Tests Found Levels Of Glyphosate Weedkiller In Hummus By Mayukh Saha for Natural Blaze
The Environmental Working Group had recently commissioned an independent laboratory test. The test was conducted to detect the presence of the notorious weedkiller in hummus. The test results found glyphosate in over 80% of the non-organic hummus and other chickpea samples. Apart from the non-organic hummus containing weedkiller, several organic versions also revealed small amounts of weedkiller present in them.
Glyphosate is the most popular form of herbicide in the world. It has been sold as Roundup by Bayer AG, previously called Monsanto, for many decades. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has categorized glyphosate as a possible human carcinogen. The state of California classifies it as one of the chemicals known to cause cancer.
Nine out of 27 traditional hummus samples surpassed the health-based benchmark of 160ppb by EWG. However, the legal limit of glyphosate in chickpeas according to the Environmental Protection Agency is 30 times the benchmark of EWG. These samples revealed small amounts of hummus weedkiller.
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The traditional hummus products which had a high level of glyphosate were almost 15 times the benchmark of EWG. Overall, the EWG test found 10 hummus weedkillers including Sabra Classic, Whole Foods Market Original, Cava Traditional, and Harris Teeter.
EWG Tests Reveal Presence Of Weedkiller
In addition, EWG also tested other samples of organic hummus as well as samples of organic chickpeas. Out of these, 2 of them tested positive for weedkiller. Nonetheless, the glyphosate levels were detected in much lower concentrations as compared to the conventional counterparts. However, 1 dry chickpea sample revealed the highest concentration of glyphosate in the study.
Olga Naidenko is the Vice President of science investigations at EWG. She has informed that lentils, peas, and beans are an affordable protein source and essential to the diet of American citizens. She further stated that they certainly be more beneficial if they are without hummus weedkiller. Toxic weedkiller contaminates food products consumed by millions of Americans each day.
