Quaker Oats Is Getting Sued For Containing Pesticide Glyphosate In Their Oatmeal
Our all-time favorite breakfast option is getting sued because on the front label of the packaging, you will usually see the claim “100% Natural Whole Grain” and most of the time along with the bold text “Old Fashioned.”
Quaker Oats have been around for a long time, and I’ve been eating it since I was a child. Being so long in the market, this brand has made people feel comfortable with the ingredients in Quaker Oats products, but recently a lawsuit has canceled out any good press they have.
Consumers in New York and California have filed a lawsuit against the owner of Quaker Oats, alleging that their oatmeal contains traces of pesticide glyphosate. Whereas oats generally require less herbicide and pesticide than many other types of grains, so it is very surprising and disappointing to find traces of the pesticide in Quaker Oat’s products.
An independent lab in California conducted a test on the contents of Quaker Oats Quick 1-Minute oatmeal using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, a technique commonly used in chemical and medical labs for drug research. The results of the test found traces of glyphosate in the sample that was used.
Although the amount of glyphosate detected was under the allowable legal limits, the lawsuit accused Quaker of “false advertising” due to the claim that their products are “100% Natural”
Glyphosate is the active ingredient in many different types of pesticides, which are sprayed on crops worldwide, and food activists have condemned the use of glyphosate for years, citing a variety of health risks.
Glyphosate was just recently classified as a “probable” cause of cancer in 2015, and aside from cancer, glyphosate is known to cause a variety of other long-term health conditions like birth defects, disrupt thyroid hormone functions. It can also severely affect someone’s mood, appetite, sleep and serotonin impairment has frequently been linked to depression.
You don’t have to consume glyphosate to cause your baby to have birth defects, babies of women who are living withing one kilometer of areas where glyphosate is sprayed were more than twice as likely to have birth defects. It has the ability to overstimulate the vitamin-A signaling pathway, which is crucial for fetal development.
Quaker Oats have been around for a long time, and I’ve been eating it since I was a child. Being so long in the market, this brand has made people feel comfortable with the ingredients in Quaker Oats products, but recently a lawsuit has canceled out any good press they have.
Consumers in New York and California have filed a lawsuit against the owner of Quaker Oats, alleging that their oatmeal contains traces of pesticide glyphosate. Whereas oats generally require less herbicide and pesticide than many other types of grains, so it is very surprising and disappointing to find traces of the pesticide in Quaker Oat’s products.
An independent lab in California conducted a test on the contents of Quaker Oats Quick 1-Minute oatmeal using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, a technique commonly used in chemical and medical labs for drug research. The results of the test found traces of glyphosate in the sample that was used.
Although the amount of glyphosate detected was under the allowable legal limits, the lawsuit accused Quaker of “false advertising” due to the claim that their products are “100% Natural”
Glyphosate is the active ingredient in many different types of pesticides, which are sprayed on crops worldwide, and food activists have condemned the use of glyphosate for years, citing a variety of health risks.
Glyphosate was just recently classified as a “probable” cause of cancer in 2015, and aside from cancer, glyphosate is known to cause a variety of other long-term health conditions like birth defects, disrupt thyroid hormone functions. It can also severely affect someone’s mood, appetite, sleep and serotonin impairment has frequently been linked to depression.
You don’t have to consume glyphosate to cause your baby to have birth defects, babies of women who are living withing one kilometer of areas where glyphosate is sprayed were more than twice as likely to have birth defects. It has the ability to overstimulate the vitamin-A signaling pathway, which is crucial for fetal development.
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