Kellogg’s Kashi Cereal Tests Positive for Probable Human Carcinogen and GMOs

[donnay]

Kellogg’s Kashi Cereal Tests Positive for Probable Human Carcinogen and GMOs

Kellogg’s Kashi Cereal Tests Positive for Probable Human Carcinogen and GMOs

PLEASE NOTE: The box of Kashi GoLean Original we tested was NOT verified by the Non-GMO Project. While this product has been subsequently verified by the Non-GMO Project, there are still boxes which have not been verified on store shelves. In addition, we release the results of these tests because there are still other unverified products in the Kashi line that likely contain similar ingredients.

According to the Kashi website: “Progressive nutrition is our approach to food. It means we value whole food and put the inherent nutrition of food first when considering every ingredient. It means we make our food with a plants-first mindset. It means we value not just the foods we make, but how we make them by being mindful of sustainable and ethical farming practices.”

We sent a box of of Kashi GoLean Original cereal that was NOT verified by the Non-GMO Project to independent labs for testing to find out if Kashi is true to their word.
TEST RESULTS: GLYPHOSATE

Glyphosate is the active chemical ingredient in Roundup herbicide as well as many other name brand glyphosate-based herbicides. These herbicides are the most widely used in the world and their use has increased exponentially with the introduction of GM crops. In response to agrichemical industry requests, the EPA has incrementally increased the allowable tolerance levels of glyphosate residues in crops since their introduction into our food supply.

A glyphosate residue test was conducted by an accredited lab using the Specific LC/MS/MS testing method with a minimum detectable level of 0.02 ppm. The test documented the presence of glyphosate in the box of Kashi GoLean Original which was not verified by the Non-GMO Project, at a level of 0.68 ppm, or 0.68 mg/kg. This level is nearly 6 times higher than the levels detected in the independent testing we commissioned on Froot Loops. The test also documented the presence of AMPA (aminomethylphosphonic acid), a metabolite of glyphosate, at an even higher level of 0.81ppm or 0.81mg/kg. This is the first time the lab has documented the presence of AMPA in the products we’ve had tested. The test results give significant reason for concern. There is a growing body of scientific evidence (4) that links glyphosate to health and environmental harm.

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[Zippyjuan]

The test documented the presence of glyphosate in the box of Kashi GoLean Original which was not verified by the Non-GMO Project, at a level of 0.68 ppm, or 0.68 mg/kg.

Seriously? Only 0.68 parts per million? That is barely detectable and at that level can be found in virtually everything- including organic foods. This is getting silly.

 

[angelatc]

The anti-glyphosate people are literally deranged. The "probable carcinogen" stuff in the headline is certainly a tell that this isn't a Libertarian piece, that's for sure.

It's more attention whoring than anything. Like you said - it's barely detectable. There's probably more rat piss in it. But rat piss doesn't serve The Agenda.

 

[Carlybee]

Glad I don't like cereal

 

[donnay]

Seriously? Only 0.68 parts per million? That is barely detectable and at that level can be found in virtually everything- including organic foods. This is getting silly.

It has been said parts per trillion is toxic to humans.

Glyphosate linked to Cancer

Glyphosate disrupts human cellular structure and function. It contributes to uncontrolled cell proliferation. The changes that it brings about in human skin cells are consistent with the changes that are seen in hepatocellular carcinoma, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, and melanoma. Researchers used very low concentrations of Roundup in their experiments. They found that lower concentrations of Roundup actually stimulated unhealthy cell growth, while higher concentrations suppressed cell growth. This means that Roundup is a powerful disrupter of the endocrine system. Disruptions in the endocrine system have the potential of disrupting normal life processes in every aspect of the human body. Conventional toxicological research normally looks at the upper limits of toxic exposure of a chemical to determine the effects on health. But with glyphosate, the greatest dangers may be found in extremely low concentrations that are measured in parts per trillion, rather than in parts per million. At the parts per trillion level, glyphosate has estrogenic properties and stimulates breast cancer cell proliferation. [15]

Low Level Glyphosate Exposure can come from Contaminated Air and Rain

A U.S. government study measured the amount of glyphosate in air and rain samples in the agricultural area of the Mississippi delta between 1995 and 2007. Results found Roundup and its toxic metabolite called AMPA in over 75% of the air and rain samples tested in 2007. (AMPA is the toxic residue that is left after glyphosate degrades into other chemical forms.) Glyphosate in the air is absorbed directly into the blood by way of the lungs. Even though the daily exposure is low, we now know that extremely low exposure, measured in parts per trillion, can disrupt the human endocrine system and stimulate cancer growth. The air and rain samples were taken in locations that were 3 miles away from the fields where Roundup was used. [16]

Glyphosate in Human Breast Milk

In the first ever testing on glyphosate herbicide in the breast milk of American women, Moms Across America and Sustainable Pulse have found high levels in 3 out of the 10 samples tested. The shocking results point to glyphosate levels building up in women’s bodies over a period of time, which fact has until now been refuted by both global regulatory authorities and the biotech industry. The levels of glyphosate that were found in samples of human breast milk were 760 to 1600 times higher than the allowable threshold for the presence of a pesticide in European drinking water. These test results, however, were less than the maximum contaminant level for glyphosate in the U.S., which was decided upon by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The U.S. maximum was based on the now seemingly false premise that glyphosate was not bio-accumulative. [17]
- See more at: http://healthimpactnews.com/2014/is...or-your-health-problems/#sthash.tdSN0xhk.dpuf

 

[angelatc]

We went through this about 100 times already, Donna. The fact that you are starting the conversation all over again is what makes you and your posts so annoying.

 

[erowe1]

It has been said ....

That's a nice way to introduce pretty much any claim you want.

 

[donnay]

That's a nice way to introduce pretty much any claim you want.

Oh you need more information--here you go...

BREAKING: Glyphosate (Roundup) Carcinogenic In the PARTS PER TRILLION Range

Pesticides and Cancer: When One Part in a Trillion Makes a Difference

H/T: Danke. Skip to the 19:37 Dr. Stephanie Seneff presentation.

 

[Zippyjuan]

They can't even accurately measure parts per trillion. Just to give some idea of the scale, one part per billion is equal to putting one pinch of salt onto ten tons of potato chips. One part per trillion would be one pinch of salt in 1,000 tons!!! of potato chips.

The study did not use parts per trillion. Somebody did a terrible conversion (or just made it up). In it http://www.hindawi.com/journals/isrn/2013/825180/ , the used a solution with a concentration of one mM. mM means mili moles per liter. https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130105130138AAjvEDg

One mM is about 35 parts per million. http://www.nexsens.com/knowledge-ba...larity-m-to-parts-per-million-ppm-and-mgl.htm

The cereal tested out to 0.68 parts per million (680 parts per billion).

But even more important, the paper found that cell growth in the glyphosate solution was NO DIFFERENT from their control solution.

Proliferation induced by glyphosate in the presence of antioxidant NAC was significantly inhibited compared to glyphosate alone and was not significantly different from control incubated with NAC alone, suggesting that ROS may be involved in glyphosate proliferation effect (Figure 1(b)).

And as higher levels of glyphosate were used, the rate of cell growth WENT DOWN.

whereas doses higher than 0.1 mM reduced cell growth in time dependent manner.

 

[CPUd]

 

[erowe1]

Just to give some idea of the scale, one part per billion is equal to putting one pinch of salt onto ten tons of potato chips. One part per trillion would be one pinch of salt in 1,000 tons!!! of potato chips.

Somewhere you miscalculated. 1,000 tons is only 100 times as much as 10 tons, while a trillion is 1,000 times as much as a billion.

 

[donnay]

One mistake that is made over and over is the above is naturally occurring not made and prepared in a lab.

 

[erowe1]

One mistake that is made over and over is the above is naturally occurring not made and prepared in a lab.

The mistake is that you make such a distinction.

 

[CPUd]

donnay I think you would benefit greatly from taking a course sequence on "General Chemistry", like the one normally taken by 1st and 2nd year undergrads. It is really the same material from high school chemistry, with slightly more detail. Here is a free one at Coursera:
https://www.coursera.org/learn/general-chemistry

 

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

Can't botox kill someone with only like 0.0002 milligrams or something

 

[donnay]

donnay I think you would benefit greatly from taking a course sequence on "General Chemistry", like the one normally taken by 1st and 2nd year undergrads. It is really the same material from high school chemistry, with slightly more detail. Here is a free one at Coursera:
https://www.coursera.org/learn/general-chemistry

Anyone who thinks a synthetic version of amygdalin is better than the one found in an organic apricot pit needs to take a class in common sense.

 

[tod evans]

Years ago my mom taught us kids that if it came in either cardboard or plastic we were probably better off eating the packaging.

Not much has changed.....

 

[CPUd]

Anyone who thinks a synthetic version of amygdalin is better than the one found in an organic apricot pit needs to take a class in common sense.

Case in point. After general chemistry, you could take organic chemistry, where you would be better equipped to explain whether this structure is naturally-occurring or synthetic:

 

[dannno]

donnay I think you would benefit greatly from taking a course sequence on "General Chemistry", like the one normally taken by 1st and 2nd year undergrads. It is really the same material from high school chemistry, with slightly more detail. Here is a free one at Coursera:
https://www.coursera.org/learn/general-chemistry

I took two University courses in chemistry and I agree with donnay on most of these issues. NaCl table salt is not the same as sea salt because sea salt contains important micronutrients. Ingredients found naturally in foods are found in those foods for a reason, and the reaction your body has may be altered by a synthesis of multiple ingredients found in it's natural form as compared to a single ingredient produced in a lab.

 

[CPUd]

I took two University courses in chemistry and I agree with donnay on most of these issues. NaCl table salt is not the same as sea salt because sea salt contains important micronutrients. Ingredients found naturally in foods are found in those foods for a reason, and the reaction your body has may be altered by a synthesis of multiple ingredients found in it's natural form as compared to a single ingredient produced in a lab.

I've got no problem with table salt and sea salt being different compounds that could interact with the body differently. But if you isolate the NaCl from both samples under controlled conditions, there is no way to tell from a blind sample where the NaCl came from. Same with amygdalin- you could crush up some seeds and get amygdalin + <other stuff>, but isolating the amygdalin, you would not be able to tell the difference between it and amygdalin made in a lab (which technically is made from the same amygdalin + <other stuff>).