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EPA Raises Levels of Glyphosate Allowed in Food

Posted on the 09 July 2013 by Lasesana @lasesana
woodleywonderworks, Flickr Creative Commons

woodleywonderworks, Flickr Creative Commons

WASHINGTON, July 5, 2013 – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has raised the permitted tolerance levels of glyphosate residue—the controversial herbicide and active ingredient in Monsanto’s Round Up—in many of the fruits and vegetables that you eat.

Last spring, when the media was clamoring against the Senate’s passing of the so-called “Monsanto Protection Act,” the EPA quietly promoted the rule change regarding glyphosate levels without much attention from the media or public.

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