kg.

    What does that mean? I can find no source that shows AMPA to be more toxic than glyphosate. If we add the toxicity of those two together, it would take 671,141 lb of the cereal to give you a cumulative lethal dose.

    Even if glyphosate was a substance that bioaccumulates (it doesn’t) this means that a person would have to eat about 50 pounds of Kashi EVERY day for 80 years to get a lethal dose of glyphosate, or 23 lb per day if you combine the toxicity of both substances.

    As usual, the “Goddess of GMO,” Christina Sarich, is making a big deal out of nothing. The dose makes the poison, and the amount of glyphosate and AMPA in this cereal is of no real consequence to humans.

    1. John Durst says:

      Glyphosate, as a probably carcinogen, does not have to equate to a ‘lethal’ dose to be harmful.

      Nice BS though, thanks for spending the time writing that up

      1. Nor does a substance need to be “lethal” to be debilitating (especially when “it” is commonly prepared and applied in formulations and synergistic mixtures with unlabeled ingredients that are specificially concocted to be more “improved” and “effective” than mere singular and isolated ingredients).

        “The dose makes the poison…”

        And to rest the “defence” on a contextually fragmented statement originally by Paracelsus from an esoteric and alchemical work while “glyphosate” is neither medicine (hence the specificity of the usage of the word”dose” and/or “dosage)”nor is that quote (used like a scriptural verse by “skeptics”) Paracelsus stating that anything and everything can and is a “poison” by and from the mere aspect of dosage. Not to mention, using alchemical and esoteric writings contextually anachronistic and inconsistent with their proper placement as a defence for ingesting pesticides where there had not existed the plethora of “things” with the specified,artificial,and isolated usages and purposes in forms as “modern” pesticides (manufactured and created with the sole purpose and function to harm and kill) when that was written. Also, the “dosage” whose detrimental effects comes not by mere quantity,but by and through time of repeated and continuous exposure was conveniently left out.

      2. warrior_woman says:

        Let us not forget cumulative consumption, no reg’s for that.

      3. Thank you John for pointing the BS out. How about the fact that Glyphosate is a hormone disruptor? No company is going to spend the necessary money to test for the effects of a hormone disruptor over a long period of time. How about we just leave the cr@p out of the food supply chains altogether so we can avoid testing.

  2. I stopped buying Kashi years ago. I called the company and asked them if their food was GMO free and they said they could not answer my question. That spoke volumes to me and I have not spent a dime on their products since.

  3. Ekadashi Nandi says:

    Creating awareness among the consumers about ill effects of these foods is the only alternative to stop these MNCs who pose threat to life and health

  4. Joan Camara says:

    Once I found out that Kashi and quite a few other brands, that were supposedly “organic” were in bed with Monsanto, I stopped buying them. Kashi, Silk, Annie’s, and others. I find out which organic brands are not truthful, by going to cornucopia dot com, and other websites that will tell you which organic brands to trust.

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