Katelyn Weisbrod | August 17, 2018
Traces of an herbicide have reportedly been detected in food products such as Cheerios.
The environmental research group Environmental Working Group found traces of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s RoundUp, in 48 of 61 products tested.
This comes a week after Monsanto was ordered by a California jury to pay $289 million in damages to a man with cancer who claimed to have developed the disease after long-term exposure to RoundUp.
Monsanto, however, stands by the safety of its product and criticized the Environmental Working Group for seeking an agenda. The New York Times reported that the Food and Drug Administration will look into the groups findings.
