21 Popular Breakfast Foods for Children Still Contaminated by Weedkiller, Experts Say

21 Popular Breakfast Foods for Children Still Contaminated by Weedkiller, Experts Say
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Venus Upadhayaya
By Venus Upadhayaya, Reporter
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Many major food companies continue to sell popular breakfast cereals and foods for children that are contaminated by a weedkiller containing cancer-causing ingredients, according to experts at the Environmental Working Group (EWG).

“Major food companies like General Mills continue to sell popular children’s breakfast cereals and other foods contaminated with troubling levels of glyphosate, the cancer-causing ingredient in the herbicide Roundup,” said Olga Naidenko, EWG senior science adviser, and Alexis Temkin, EWG Toxicologist in a report released on June 12.
Venus Upadhayaya
Venus Upadhayaya
Reporter
Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.
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