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September 29, 2024 at 1:52am
In reply to Hi Linda, our organic flours… by balpern
I have been buying organic King Arthur flours for years & years and am disappointed that the new 'Golden Wheat Whole Wheat' flour is not certified organic and that this new version will have residual glyphosate from pre-harvest staging. You state, “Residual glyphosate levels in wheat should remain well below the federally mandated level for wheat of 30 parts per million,” but what is “should remain well below 30 ppm”?
Yes, EPA's legal limit on glyphosate residues is 30 ppm. However, a petition was created in which the Environmental Working Group [EWG] “joined by 8 industry leaders asks the EPA to set a more protective standard” to significantly reduce the legal limit back to 1993 limit levels. “Over the last 25 years, the EPA has increased the amounts of glyphosate residue allowed on oats 300-fold.”
[1] FOOD COMPANIES, EWG PETITION EPA FOR STRINGENT LIMITS ON GLYPHOSATE IN OATS
PRE-HARVEST USE OF WEED KILLER LEAVES POTENTIALLY UNSAFE RESIDUES ON OAT-BASED FOODS [includes wheat] https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/food-companies-ewg-petit… and
[2] GLYPHOSATE CONTAMINATION IN FOOD GOES FAR BEYOND OAT PRODUCTS
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2019/02/glyphosate-contamination…
[3] GLYPHOSATE POSES NEW WORRIES AS OFF-LABEL USAGE CAUSES FOOD CONTAMINATION
Usage on farms and detected levels in food are causing concern, but not with some farming lobby groups
https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/100406-glyphosate-poses-new…
[4] To make matters worse, “HOW THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PULLED BACK ON REGULATING TOXIC CHEMICALS. The Trump administration has halted bans on toxic chemicals that are known to cause serious health threats. These moves, led by an ex-industry group executive now at the EPA, have allowed the continued use of products found to cause cancer, birth defects, and other ailments.”
https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-trump-administration-has-pulled-back…
So, forgive me for not being comfortable with the statement that the residual glyphosate at ‘something below 30 ppm’ is a safe amount.