- The US legal limit of glyphosate are vastly higher than the EU, ranging up to 10000% in some cases (cattle). (EU) [1] (US) [2]
- Glyphosate has been declared a probably carcinogen by the World Health Organization.
- Monsanto is the developer of glyphosate. The former head of the FDA, appointed by the last administration to a newly created position tongue in cheek referred to as 'The Czar of Foods', officially "Deputy Commissioner of Foods the FDA", was Michael Taylor. [3]. Michael Taylor was a Monsanto VP whose career was in large part started by legally arguing that companies ought be allowed to knowingly allow at least some percent of carcinogens into processed foods.
- US regulatory agencies test thousands of products for hundreds of different chemical residues. Even though glyphosate is, by far, the most widely used chemical herbicide, it was never tested for until after the WHO declared it a probable carcinogen and private tests showed extremely high levels of glyphosate even in products where it should not be present in, such as honey. [4].
[4] - https://www.huffingtonpost.com/carey-gillam/fda-suspends-gly... (I am reluctant to link to a Huffington Post article, but this is far above their normal standards of quality, and provides a clear and factual overview. Searching for 'US glyphosate testing' turns up countless other sources if one would prefer not rely on Huffington.)
- The US legal limit of glyphosate are vastly higher than the EU, ranging up to 10000% in some cases (cattle). (EU) [1] (US) [2]
- Glyphosate has been declared a probably carcinogen by the World Health Organization.
- Monsanto is the developer of glyphosate. The former head of the FDA, appointed by the last administration to a newly created position tongue in cheek referred to as 'The Czar of Foods', officially "Deputy Commissioner of Foods the FDA", was Michael Taylor. [3]. Michael Taylor was a Monsanto VP whose career was in large part started by legally arguing that companies ought be allowed to knowingly allow at least some percent of carcinogens into processed foods.
- US regulatory agencies test thousands of products for hundreds of different chemical residues. Even though glyphosate is, by far, the most widely used chemical herbicide, it was never tested for until after the WHO declared it a probable carcinogen and private tests showed extremely high levels of glyphosate even in products where it should not be present in, such as honey. [4].
- Regulatory capture sucks.
[1] - http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-data...
[2] - https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/retrieveECFR?gp=1&ty=HTML&h=L&m...
[3] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_R._Taylor
[4] - https://www.huffingtonpost.com/carey-gillam/fda-suspends-gly... (I am reluctant to link to a Huffington Post article, but this is far above their normal standards of quality, and provides a clear and factual overview. Searching for 'US glyphosate testing' turns up countless other sources if one would prefer not rely on Huffington.)