80% of Americans test positive for chemical found in Cheerios, Quaker Oats that may cause infertility, delayed puberty: study

New York Post ^ | Feb. 15, 2024 | Shannon Thaler

[packagingguy]

Four out of five Americans are being exposed to a little-known chemical found in popular oat-based foods — including Cheerios and Quaker Oats — that is linked to reduced fertility, altered fetal growth, and delayed puberty.

The Environmental Working Group published a study in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology on Thursday that found a staggering 80% of Americans tested positive for a harmful pesticide called chlormequat.

The “highly toxic agricultural chemical” is federally allowed to be used on oats and other grains imported to the US, according to the EWG. When applied to oat and grain crops, chlormequat alters a plant’s growth, preventing it from bending over and thus making it easier to harvest, per the EWG...

Another particularly concerning data point: After testing for the presence of chlormequat in urine collected from 96 people between 2017 and 2023, the EWG’s tests “found higher levels and more frequent detections of chlormequat in the 2023 samples…which suggests consumer exposure to chlormequat could be on the rise.”

However, the EWG noted, that the US Environmental Protection Agency UNDER PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S administration proposed allowing the first-ever use of chlormequat on barley, oat, triticale, and wheat grown in the US.

[woodbutcher1963]

A wise Guy.

Are you married, or happy ?

[woodbutcher1963]

Based on the book “The Irishman” and the subsequent movie Jimmy Hoffa, took two to the head in a house in Detroit and was cremated shortly afterward at a local mortuary. He was last seen in The Machus Red Fox parking lot. A restaurant near Detroit. This story has been contested as a fabrication. All the men involved are now dead. So, it is unlikely we will ever know who really killed Hoffa. https://themobmuseum.org/blog/new-movie-rekindles-debate-over-jimmy-hoffa-killing/

[1Old Pro]

the guy I worked for was a mobster. He had recently sold his garbage company to BFI.

Yep, the mob pretty much ran the garbage companies, maybe still do.

[Lurker]

When I studied such things the saying was “the dose makes the poison.”

L

[dadfly]

thx for the response. good to know. i use Irish (mccann’s) steel cut oats myself and try to bake my own bread. but of course you still have to buy the flour. seems to work for us.

but too the article: have you used or know anything about this chemical supposedly being used on all grains by American Big Ag, Chlormequa? the article says it’s used to aid in harvest. does it make the grass more stiff or something?

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“...the article says it’s used to aid in harvest. does it make the grass more stiff or something?”

Yes, it says that in the article. And yes, that’s what it does.

Nothing prettier than a wheat or oat field rippling in the wind, though. I love the seasons when those are planted around us, versus boring soybeans. ;)