Skip to main content

Glyphosate on Your Food: A Bad Idea

March 17, 2019

You don't want glyphosate (RoundUp) on your food, so this article will tell you how to avoid this and other pesticides that have been sprayed on crops, or have drifted onto organic crops. A lot of the information I'm passing along is common sense; some of this might be new to you.

Wash all grocery store and supermarket purchases, even organic foods. You can use plain water to do this: rinse for a few seconds and wash away all visible dirt. Don't use any kind of soap.

Dry and wipe down your produce with a clean dish cloth or paper towel.

Peel off outer layers of produce. Again, this includes organically grown foods.

Fat and skin in meats are the places where toxins are stored, so remove them before cooking. If the animal you are consuming was fed on non-organic grains or vegetables, you need to pay attention to this. Remember, the idea is to avoid having to grapple with cancer, so every step you take to keep your distance from poisons will make a difference in the long run.

Your best bet? Buy organically grown foods. Not 80% organic, not 90% organic. 100% organic.
Buy organic meats, as well.

Avoid foods known to have high levels of glyphosate. These include soy, corn and corn oil, canola seeds, canola oil, beets and beet sugar, almonds, dried peas, carrots, quinoa, and sweet potato.

Do not purchase foreign produce. Other countries have different standards for both regular and organic foods. Shopping at local farmers markets, or buying foods known to have been produced locally, is a far better idea.

Grow your own food. That way you know exactly what you're eating. Select a place in the sun for your garden. Alternatively, you can grow plants in pots on a patio or balcony.

Finally, eat a varied diet. You can limit your exposure to certain pesticides by eating a variety of fruits and vegetables. You widen the numbers and amounts of nutrients you eat by consuming different kinds of foods.

Stay away from poison. It's bad for you.



With thanks to wikiHow, How to Avoid Glyphosate Residue.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Greenland: A State of Rapid Collapse

 September 1, 2020 The good news, such as it is, goes like this: the suspense is over. No need to guess about whether sea level rise will be life-altering by the end of this century or not. It will, at least for the 40 percent of humankind which lives on or near a coastline. That's because all the ice on Greenland is going to melt, according to researchers at Ohio State University (yes, yes, I know - it's THE Ohio State University. Get over yourselves.) Their research appeared in the journal Nature Communications Earth and Environment in August. Total meltdown will take 10,000 years, but enough will have melted by 2100 to cause sea level rise of approximately three feet. That will cover a lot of coastal property, a loss made worse by storms and hurricanes. How have researchers reached this conclusion? By studying almost 40 years of satellite data. Glaciers on Greenland have shrunk so much since the year 2000 that even if global warming came to a complete stop, they would contin...

The Environmental Polluting Agency

April 17, 2020 Under cover of an historic pandemic, the EPA has announced it will suspend enforcement of environmental laws. You read that right. The agency is hoping we're all so distracted that no one will notice. Why would they do this, you ask. It will come as no surprise that a number of industries, including oil, have asked for the suspension. In the words of EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler: EPA "recognizes challenges resulting from efforts to protect workers and the public from COVID 19 may directly impact the ability of regulated facilities to meet all federal regulatory requirements." Critics of the hiatus concede exceptions to regulations could be made on a case-by-case basis, for example, if companies are short-staffed because employees are working from home. But those industries deemed essential and continuing to operate should be expected to comply with the law. In fact, because COVID 19 is exacerbated by air pollution, leading to higher death rates, pol...