Posted on 02/24/2024 5:13:53 AM PST by GailA
What were the PPM or even PPB in their findings? How does that relate to actual toxicity?
Yep.
Thank you.
The actual level of these compounds is never in the article.
I’m thinking Parts per Billion or even Parts per Trillion - scaremongering at its worst.
It’s not just the poison.
It’s the dose.
What is the concentration? If it’s a couple parts per billion, who cares? But if it’s 1%, then durn right I care.
So what’s the concentration? Or is this more fear porn?
The EWG, which is a non-profit but receives private sector support from some organic food companies, did the study. Here it is.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41370-024-00643-4
To determine if the concentrations observed in U.S. urine samples were reflective of potential dietary exposure to chlormequat, we measured chlormequat in oat and wheat-based food products purchased in the U.S. in 2022 and 2023. Oat products contained chlormequat more frequently than wheat products and the amount of chlormequat in different oat products varied, with a median level of 104 ppb.
Chlormequat was detected in 77 of 96, or 80% of all urine samples. Detection frequencies were higher in 2023 samples compared to 2017 and 2018 to 2022 samples with 16 of 23, or 69%, 17 of 23, or 74% and 45 of 50, or 90% of samples with detections, respectively (Table 1). The concentrations of chlormequat detected were comparable between the two groups before 2023, while the concentrations detected in 2023 samples were significantly higher than previous years samples (Fig. 1A, B). The concentrations among detectable samples ranged from 0.22 to 5.4, 0.11 to 4.3, and 0.27 to 52.8 µg chlormequat per g creatinine for 2017, 2018–2022, and 2023 samples, respectively. The median values from all samples were 0.46, 0.30, and 1.4 for 2017, 2018–2022, and 2023 samples, respectively (Table 1). These data indicate likely continuous exposure given the short half-life of chlormequat in vivo, with low levels from 2017 to 2022 and higher exposure levels in 2023.
Food samples purchased in the U.S. from 2022 and 2023 show detectable levels of chlormequat in all but two of 25 conventional oat-based products, with concentrations ranging from non-detectable to 291 µg/kg, indicating a high prevalence of chlormequat in oats. Median levels were similar between samples collected in 2022 and 2023, at 90 and 114 µg/kg respectively. Only one sample out of eight organic oat-based products at detectable chlormequat at 17 µg/kg. We also observed low concentrations of chlormequat in two of nine wheat-based products tested, at 3.5 and 12.6 µg/kg (Table 2).
https://scitechdaily.com/unmasking-chlormequat-toxic-pesticide-found-in-80-of-people-tested/
Some animal studies show chlormequat can damage the reproductive system and disrupt fetal growth, changing development of the head and bones and altering key metabolic processes.
Environmental Protection Agency regulations allow the chemical to be used on ornamental plants only – not food crops – grown in the U.S.
But since 2018, the EPA has permitted chlormequat on imported oats and other foods, increasing the allowed amount in 2020. Both regulatory changes took place under the Trump administration. Many oats and oat products consumed in the U.S. come from Canada.
In April 2023, in response to an application submitted by chlormequat manufacturer Taminco in 2019, the Biden EPA proposed allowing the first-ever use of chlormequat on barley, oats, triticale, and wheat grown in the U.S. EWG opposes the plan. The proposed rule has not yet been finalized.
Most of these- if not all of these scares about food and Monsanto, etc., are made up Marxist b.s. and crap put out on behalf of the organic food industry and lawyers that stand to benefit from jurors’ stupidity.
One of the big purveyors of food scares is a company called Fenton Communications. This is run by David Fenton, a former photojournalist as I recall, with an affinity for the North Vietnamese during the war. He mawe big bucks smearing companies on behalf of the Sierra Club, etc.
It would affect children at a different dosage. I’m not worried about an 83-year-old getting a higher dosage than our children. It is 1 of the first solids they learn to pick up and eat. WIC pushes it.
And yes the Greenies have found another scare tactic. All the Salmonella/Listeria and Bird Flu recalls were a way to kill off the supply and drive up the prices. All you had to do was infect 1 animal or bird.
Gates releasing Modified Misciutos will do damage to wildlife and humans. I put nothing past these idiots to achieve their Net Zero population.
I raise 9 hens and add Pre-Pro-biotics to their water. And DE Earth food grade to their feed. They get fridge leftovers minus any nightshades. Put in solar lights, no molting, only 1-2 eggs less in the ‘big freeze’. Upped their protein level and it helped, back at 8. With the temps up 9 a day. They hate pine chips and straw. They prefer Alpha hay.
Puberty blockers...
Considering the level of mental maturity in our young people.
Makes them easily malleable.
Gender dysphoria. This would be seen as the normal hormonal development is disrupted and hormones are being expressed at appropriate levels or times. Boys wanting to be girls, girls wanting to be boys and no one knows which hormone is raging in their systems affecting their development and mental health.
Why do you think many western states banned raw milk, Green wackos!
Our ancestors drank it raw. They went after an Amish Farmer for selling it in a ‘club’ and Sent in a Swat team to seize his food. Violates his religious right too. Amish Farm Raided by Government in Move Described as ‘Lawless ... Patently Illegal’ https://www.westernjournal.com/amish-farm-raided-government-move-described-lawless-patently-illegal/?utm_source=site&utm_medium=MSN&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=2024-01-05
Farmer Exposes Behind the Scenes Food Industry Scandals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riaxtIBKSGk&t=987s
If you are not used to raw milk it can cause GI issues.
I guess this means Demonicrats are going to make laws to mandate transgender children eat Cheerios and Quaker Oats.
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