Research Paper On Glyphosate

Consider what you eat on a daily basis. Start with breakfast, do you eat cereal? Some brands might come to mind like Cheerios, Corn Flakes, Raisin Bran, Special K, or Frosted Flakes. These are very popular choices that many chose to partake in. However, when you eat any of these brands, you are adding another ingredient to your breakfast: glyphosate. Levels of glyphosate have been found in artificially processed foods that are commonly bought and consumed, especially in the United States. This research comes out of Anresco Laboratories. Based in San Francisco and certified by the FDA (Goodrich par. 5). Sounds incredibly appetizing, does it not? Cheerios have 1,125.3 ppb. of glyphosate. Corn Flakes have 78.9 ppb., Raisin Bran: 82.9 ppb., Special K: 74.6

1). Since then, the idea that it is carcinogenic has gained support most notably with California labeling it the same. Glyphosate levels have been markedly increasing especially in the United States. This is because we see it fit to spray them once they sprout thus increasing the amount of glyphosate on our food (Hakim par. 13). Glyphosate usage should be dramatically declined if not banned as it can cause severe health problems to humans and the environment. First and foremost, glyphosate poses dangerous health hazards to our population. There is much evidence that when we consume foods with glyphosate, it is incorporated into our bodies. It is very commonly found in our urine. Data from studies done in eighteen different countries in Europe showed that at least forty-four percent of people who reside in cities retained levels of glyphosate in their urine (“Monsanto Has Exposed…” par. 3). However, when studies were done in America, the levels of glyphosate increased by ten percent. Not only that, out of the women that were tested, about a third of them had levels of glyphosate in their breast-milk (“Monsanto Has Exposed…” par. 4). In a study published in