Is your child eating cancer-causing glyphosate for breakfast? Most likely, yes

‘Although there aren’t any genetically modified oats on the marketplace today, that doesn’t mean we should run to stores with open arms, thankful that we’re eating healthy foods. The truth is, products containing oats are typically sprayed with the evil, cancer-causing herbicide ingredient — you know, the one that a division of the World Health Organization recently deemed “probably carcinogenic to humans” — known as glyphosate.

See, unfortunately, it’s perfectly acceptable for non-GMO crops to be sprayed with glyphosate, so long as it’s done prior to planting or just before harvest. In the instance of non-organic oats, they’re sprayed with glyphosate (Roundup’s active ingredient), so they’re essentially in the same health-harming category as Roundup Ready GM corn, canola and soy.’

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