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- Freshly milled from high-quality whole grain oats on a steel burr mill
- Contains 5 grams protein per serving and 44 grams of whole grains
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- Made with one simple ingredient: whole grain oats only
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Ban status
A useful distinction is between a full national ban and narrower restrictions. A 2023 AFP/Phys.org roundup said the EU had not banned glyphosate overall, while countries such as France, the Netherlands, and Belgium had banned household use, and Germany had banned it in public spaces at that time. The same source said Vietnam was the only country in Asia with a full ban, while some countries had tried bans and later reversed or softened them.[wisnerbaum]
So the accurate answer is: few countries have imposed clear nationwide bans, while more countries, states, provinces, cities, or sectors have imposed partial restrictions. Claims that glyphosate is banned in "many countries" often mix together full bans, local bans, public-space bans, household-use bans, and proposed phaseouts.[wisnerbaum]
Oats and glyphosate
Oats do get special attention because glyphosate can be used before harvest to dry the crop evenly, which can leave higher residues than for many other herbicides. NIST specifically says oats are "of particular interest" for this reason and that higher glyphosate levels are typical in oats from conventional agriculture than in organic oat products.[health]
Health.com's review of testing reports also says glyphosate has been found in several oat products and that organic oat products generally tested lower than non-organic ones, though even some organic samples had trace amounts. That supports the idea that conventional oats can be a meaningful source of exposure for frequent oat eaters, especially compared with organic oats.[health]
Is oats the "#1 source"?
I would be careful with that claim. The sources here support "oats are among the more notable food sources" better than they support "oats are definitively the number one source of glyphosate ingestion." FDA material also shows glyphosate residues are found in multiple crop categories, especially corn and soy testing programs, so exposure is not unique to oats.[fda +2]
Also, residue level in a food is not the same thing as total population exposure from that food. Total ingestion depends on both residue concentration and how much of that food people actually eat. Without a source that directly ranks all foods by contribution to human glyphosate intake, "#1 source" is too strong.[fda +1]
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A more accurate way to say it is:
• Glyphosate is fully banned in relatively few countries, but restricted in many jurisdictions or uses.[wisnerbaum]
• Conventional oats can have comparatively higher glyphosate residues because of pre-harvest use.[health]
• For people who eat oats regularly, non-organic oats may be a significant dietary source of glyphosate exposure, but "the #1 source" is not well established by the evidence cited here.[fda +1]
"America will allow you to be poisoned, if they can make $ off your health." is also too broad a statement. Believe me, I get your frustration, but there are always different currents competing in this country. At the moment it is at one extreme of enabling and even celebrating deregulated and predatory capitalism — but we also have other forces that will get us back towards doing basic decent things like protecting public health from sociopaths' profits.
1) slim to no evidence that it's any more cancerous than most things, at the observed concentrations.
2) concentrations are too low to be harmful.
The dose makes the poison, people.
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