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Abby's Magazine - Volume 4 Issue 6| Page 45 Think you can avoid glyphosate by buying organic? Think again. A new inves ga on by Tropical Tradi ons reveals that many products in the organic grain market in the U.S. contain glyphosate residue at levels almost the same as conven onal grains. Brian Shilhavy Health Impact News Editor With over 80% of the U.S. food supply now reportedly contaminated with the herbicide glyphosate, many people are turning to USDA cer fied organic products to avoid this toxic chemical. Current USDA NOP (Na onal Organic Program) standards do not allow the use of the herbicide glyphosate on organic crops. However, a new inves ga on by Tropical Tradi ons has revealed that the U.S. organic grain market is contaminated with glyphosate. Tropical Tradi ons has sold organic grains for years. A er reading new research about the issue of "crop desicca on" done by using glyphosate on wheat and other grains just prior to harvest, Tropical Tradi ons decided to first test some commercial wheat products with wheat grown in Montana, North Dakota, and Canada. They sent the commercial samples to a well-known and respected laboratory to test for glyphosate. All tested posi ve for glyphosate residue. The range was from 0.07 mg/kg to 0.09 mg/kg. Keep in mind this is glyphosate found in non-GMO crops. For a GMO crop such as GMO ALERT! Certified Organic Food Grown in U.S. Found Contaminated with Glyphosate Herbicide soybeans, which are sprayed heavily with glyphosate, the range is typically between 3.3 and 5.7 mg/kg. (Source.) Next, Tropical Tradi ons tested the USDA cer fied organic grains from suppliers they had been using, sourced mainly from western states such as Montana and Idaho. Sadly, the presence of glyphosate residue was found in organic wheat and other organic grains, including organic barley, oats, spelt, and einkorn. The range was from 0.03 to 0.06 mg/kg, just slightly lower than the conven onal grains that were tested. The only organic grains that tested clean were organic rye and organic millet. There was also one variety of organic wheat from small-scale farmers in Wisconsin that tested clean from glyphosate. Why should we be concerned about Glyphosate? Glyphosate is in 80% of our food supply in the U.S., and some scien sts believe it may well be the most toxic chemical ever approved for commercial use. Glyphosate is now linked to kidney disease, an bio c resistant bacteria, inflammatory bowel disease, obesity, depression, ADHD, au sm, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, ALS, mul ple sclerosis, cancer, cachexia, infer lity, and developmental malforma ons. It destroys the microbiome of humans and plants, which is the root cause of many modern diseases.